I know the feeling! I haven't gone to school yet since Spring of last year. I ended up flunking out of all of my essential courses and barely making it through the last few weeks of Ceramics- where we were forced to move online and create/photograph our crafts at home. It was pure misery. So happy you're back in class!QueenoftheRabbits wrote:
gosh that sounds so good
I love cheese plates but havent had one since the pandemic started since they're best enjoyed with a group and I only live with one other person haha
I took last semester off from school since I didn't want to pay full tuition for online art school and I'm really glad I did. I'm back in classes this semester since they reopened some on-campus resources (though classes are still fully online) and being in zoom calls for 4-6 hours a day is really draining. it's super hard to stay focused and class time usually just feels like time wasted that I could be spending working. I definitely haven't been able to learn as much this semester as I have the past two years. it does look like there's a high possibility that we'll be back to at least partially in-person classes next semester though as long as it's safe enough
Thank you for your understanding. My stress has come from the exact same situation. We had two associates move to Texas, and the other one abruptly quit without giving us a two week notice. We have a team of 3 in a department big enough to need a team of 6 or more. There's only the Manager, a lead, and myself- and it increases the pressure so severely it's suffocating. Everyone is working hard and I always stay late and feel guilty as if I'm not doing enough myself. I end my shift caked in sweat and winded. Realistically, though- how do you meet a goal and prevent a poor inspection when there really IS something wrong? I'm praying that I can transfer to something more sustainable eventually.pegasi1978 wrote: I remember having to do recovery in JC Penney during the Christmas season I worked there. I was assigned to the children's department, and if my section was clean I had to help with bordering sections along the aisles. You have my sympathy. I'm the type of shopper who tries not to make a mess. I did it before that holiday season and continue to do it twenty-plus years later.
Work has been not great lately. We've had two people from the programming/reporting/support (not sure all of what they did) leave in the last month. Of course it was just in time for the Q1 reports as well. I've been trying my best to help out with the new things assigned to me, but I'm not super familiar with tableau and SQL. It's beginning to feel overwhelming.
My manager also comes from a background of specialized education and has trouble understanding and managing others. She was promoted moreso out of necessity, because no one wanted the role. She works harder, not smarter- and it's painful to be a part of when I don't have the strength or stamina to change it. I can't even make it to a doctor's appointment!
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I've never used this thread so sincerely before, so thank you all for being such good ears! The cheese plate was delicious and was received glowingly by my parents and brother- who are all well fed and didn't even need to cook a meal. My honeycomb is coming in tomorrow, and I'm so excited to try it!
Being away from home-friends and family on holidays can be tricky.
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Today has been hella-crazy at work. I still can figure out how to do certain things in Tableau, but let me get the data in excel and I can give the results you want fairly quickly. I've provided the person who does the quarterly reports the information she needs for several of her slides via excel. I did try getting one with someone to see if we could figure one report out, but we were clueless so I downloaded the information, opened it in excel and got it sorted as the lady needed it. 
