Take a Deep Breath

Well, this ahs been a very productive weekend. I completed all of the Christmas shopping, we got the lights on the house and I finished the Christmas cards. Whew! I know tomorrow will be a long day at work, but when I get home I intend to decorate the house and start (and hopefully finish) wrapping all the Christmas gifts. Tuesday will be a long day at work packing up a lot of the stuff in my office. Wedensday I have a VIP trip to Minneapolis. We leave at 7:30 a.m. and won't be home until about 8:00 p.m. I don't think I will get much done when I get home. Thursday I will finish packing up my office. Then Friday is a huge day. I am going to spend most of the day at the other facility making sure that at 3:00 we are ready for the aquisition. I have to make sure their cutoff is smooth and everything is accounted for. At 3:00 we will start moving things and getting the equipment set up. It will be a very long day. Saturday I need to be at the new building by 7:30 a.m. to help them open up and start training. The balance of the day will be spent deep in training on our systems and setting up my new office. I am guessing I will get out of there around supper time. Sunday I need to be at the office by 1:00p.m. to do the policy and proceedure training with the new staff. We need to make sure they understand the policy and proceedures that are specific to us - dress code, time clock, non-frat rules, etc. But the real stress will begin on Monday morning when we open to the public. The will be a lot of customers coming in with questions and issues that we wouldn't have known about before hand. believe me, we have had a ton of calls in the past 2 weeks. Friday was a nightmare!!!!! I suppose a lot of people didn't have to work so they took the opportunity to call or stop in and complain about some aspect of the aquisition. I understand that they have concerns, and quite honestly I probably would too if I were in their position. It just sucks up so much of my time that I can't get my daily work done. Anyway, I am guessing that the first 2 weeks we are open inthe new facility are going to be very long hours just trying to get everything done. Not just for me, but for the entire staff. So, tonight I am going to take a deep breath, have a glass of wine, and go at it full force tomorrow.