Potluck Luncheon/Christmas Shopping

today was a very fun day. I had my potluck Luncheon with all the Associates at the Riverton Wal-Mart and that lasted almost two hours. then while I was waiting for John and Joanne to pick me up I went and did some Christmas Shopping. I am so excited for Christmas it is going to be so fun!. it has been nice this year to not have too many crowds during this time of year because with it being two weeks away from Christmas crowds are pretty good.

I have a story from when I was back in High School that I will never forget. I believe I was in 10th Grade and I was in my first semester of High School and I was taking a Child Development class. well it was on December 6th that Joanne and I were going christmas shopping and we had several stores to go to and the crowds were crazy, well I had just finished my shopping and I was waiting for Joanne to pick me up at the Front door of Wal-Mart and I had one of those dolls that you had to take care of and I had two drinks that were balancing on the window seal; well needless to say the baby started screaming as joanne pulled up and those drinks were just balancing on the edge, well the flew off the edge and hit the floor! so I grabbed my stuff and the carseat and just left the drink there spilled! so after that drama at the Wal-Mart I just told joanne what to get for me at our next stops we had to make so I did not have to take the baby in any stores again. that was a total Nightmare!

I think at that time when I had that doll with me I had to babysit a real baby so my mom ended up staying home with the doll and taking care of it because she did not want me to take it baby sitting with me so she was watching the doll for me and she had to call me a few times because the doll would not stop crying. I have so many stories of that doll I could go on for hours! this would be so many paragraphs long if I just kept going on and on about all of my experiences with that doll.

Back when I was in 9th grade I was in teen living and we were in the second term of teen living and I remember I started out with a D+ in the class and I knew I could do so much better in that class so I did all the work up until Mid-Terms and I got my Grade up to a B+ by that time. well that grade still was not good enough for me since I knew I could get an A in that class, so I told my teacher I would like to take the Baby Think it over doll home for the weekend and she said okay and sent me on my way with it. then when Monday came I returned it to her and I got 50 Extra Credit Points for it. my grade still was not what I wanted it so I waited a few more weeks then I signed up for the doll again and my teacher said to me are you sure you want to take the doll home again! and I said yes I do, she said you aren't tired of it and I said nope I will take it again. so I took it again for a second time and went on my way then the weekend got over and I had to return it again and I got another 50 Extra Credit points, by this time my grade was at an A and I was at about 133.33% in that class.

the teacher I took that class from her name was Mrs.Ricks and she was so wonderful, when she saw my grade was a D+ she pulled me to the side and said is everything okay Kandice because you are behind in my class and you are getting a D+. she said I know you can do so much better than that, she told me I was missing four assignments and that I had to turn those in if I wanted a better grade. so I turned them in and that is when my grade went up to a B+ by Mid-Terms.

I am so appreciative of her for doing that for me because she helpped me. any of my other teachers that I had gotten that kind of grade in their class did not ever pull me to the side and ask me what is going on, they just let me go and let me get the grade I received in their class. I had Mrs.Ricks all three years of my Junior High years. I had her for a TLC teacher in 7th Grade and then 8th Grade I was her T.A. and 9th Grade I was her T.A. and I was also in her Teen Living class. she was the best teacher I could have had in the beginning of Junior High.

when I become a Teacher I am going to br that way with my Students because you should help them as much as possible, I think that is very important. it will help the student also if you are that kind of teacher. they will know that you truely care about them succeeding in your class. I think this is the longest blog I have ever written, 7 Paragraphs, WOW! well I am not going to end it and continue my wrapping! I am almost done with the presents I have so far. have a great rest of the week and a great weekend!

Fun Day

Today was a fun day being with Joanne and John. we ran around to a few places and John and I went to my old South Jordan Wal-Mart to meet with Fernanda about positions she has open in TLE and there were none right now. then I also got the stuff for my potluck dish I am bringing tomorrow for the luncheon the Apparel Department is having. I am so excited about that because I made my Cheese Cake Pie again. I also was able to find a Gift for $5.00 for the gift exchange tomorrow. I will post tomorrow after the potluck luncheon and update on how it went. John also got some shoes and a few things. we also went to the Guitar store to get some Guitar Strings. that store was cool. there were a lot of cool Guitars there.

Good Day at Work

Today was a good day. I worked in three different departments and got the returns done for three different departments; Mens, Boys and Girls, and Infants. I left no baskets at all that had anything in them. the Boys and the Girls departments are separated by Accessories so I went all over the store today. I am going to give it one month and see how things work out.

on Thursday we have a potluck luncheon we are having in apparrel and I am making my Chocolate Lover's Cheesepie! I am so excited about that. it is going to be a lot of fun. as I have talked to the girls in Apparel it is easier and easier all the time. I just hope I will end up just wanting to stay there, we will see what happens. there is a girl named Rachel and a Girl named Nikki that I work with and they are nice, and there is also this lady named Janice who works 7:00 to 4:00 and she is so funny! I really am starting to like the people over here but I still think about the South Jordan Wal-Mart often.

I was texting one of my friends from over there and she said it is weird not having me over there. I just wish I could have someone like her at this wal-mart who is as sweet to me as she was and is. I will update when I have my potluck thing on Thursday.

