Work, work, work...

Let me begin this week by wishing all of the dads out there a Happy Father's Day!  I have personally learned so many different things from my Dad growing up and I still learn from him on a regular basis.  Dad, thank you for all that you have taught me and continue to teach me - it means more than I can say...  (see, nothing too mushy...)  =)

I survived another week of summer camp at work and put in just under 60 hours.  We were supposed to have a late night event that I was supposed to be the manager on duty; thankfully the event was cancelled.  I would've used the event to get work done but it was probably good for me that I didn't have to put in those additional hours.  One of the fun things we had happen at work this past week is we had a kid's fun run on Friday afternoon.  Several kids asked me if I was going to participate and I did; I didn't run (I'm not a runner) but I did walk about 1.25-1.5 miles so I felt pretty good about that. We had lots of parents attend the event and the kids seemed to have fun so those things made the work worth it.

Participating in the fun run was a really good opportunity for me to get away from the office.  This past week, things have been a little crazy in the office as we got word that we're getting inspected this upcoming week.  Now I'm not one who believes in necessarily changing things just because we're getting inspected but not everyone I work with feels that way.  I see these inspections as learning opportunities and that it's the job of the inspector(s) to find things.  I'm not sure when this week they're coming but I will do my best and I ask that my coworkers do the same.  I'll let you know next week how well that works out...

Granted, I am a perfectionist and I want to do the best that I can but I don't feel you can do your best if you're trying to throw things together last minute just because you find out inspectors are coming.  Looking at where we are this year in comparison to last year, I think the building is in a better place and I'm thinking we're going to better this year than we did last year.  I know that some of it will boil down to the interpretation of the criteria from the inspectors but they do give us the opportunity to explain how we are meeting the inspection criteria in the program.  One of the things that does make me a little nervous is my boss has said she's leaving me on my own this year so we'll see how that goes.

Something that will help is one of my staff who has been out due to an injury is supposed to be back to work this next week and because many of our families are on vacation, we don't have as many kids enrolled this week in the program.  Having lower numbers makes my boss nervous that the inspectors will think that's the norm but everything is in the computer and for whatever reason, this time of year, we've had lower numbers statistically the last couple of years so I'm not overly concerned.

I know I've written it before but I'm going to write it again - I am hoping to find some time this week to do something for me.  I know it's going to be crazy busy at work (especially if the inspectors arrive) but I think it's only going to make things worse if I don't find/take opportunities for myself.  This past week, I could actually feel my stress levels rising and I had to excuse myself from a conversation before I said something that would've gotten me in trouble at work.  I've thought about carrying around a small stress ball for those types of situations but I don't know if that would be my best option because then it just gives me something to throw.  =)

Well, I think this might have just taken a turn for the weird so I think I'm going to bring this to a close for this evening.  I hope you have a wonderful week my dear readers and I will let you know how the inspection goes next week.  Thanks for joining me!  =)