Paint Store Problems

Ok. There are some things that just NEED to be said about what it's like working at a paint store

*Warning: The following blog post has been flagged because the content is full of Alexie venting her frustrations about work and may be considered annoying to some viewers ;)

1. Working with only boys kinda sucks horribly. I am the only girl at my store with five other guys. So basically no one who comes in trusts my opinion or doesn't think i know what I'm talking about.

2. The guys I work with curse like sailors!

3. People are dumb: trying to explain stuff to people about paint or stain sucks when they think they know what they're talking about. Ya that old phrase" the customer is always right", FALSE.

4. People who come in five minutes to closing are mean.Especially on a Monday or Saturday.

5. People need to realize that the world does not revolve around them, if I have four paint matches already lined up, I am not going to drop everyone else's stuff just because you procrastinated until a few hours before you needed this paint. A good rule of thumb is that it takes about one hour per person per match. So if there are four matches ahead of you, you will not be receiving your paint in an hour. Bring in your samples a day before you actual need it please.

One of the guys I work with is driving me up a wall lately about his complaints about his significant other. He's always complaining to me and then we she comes in to see him, HE IS SO RUDE TO HER AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS.
It really makes me appreciate how much I love my husband and that we don't make our little fights public.

85. I may not look like it but I can easily load your paint into you're truck. I've been doing this for over a year and I have loaded, delivered, and unloaded hundreds of buckets of paint. I think i can handle taking your three 5 gallon buckets to you're truck and putting them in the back. Its so funny hearing how surprised some painters are when I throw their paint into their truck. I GOT THIS PEOPLE! Lol it's just funny I guess. Or sexist.  Idk: )

All in all my job is pretty cool, you know all those homes in the parade of homes that just ended?  Ya I helped make the paint on AT LEAST HALF of those houses. Like that 2.7 million dollar home? Ya that's all me BABEH!

Resolu... wait what am I talking about?

New year. Meh. I was planning on the world ending last month so I didn't really care what happened this year...

Alright calm down I'm only joking ;)

This year along with a better body and more money I want focus. I have no direction in life right now. I just live day by day. Where will I be in ten years? Or five? Or even one? Lets see... ten Years ago.. shoot I was only eleven I can't remember that far back. 

Am I where I want to be? Am I at least on my way there? I don't know because I don't really know where I'm going. Down the rabbit hole I fall I guess to talk to some creepy cat. How will I know when I get there if I don't know where I want to go?

Can you see why I need focus? This blog alone is highly lacking in focus!

Well i guess the only way to achieve some focus is to set some goals for where I want to be and what I want to be doing right?

Well I want to lose weight of course. I figure with the added incentive of the competition I'm starting with my sister it will help me at least lose something.  The only problem is that my other goal is to have a baby. I'd rather have the baby than sixty bucks any day.

I realize the baby goal is only somewhat in my control so I guess it's more of a wish than a goal...

Its hard for me to think of other realistic goals because my wishes, goals, and desires  don't just affect me. Like how I wish I could become a vet tech... that's a goal I've had for a long time but now it may be to late because I have to think about my husband first. We need ti be where he can get his schooling done and I'll probably have to work while he's in school. So going back to school is out.

So it's not just me who needs focus. Its us.

How can I set goals without Joseph knowing where he wants to be, Or how long we'll stay here, or what he wants to be?

I can't can I...

I guess I'll set the goals that I can and just keep living day after day.

Now I'm sleepy. But hey to the two people who read this if you have any advice let me know.