I swear these are happy tears.

Music: Above and Beyond- Group Therapy (Full Album). Yes, I'm kind of on a kick here lately.
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This past week alone has given me hope that 2015 will be a really good year (again with the expectations-still not making them). I kept getting good news left and right, and for a Monday, I'm in a great mood! Yeah, not normal for me!

I didn't have an exciting weekend. Boring and slow were the key words. Hardly any work for anyone, thanks to weather playing a factor in our inbound. So that made for a very slow process on the docks. I guess with production looming around the corner, I used that as motivation. I started getting myself in that mode, pacing myself to see just how easy 50 label scans an hour could be. The law is: if there's work, 50 labels is a piece of cake, if there's no work, well, you're kinda screwed. Just like when I used to haul. After nearly two years of not having to worry about production, it's kind of strange to use the word again. Friday and Saturday started out heavy, and I had 50 labels, easy. By lunch, when things started to slow and doors started to close, I was annoyed because like I always say, I can't STAND having nothing to do. My boss sent us folks on the docks home around 4 Friday and Saturday. Was so nice to come home and actually RELAX before the next day. I loved it. After all the overtime and 6-7 days people were working, I know they enjoyed it, too. Our next rush is about to hit, and we'll be begging to be let go. Not gonna happen. 

Sunday, I wish they'd have asked me to take VTO. Hell, I should have just stayed home, anyway. Receiving had only three doors, which my boss left Mr. John in charge of. Um, what about me?? I was dumped in Phase One, the only QA to be over there. Supposedly they had all these 3rd party unloaders over there, and I was to be verifying. Okay, cool. So I drove over, got a gun, found a suitable lift, and said a hello to Mr. Paul, who I hadn't seen in almost a year. The last time I was in this building, I was training to be a QA, a year and a half ago! He was so excited to see me. This was the guy who passed me the hauling torch, so to speak. After our chat, I ran all over the empty building, looking for 3rd party. I ended up on A dock where they were all camped out. I'd never seen Dot Com before. Well, there goes the easy day I was so banking on. We don't have anything to do with Dot Com, as they are a separate area. I drove around aimlessly again, until I found my friend Britta and a couple haulers working on some store returns. I decided to make myself at home. Even helped them out a bit (who's taking advantage of the QA with a big bad lift??). I took down my first set of tier racks from up top (no crashes!). Wasn't so bad. 

Around one, they packed up shop, and the building became even quieter, and somehow bigger. I was sent back over to Phase 2 for trip audits. While their workload was pretty heavy, you couldn't tell by being on the shipping docks. I only came away with 400 cases. I even got bored and drove around looking for something to do, but I guess everyone had left early because even Phase 2 was dark and quiet. Eerie. I still left around 5:30, so least I got my hours! But I was annoyed because it was a slow day, and not a lot to be done. I had probably the worst lift in P2, because the damn thing would quit and just totally shut down, right in the middle of the main aisle. @%#%& I finally just ditched the damn thing and walked. I'm faster on foot, anyway. Was so glad to be home, and even got some good sleep. 

This morning I woke up ready to get the dentist over with. After all, they were just giving me my next 6 weeks worth of trays, quick and easy, in and out. But when my nurse looked at me and asked 'has that gap always been there?', I nearly panicked. I'd worn these damn things all the time! I freak out when the trays AREN'T in! Just a second had passed while these thoughts flashed through my head. But my nurse had me look in a mirror to explain what she'd meant: a tooth next to my top two front teeth hadn't caught up to the others. I could see that the tray wasn't fitting the tooth, and there was a space in the tray where the tooth SHOULD be. She said not to panic, that it's nothing I did, that it's perfectly normal. After the dentist looked at me, the nurse did another full X-ray of all my teeth. This time around, it wasn't so bad. They simply have to do a refinement. The trays I was supposed to get were thrown out, and I will be getting new ones that will fit even better. 

This just means that I will have to wear my braces a little while longer. While I am a little disappointed, I still am getting them off before Christmas! I can endure it a little longer :) So many people have said they see a difference, and I can feel it in just about everything I do. While looking back over the past year, I had a flashback to when I saw the projected outcome on the computer screen, and started crying. Yes, happy tears! I've come so far in this, 9 months down already, 9 and probably a 1/2 to go! So excited to see the final outcome, and thanks to those that have been supportive during this! Love ya'll!

More to come later this week, I'm not done yet, this is only the beginning! My hands and eyes are tired, and I have a screaming alert on Wartune that my inventory is full. Until next time! I'm off to ride out this happy mood I'm in.....and spread it around to those that need it. Hugs.