One other Thing

I forgot to add that it is very peaceful which is so nice, there are noit many screaming kids and kidds who run all over the place and the departments are not as crazy to get cleaned up. I love how quiet it is at this Wal-Mart and another thing I like is that I am not stuck in the fitting rooms all night! that is wonderful. I guess I am just not use to enjoying all the time I have because I have not had that time to enjoy my job and be able to get my work done for so long. at the Riverton Wal-Mart I am on top of everything so my department always looks really good. I am going to pray tonight and see what happens tomorrow.

Starting College on January 12,2008

today I found out that I am starting school for sure on the 12th of January. I am excited about that. I am still trying to get settled into my new wal-mart. it is not easy but I am trying to deal with it the best I can. it is just a lot harder to get use to the different people and the different smells around there. I smell the TLE a lot, only in some parts of the store. today it was not so bad in the mens department with the smell as it is right back by site to store. I hope I can get more comfortable there. I really would like to be able to. I love being close to home that is way nice. there are a few younger than me that work there and one that is not very friendly to anyone. I should just be glad that I am not the only one she has been that way to. I miss my friends at the other store. maybe in June or July I can transfere back to the South Jordan Wal-Mart. I hope to be able to drive then. I also hope to be able to work day wither it be at the Riverton Wal-Mart or South Jordan Wal-Mart. I am just tired of working so late into the night. I just feel like I will never be able to work during the day. I am going to go check out the food department tomorrow when I get there because they have associates stocking shelves from 10:00 to 7:00 p.m. if that looks like something I would like to do I may talk to Kevin about that tomorrow.

I met a few of the daytime shift people in the fitting rooms, and one of them was Janice she was so nice. I would love to be able to work during the day with her one day. I thought leaving the South Jordan Wal-Mart would be a lot easier than it has been. I think I will give it more time and decide then. I do really like only having a 5 minute commute that is wonderful and not dealing with so much traffic. it is a lot less stressful of a ride that is one major plus that is very nice. I just need to get out of my shell and start talking to people again to get myself comfortable with them. I am going to think very hard the next few days that I have off and think about the pros and cons of each place. well I will update on what I find out from Kevin Tomorrow.

First Day at Riverton Wal-Mart

Today was a good day for me although I am still having a hard time getting use to the people an getting use to being out of my comfort zone. it has been really hard for me to leave my friends at the South Jordan Wal-Mart. I also do not like how the Riverton Wal-Mart is set up. I feel like I can smell the TLE every where (Tire Lube and Express). I hope I can get use to it. the people are wonderful except for this teenage girl in the fitting rooms that i thought was a little rude. I hope I can start making friends at this Wal-Mart because then I will be more comfortable there. well I will update on tomorrow. over all my day was good at the Riverton Wal-Mart I just need to give it more time over there.

Last Day at the South Jordan Wal-Mart

Today was a very hard day for me. I was okay while I was at work and while I was walking out but once I got in the car and was driving away I just started to cry because I am going to miss all of my good friends I have made there. I have made more friends at this job than any other job I have had because at my other jobs I was the oldest associate who was not a manager because the managers were all older than me. I also loved this job because everyone did truely work as a team! and that is what working with a group of people is all about. I know I will make new friends at the Riverton Wal-Mart but they are not going to be the same as the friends I have at the South Jordan Wal-Mart. there are some wonderful people at the Riverton Wal-Mart that I know it will be fun to work with. I will update on my first day at the Riverton Wal-Mart tomorrow.

1 More Day at South Jordan Wal-Mart

well tomorrow is my last day at the South Jordan Wal-Mart. tomorrow is going to be tough for me I have enjoyed all of the friends I have made there. I have numbers of three of them so I can keep in contact with them. I am going to give the Riverton Wal-Mart six months and if I don't like it I am going to transfer back to the South Jordan Wal-Mart. I am excited to go to a new place to get to know new people but it is just very hard to leave the good people I have met behind. it will be nice to start of fresh with new fresh people and personalities. I will update more on my first day at the Riverton Wal-Mart and I will update tomorrow on how my last day at the South Jordan Wal-Mart was.

Meeting with Riverton Wal-Mart People

today I met with Kevin in personnel and I met a few of the other people in personnel and the managers. I am just a little nervous about the transition but it is because I feel like it is all happening all so fast that I have not had too much time to think about everything so I got scared and started crying. I am okay about it now but I just feel like I have not had much time to think about it at all. I am getting excited about working over there. the people seem very nice and I just love how peaceful the Wal-Mart is! I know I will really like it once I get settled in. I just have a hard time with change because change is just not easy! all of the managers seem wonderful, even the manager over my department, her name is Anna she was so nice and just very fun. I will start on December 6th!!!!!

only two more days left at the South Jordan Wal-Mart!!!!!!!!

Almost Done at South Jordan Wal-Mart!

well I have four more days left at the South Jordan Wal-Mart, it is going to be hard to leave some of the people over there. some of them I will not miss and some of them I will. today as I was leaving I had bought some stuff from wal-mart and the people greeter must have been a new associate at Wal-Mart because she made me feel like I was some thug who was a theif! she said I have to see your reciept or I will have to get my supervisor over here, and I had my Wal-Mart name badge on so she knew I was an employee of Wal-Mart. she made me feel so angry and made me feel bad and all I wanted to do was to get home and relax because it is now officially my weekend!!!! I just could not believe how I got treated by the people greeter, I hope the people greeters at the Riverton Wal-Mart are nothing like the people Greeters at the South Jordan Wal-Mart! at least after Wednesday I will only have two days left at the South Jordan Wal-Mart! thank Goodness, this week is going by really slow especially with how excited and anxious I am to get to the Riverton Wal-Mart.