Fresh faced

Hello!

So this is day one. In order for me to be at work on time, I need to leave the house no later than 8:05am...I can make it on the nose if I leave at 8:07...but any later is really pushing it (I would need green lights the whole way and close to zero traffic...aka room to speed lol). So, I woke up at 7:40am...this gives me enough time to wash my face, brush my teeth, moisturize (it's in the -30s here right now, so if you don't moisturize your face is in trouble), get dressed, get coffee, breakfast, and lunch ready. Note...this does not leave time to do make up. I don't really worry about wearing makeup at work too much, since there's no one there (aka men who have dating potential...sorry guys) I'm really trying to impress. So, I'm pretty impressed with myself in that instead of thinking, "SHIT! I don't have time to do my makeup!", I thought, "I'm going to work clean and fresh faced today!".  So that was my very first "positive change" of the day :).

So out the door I go, all "fresh faced" and moisturized. Now, another reason I don't worry about makeup is because I work at a call centre and don't see the public face to face...I just talk to them over the phone. And let's face it, if you have a good conversation voice (which I do most of the time) you'll sound relatively attractive on the phone. So my supervisor approaches me first thing this morning and asks if I can cover breaks at the reception desk. This includes two 15 minute breaks, and one hour-long break. I agree to go, but begin feeling a bit nervous since being "fresh faced" is not necessarily my best face lol but it's not really that busy anyways...it's mostly just general clerk work and filing, with the odd person who drops in during the day. Because I was just covering, I did my own work. Please keep in mind that I almost NEVER work at reception.

So while I was covering the lunch break, a supervisor from another section of the floor runs up to me and tells me that I have to escort upcoming paramedics to a section of the building...WHAT?! Here I am thinking I probably won't have to see anyone (or anyone won't have to see me) outside my normal work environment, besides the odd 60-yr old man who drops by (usually because he went to the wrong floor), and they're telling me I should expect paramedics to drop by?!?! With me only wearing my "fresh-face"?!?!?! OMG..FML. Normally I would freak out internally (I don't like it when my mental plans get ruined...another thing I'm working on), or create some excuse and have someone else do it, but I didn't. So, here's what I did...all in tribute to this resolution and because I really mean to be a more positive individual. I grabbed my shiny pink lipgloss (the only form of makeup I had in my purse), puckered it on, slapped on a smile, and sashayed to the door to escort the six super-hot paramedics to their patient. I told myself, "Christine...this is all you have to work with right now...so WORK IT." And I did. It was a good day.

What I learned today:

1. Do your best with what you've got (This is something we all know, but sometimes don't really follow)

2. Prepare yourself so that "what you've got" is what you actually want to work with

3. You never know what's going to happen, or who you're going to meet, so always be prepared

Thanks for reading!

~Christine~