Feelin'... pretty good!

Grandma just passed away. I was there to see her die. Thing is we saw it coming, and the anticipation consumed me for over a month. When the time finally came, I was ready, and took it well.

Of course, one thing I've learned this past month is that not everyone grieves in the same way. While I might be chipper and have already accepted yesterday's events, my family struggles, and gradually mourns. The least I can do is be here for them, and ease their conscience in this time of loss.

    Backlash yea it is always hard, glad you're taking it in stride and doing well and offering support. you are awesome

      just received a forced promotion with more responsibilities and barely any more pay... mixed feelings

        malmon I run a paint store, like architectural coatings for buildings in nyc
        it's already super demanding and i'm workin over 50 hours a week

        now they are making me train prospective store managers which just adds unnecessary load on me

        at least I got to update my linkedin lol

            COUPLED Wait, so they've forced you to a position you haven't been trained for, to train others to take your new place?

            I'm surprised that the work hours are that long at a paint store! Do you spend a lot of time advising customers?

                malmon i'm perfectly qualified to train people since I have a great understanding of everything imo, but I just don't want the responsibility.

                As for the long hours, The store is open 70 hours a week, and if I need to be there so shit doesn't burn down yknow. Plus I have to visit jobsites, meetings, deals, etc... there are just always problems going on either w a customer or in the store that I have to fix

                  I've had a really busy past few weeks. Lot of stuff going on. I wanted to share this cool thing I got though.

                    malmon

                    Just my room and the semi-concious living mass of cables clothes vinyls and god only knows what else.

                      2 months later

                      When another wave of grief hits, and you wake up feeling sick to the stomach ._.

                      21 days later

                      malmon

                      Yeah, yes actually. If you consider self discovery to be fun lol. I do.
                      They're very cool people.

                        13 days later

                        COUPLED Ah, it's going okay. Super busy with a big project at work, but at least my flat's nearing completion.

                            COUPLED My work isn't really affected by holidays as such, rather people want to get a lot of stuff done before Christmas because everyone's off for a week or two. Our commercial team also decided that they want to lauch the product I'm working on in early January.