Work is Kinda Ugh!

Today I had a rough day at work. Actually it's been a rough week. I have been trying to stay organized as well as setting appointments. I have had no problems with the renewal appointments, but it's the new ones that I just can't seem to get too many of. My rep suggested I listen to some of the other girls to get ideas & then he said that maybe it's the way their voice is. Like my voice isn't good? Then he said that well maybe they call more. I am calling, but then I have someone that asks me how to do stuff still (cause I wasn't able to train her & she needs to ask) then I am trying to multitask & it ends up where I have my desk a whole mess all day & I have no idea WHAT my game plan is. :o( I feel like I am being set up to fail! I couldn't believe that he would say those things & I know he wasn't being mean, but I just felt kinda bad about it all. Then I called a restaurant at NOON and they guy sounded irritated (he should) and said it was lunchtime. And I thought DUH! Then I went in the bathroom & cried. I felt like why am I even doing this? Why did I take this job? Did I make a mistake? With people looking for jobs every where I am so lucky to be where I am at. I guess I do like doing the "Monkey Jobs"...the ones that don't take a lot of thought. I know my rep is probably stressed out cause he has goals to make & he has pressures from the higher ups. We had a little meeting just the girls that do the account managing (while the bosses were at lunch) and they told me they warned me. I was like I know, but I wanted to see if I could do it. I didn't want to regret NOT taking the job. They all gave me some helpful advice & I think I will go in tomorrow & just call....my rep will be in in the afternoon & I am hoping I will have more. I have been good at getting appointments for him, but not new. That will be my goal. I checked the restaurant packet that we got with the restaurants they gave us & 4 of them are my very most favorite restaurants in town!! I was so stoked!
1. Andrade's - Mexican Restaurant (Dex has them as a pizza restaurant?? WHAT?) that my husband & I like to go to on our date nights. LOVE their Rancho Chimiciquitas! And of course I will tell him that ;o). I may go in & take my kids with me & give him a card & tell him how much I LOVE his place & want to advertise it.

2. Costa Vida - We ate there when it came to Logan, UT & we LOVED it. I would say it is Chris' most favorite place to eat of all time ;o). I really like their nachos with the sweet pork! mmmmm. This one has a corporate person & I had to send them an email....hope I hear back!

3. Primo's - WE LOVE PRIMO'S! It's a pizza buffet place & they only had 3 stores & now they have 6 or 7! They are moving from just being in Idaho & moving into Oregon too! The pizza I request is the Idaho Spud that has potatoes & bacon & a garlic sauce mmmm it is soooo yummy! And they have a cookie dough chocolate pizza! LOVE IT & can eat the whole thing! ;o) I called the Nampa store cause that is usually where the owner is & the girl said he wasn't in, but was in OR to open their new location. I talked to her about the pizza I loved best there. Then I called the store that we always go to & I asked for the manager & he was the one that answered & I told him that my husband & kids & I come in all the time around 2-2:30 a lot! I told him he would recognize me if I came in & he said he was sure he would. Then I told him how much I loved Primo's & wanted to have Kevin come out & show them the options to have them in our book. He said it sounded great & that the owner would be in their store next week after the grand opening in the OR store got under way. Primo's hasn't advertised yet with us & I REALLY hope they do it. Part of me wants to ask my rep if I can come haha! I think I will help make the sale since I have put a lot of money into growing Their business... ;o). The owner actually would recognize me also cause he was the one running the show until his other manager came along. So you can see my excitement when I got this lead ;o)! And I need to be this excited about every lead right? ;o)

4. Los Betos - In UT we would go here for authentic Mexican food (you almost have to speak Spanish to come here...jk). And I LOVE their bacon breakfast burrito. mmmmm They have a store here & I haven't been there yet, and I feel kinda bad about that. But I do love it. They opened a store by our house & we were kinda pumped about that & shortly after they opened they closed the doors :o( My husband & I were talking about how they didn't really get the word out that they were open. It's all about advertising.

Something I noticed today is that Qwest gives us crap! I had a "new connect" which means it should be a new business that just signed up with Qwest. NO. I had a carpet cleaner dude & he spent 5 min telling me that he was with Verizon & that he has been in his business for 2 years & how he hates how he gets credit card people & all these other people saying he is new & that they got the number from Qwest. I told him that we DID get the number from Qwest as a new connect. I am gonna talk to the girl that gets those & tell her that maybe Qwest is pulling #'s out of a hat to put on their new connect reports. We have had quite a few issues with the new connect reports. The guy pretty much sumed it up when he said that it's frustrating to him because it takes time away from his business & he doesn't want junk calls, but client calls. I let him know that I totally understood and I let him know that I could have Kevin tell him more about how to make that happen and that we have had other carpet cleaning businesses do really well with our book. He sounded interested and told me to call back in 3 weeks. Pretty sure I will ;o).

So tonight as I read to the kids I read a book about a moose that wanted to help Santa & his reindeer pull the sleigh & there was a time the moose said he might as well go home cause he just couldn't do it right....and all the reindeer told him that all it takes is practice & that they couldn't do it at 1st. And I almost cried because I thought...geez it is just like my job! I have been feeling all day like I couldn't do it & I am comparing myself to people that have done it for 3 + years. So yeah the moose kept on & he did it. So I need to too! My kids are so special & I hate when I get grumpy with them... :o( Tonight as Ben prayed he did it pretty quick. Then I asked Amelia if she wanted to say one & she said, "Yeah!" And Ben asks her, "You want me to help you say it?" And she said, "YEAH!" and so he tells her to say, "Thank you for this day." And she kinda says it & he repeats it & she says, "Yeah!" And then he says, "Thank you for mommy & daddy." and she says, "Daddy." He repeats it to try & get her to say Mommy & Daddy and she says, "Yeah!" Then he says, "Thankful we got to play today..." And she says, "yeah!" and then he ends the prayer & she says, "PAPA!" "AMEN!" My kids are so good! I just love them & I hope that I can stop getting so grumpy with them :o( (we were cleaning up earlier and Ben had dumped a whole puzzle book on the floor & I was so mad about it....then after I sorted the pieces into piles Amelia comes over & swipes a pile all over & I yell at her, "NO!" And she defiantly does it again & I grabbed her hand & spanked it 3 times. I need to stop that cause she has started hitting & it teaches her bad stuff. I just lose it. :o( I hate being like that. The thought came to me as I was finishing up the puzzle was that I should have had Benjamin help me put the puzzles together instead of yell at him for it. :o( I just feel like a bad mom & that I am gonna raise kids that hit :o(. Any advice out there how not to be grumpy?)

Chris wants to get a house in Nampa & yeah I appreciate him looking & doing his research & all, but I am scared to death! To buy something so big & me not being sure I am gonna be able to keep this job I am at is freaking me out! I have told him how I feel & he said it will be fine. I hope so!

Well this has been a long post & I am sure no one will read it, but that is ok it is my journal for me. Someday I will get one of those online book things that make your blog into a book.