I found this movie on Netflix today and forgot how much I loved it.
...and it's true all you need is love.
It's been a rough few weeks I must say. Mostly work related stresses but I think I came out of it relatively unscathed. In 2 weeks we flipped the store ( a HUGE ordeal, painstaking and extremely labour intensive), set up a sidewalk sale, trained a new full timer, trained a new part timer, said goodbye to my right hand man (he got a real job and I'm SOO proud of him) and did a res run. Wow. It was stressful and exhausting. I was almost at the point of cracking and so were alot of my staff. It really did take a toll on the staff (a few were ready to quit because of the workload, it was that insane) but I realized how hard they will work for you if you work just as hard beside them. They are such a hardworking bunch that all truly care about each other and the store. I have a great group of kids that I am forever thankful for... which made it even harder to leave them today.
Yes, today was my last day at Portage Place. I tried not to make it a big deal, I just kinda let it sneak up on me and the staff. I didn't want to make it a big deal because I know if I did, I'd be in tears the whole time. It was a short day for me because I took back some of the overtime I worked last week, even better because I haven't been feeling so hot lately. We worked hard and the time went by so quickly that my shift felt like nothing. Before the guys got there I wrote a note to my staff telling my staff how much I loved them and was so proud of them. I basically left it on the counter and tried to leave as quick as possible, no tears right?!?
WRONG! Of course Phil has to be the first one to hug me and not let go...jerk, I started tearing right there. Then came Justin, I told him how proud of him I was and he turned red, cute. Then my newbie full timer, Junior. That kid is only 2 weeks into this full time position and I'm convinced that he'll be running a store in no time. It will be good to have him work with Roger, he'll be able to learn so much from him. And then of course I couldn't leave without seeing my copy cat Chris De Monye. De Monye is a security guard there and he's been there just as long as I have. Funny thing with him is that everything I did he would do shortly after. I got engaged, so did he. I had a social, so did he a few months later. I got married at Bridges and a few moths later so did he. Now were expecting a baby boy on January 11th, he and his wife are due on the 16th. Crazy huh? Oh wait, we both decided to name our boys Jacob. Funny enough we both are naming our children after a grandfather too. He made sure he got to say goodbye before I left. I'm leaving by a fantastic group of people at Portage Place but I'm leaving them in Roger's capable hands. I'm glad that he has the chance to run a store again, he deserves it.
I am extremely proud the staff at Portage Place. I feel like I have grown up with all of you. Many of you have or will be moving on to bigger and better things. I'm glad I got to be part of your lives for that small time. We've been through so much together. So many good times and even some bad patches but we all came out it better, stronger and together as a team. I couldn't ask for more than that in a work family :) Thank you for always going that extra mile for me, working your asses off, making me laugh and not letting me take things too seriously. You are all amazing individuals that are going to be something great in this life time. I stand by the fact that I only hire the best because all of you are.
I start a Kildonan Place on Tuesday, for 6 weeks, then 3 weeks of holidays, then maternity leave and MOTHERHOOD! Oh its been such a whirlwind already...
but as Jay-Z said
On to the next one...
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