Squinting

I think it's time for new glasses. I've had this prescription for about 2 years and it seems like my eyes are getting tired much faster lately. That, plus I find myself having more headaches and more problems with dry eyes.

I already know that the dry eye problem can be alleviated by using artificial tears, and I have used that kind of product. It does help. But it's becoming more difficult to read the words on the page or computer screen. I find myself squinting or tilting my head to get my glasses into just the right position, then I get tired and my neck hurts!

Soon, I'll set up an appointment at the eye doctor's office, where my younger daughter works, for a new eye exam to see if I need a new prescription. Of course, I'll want Daughter to help me pick out stylish and becoming glasses, even though she actually works in the contact lenses department of this rather large clinic.

I think that once I get new glasses, I won't tire as quickly when I'm working on schedules or inventory or truck orders. I might even enjoy reading a real book again from time to time!

Blowing a gasket

I had a bit of a blow-out with one of my associate managers today. I've had to revise the November schedule three times now, twice to make sure managers were scheduled correctly and once so that the upcoming holiday labor needs could be met. I've been trying to make it to where we all, myself included, can have at least two Sundays off each month plus some other weekend times.

I've done it this way so that I can once again go to church, and others can do so as well, if they so desire. I'm still taking the lion's share of the "poop shifts", though. Well, my associate manager today declared she can't work some of the closing shifts. Now, I've spent long hours into the night to get the schedule done so what she said just scalded me, and I went off on her. After all, changing for her means I close the store 17 days out of 30, and I'm not even supposed to be doing that!

Maybe I'm just tired, I don't know, but later on she apologized then sat down with me to explain some things and offered to switch some of the closing shifts I had with some of her mid-shifts. ::sigh:: We both apologized to each other then and got back on good, solid footing with each other. I think she's beginning to understand how difficult it can be for me, when I'm making these kinds of decisions and trying to be fair to everyone including myself.

Now to get one of the other managers to understand these same things and agree to be more flexible with her schedule!