spooky ooky friday 13th + today so far
Yesterday was one of my more frustrating days at work.
Short story, both of our main bosses (company boss + production head) were OOO, and things were not daijoubu.
I ended up having to contact our main boss due to a print job emergency (which I don’t like as we should all be able to have our days off undisturbed by work) since we needed to conference call the client. Also, another coworker who is usually off on Fridays had forgotten to mix an ink for a print job we had due that day. So our day had already started off chaotic.
There were also small things that happened earlier this week that could have made this situation avoidable (that really grinds my gears!!! But I've let it go).
I ended up having to stay late due to everything (I’m the most senior member so responsible for all our closing duties), so I picked up some food for a Girl Dinner on the way home. Bad surprise: one of the cats had a litter box accident, so had to get to cleaning that immediately. Not fun!! I just wanted to relax!! I soooo badly wanted some wine with my girl dinner as a treat (my body is rejecting alcohol now so I try to limit drinking it to special events).
And then, later that night, another friend of mine had texted that their team hadn’t received a courier that I sent earlier during the day (another set of shirts we printed). I later found out this morning that they HAD received the shirts, but whoever received the box didn’t let their team know.... smh. WHAT.
I won’t get into it anymore as everything is resolved and I’m back to normal, but yes, very... hm... mercury in retrograde.
On a good nnote:
Fridays are usually my more “chill” work days, and since we had a lighter crew, I was able to get to know some of our newer coworkers. That was really fun since I'm usually stuck upstairs on emails since I handle our sales/business things, while the majority of my coworkers are in the production floor printing shirts, haha. So I really only get to talk to people during small breaks/lunch. But on days that we have a lighter crew, I usually sit downstairs at the front desk area so that we have coverage for people picking up their orders.
Fun Stuff:
A 3rd shirt job that was due yesterday was for a coffee popup in East Austin! I love checking out that kind of thing.
Random coffee & pastries pop up in a house.
Butterscotch Sage Latte
homemade butterscotch, sage syrup, milk, espresso
Pate So
vietnamese french pastry, homemade puff pastry with pork filling
I got stickers as well. I was tempted to buy one of the shirts (that we printed) too.
The stationery store that I like was nearby too. I caved and got this weekly (vertical) planner as I have been curious about this brand. It’s a september start date so I might start using it to just log events? And then my weeks can have... IDK.
There was also a temaki place (started by a japanese couple) nearby.
Grilled Hamachi Garlic
grilled yellowtail, garlic, green onion, cucumber, yamagobo, ginger, eel sauce
House Cured Saba
house cured mackerel, umami cucumber, ginger, thai chili
Okay, now I'm heading off to my friend's event (the one with the couriered shirts LOL). It's a Night Market so we are going to eat some more!! Austin Studio Tour weekend is happening as well.
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