Met my future dog yesterday.
Long story, but the owner has breast cancer and needed to find a forever home for a staffy (my dream dog).
Spent about 2 hours with him yesterday making sure he'd be happy with me as his human. He's very shy but we both fell in love.
Meet Adam the new love of my life 😍
Thought someone had died at their desk at work today.
Found them unresponsive slumped over their desk and had to call ambos.
Worked out okay in the end but jeebus what a day!!!
Never a dull moment at this job
SELF-CARE SUNDAY
What have we all got planned for our self-care Sunday routine?
I've been to sauna for the weekly sweat sesh. Currently sitting with my Sky & Sand clay mask on. And next up is my Maui hair mask.
Then time for a luxurious everything shower featuring my apricot body scrub.
Will do some reading today and listening to some blues music on PBS later.
Used a random burst of 5am energy to finish 50% of an assignment for the Cert IV Training & Assessment course I've put on pause now that I've switched over to the diploma in OHS.
Trying to do 2 assignments in 2 different courses while changing to a new job was overwhelming and I just shutdown over the past 8 weeks and did nothing except survive.
But in the past 24 hours I've completed 1 OHS assignment and now 50% of this one is done
Feel like I'm coming out the other side finally.
Inducted a guy at work employed by our labour hire company, who admitted that he has no fixed address and slept in his car out the front of work last night.
He's framing it that he's doing van life but I could see that there's likely more to it.
I've put him on to a community pantry and I'm bringing him some bedding, basic toiletries, and a towel tomorrow. He said no initially but agreed when I told him it was things my husband wanted me to throw out anyway.
Really threw me with how open he was with it all. Left me really checking my privilege too.
PSA to remind people to not let their mind imagine crazy scenarios.
Friend had been distant all week and not replying to texts so I thought they'd had enough of me or I'd said something wrong.
Sent them a text saying "Hey. If you've got a few free minutes today can you call for a quick chat?" Less than half an hour later they called me and I got to hear about all the crap going on in their life and it cheered both of us up.
Sometimes people just retreat into themselves when life gets hard or hectic and need a friend to draw them out.
Be that friend.
Feeling super smooth in the Smeg household after we just did clay masks. Bought the Sky & Sand Australian pink clay.
Self-care Sunday success! Would buy again
Found out old mate from my old work who used to treat me like shit was pushed out the door yesterday.
Huzzah!!!
Mattress salespeople are absolutely insane.
Kept feeling like I was a hot chip surrounded by seagulls.
I'm amazed we made it out of Nunawading alive
The firing of the employee went down earlier today.
They decided to turn it into a resignation to save face.
Had to step in to prevent it turning into an argument with their manager, but handled it well.
The employee thanked me for my professionalism when I walked them to their car, and they hugged me goodbye.
So glad I held a debriefing with their team afterward. It honestly helps me as much as it helps them.
Still feeling a bit from it. So my self care starts now with a curried cauliflower pie from Country Cob
Had to make a decision to fire someone today. Haven't actioned it yet, but got approved by one of the big dogs.
Tried so hard to give them a chance with written warning and performance improvement plan, but they think everyone else is the problem, they're carrying their department, and that everyone around them is too sensitive.
Hard decision to make in this climate but I've got a whole team to look after that don't deserve being bullied.
Feel more confident than ever in this job when my tough calls are backed like this.
Only a few days until Adam comes home. First vet visit all booked in, and have bought all sorts of supplies. Mostly marketplace so I've saved a fortune.
Enjoy the dog tax