Day Three Hundred & Twenty-seven: 2/20/2024
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I’m having to do extra work when there is already enough for me to do. Last Friday was a reprieve but I still had to do a lot of work to get my space immaculate. Then, I come in today and it feels like I hadn’t done anything. Every square inch of my space was trashed. Well, maybe not every square inch. That is overreacting, but I’m definitely not under-reacting. I’m not sure I would’ve been so annoyed if we weren’t down an employee. One of our full time employees left this school to go work at a different school because she wanted to work the day shift. Totally fine! Good luck! However, in the short amount of time I’ve been here, there has been a major turnaround in employment. It’s very frustrating when I’m already dealing with a dirty area and I still have to do extra work.
Though, my boss did stay very late tonight. He did a lot, but there is still too much for us to do. Especially when there are only three of us. There are supposed to be five to six people working at night. This is the biggest problem with educational institutions. They expect the employees that do show up to do more work with less help. I’m waiting to hear about some news, otherwise I would’ve left this job a while ago. In the meantime I have to be patient and deal with what I deal with. For how much longer, only time will tell!
Day Three Hundred & Twenty-eight: 2/21/2024
Doing this little bit of extra work is tiresome. I’m quite curious how long this will go on. My boss is staying late and is doing imperative work to alleviate some of the burden from the short staffed team. It’s not unbearable, but I’m not willing to bend over backwards for this position. I’m not going to submit to fulfilling the work without the necessary staff to perform these tasks. I won’t make due for the sake of the budget.
On a different subject. I’m pleased with the look for the day. I’m working to make interesting coifs each day. It’s a little gross, but I chose not to wash my hair until this weekend. I was going to on Monday but decided I didn’t want to. Thus, I’m going to continue the week without shampooing the dirty hair. Making the updos much more achievable.
I’m quite curious if the youth in the building will appreciate this effort. I don’t base my actions on their response, but I’m curious what they will say to this look. By the end of the week. I’m going to try and get my hair as high as possible. I have an idea in my head and we shall see if I’m able to exceed my own goal.
Day Three Hundred & Twenty-nine: 2/22/2024
I’m pooped! This isn’t the first week that I’ve worked when we are short staffed. In fact, I was by myself one night last year. However, I’m quite tired of it. Who knows when we will get another associate to help out with all of the work. We really need to have at least three more to make it fair amongst each person. I will say that I’m EXTREMELY appreciative that our facility manager has been staying quite late to help out. He’s getting paid for it, but still the extra support is noticed.
At least I looked fabulous. I’m not stating this from my own opinion. I’m stating this because of the compliments I received today. I do this look for myself, but when I get outside validation it makes me feel complete. Don’t get me wrong. I also get a slight thrill of my attempts. Before I start getting ready I contemplate on how I should look. I then start the sculpting process.
I add my moisturizer, sometimes my tinted one if it is a sunny day (which is most days). I then start with the eyebrows. The frames to the face need to be outlined and accented for the day’s look. I then begin to paint the lids and the the socket bone. Using highlighter, shimmer shadow, and any shade that will make the appearance unique for the day. Though I think many of my looks are repeats I generally try to make them as different as I can. Today is no exception. I’ve done this look before, but it works! Right?
Day Three Hundred & Thirty: 2/23/2024
There’s just too much to do when we are short staffed. Even having crew members stay late, doing overtime, there is so much. I got very frustrated as I thought I was doing my tasks when I discovered trash. There was trash everywhere that should have been picked up by someone else. Rather than leaving this mess I took care of it, however, it wasn’t my job. If I would’ve known that these key components wouldn’t have been performed then I would’ve started my work earlier and ensured it was done.
I’m very particular and I have a set level of tasks that I complete by a certain time. If I can’t do what I need to do then I become irate. I’m sorry, it’s just a fact. Now, I’m fuming as I finish a very hard week. This is not how I want to feel. I don’t get paid extra for doing extra work. There is no incentive to do it. So why do I do it?
My annoyances for the week manifested in the hair and makeup for the day. I pretty much planned this look the days before. I knew I wanted the hair to be big and I was going to do a standard painting of the eyes. When I’m feeling invisible and undervalued the one aspect that I can take control over is my appearance. I may not be able to lose the weight that I need to, but I can envision that The Teal Fairy is showing up on my behalf. At least I have this.
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