Bummer, askye. Am I remembering right that you were tops in your region or something not so long ago? Or was that a different measure. Anyway, that sucks.

At the end of 2020 our store was breaking records for fulfillment. And I was named one of the best in the store but the Employee best was voted on by managers so not by metrics.

However, people also weren't trying in clothes (so we didn't have to deal with go backs, )more people were ordering stuff and our store manager pushed fulfillment over everything else . Then he got promoted and we didn't have a store manager for 3 or 4 months, then we had the store manager everyone hated and we had really high turnover with assistant and team managers. Although some of the assistant managers got promoted and didn't just leave.

Oh and fulfillment had an assistant manager, and a team manager, and a team lead and now we just have an assistant manager and team lead . So less direct support.

When I came back last June after being out for 6 months we had a new store manager, 2 new assistant managers, and there were 2 team manager positions open, 1 person had come back after quiting because of the hated manager, and the 3 other team managers I'd never met.

Since then we have 2 more new assistant managers (one got promoted and one just disappeared), and I think 4 new team managers.

And we have fewer staff compared to 2020. I think . It feels like we have fewer people. I know we have fewer people on fulfillment.

Corporate also had different expectations/metrics. I did ok and I'm not the worst but I'm limited by how few hours I work. Especially right now when there have been major floor moves and I don't know where stuff has been moved. And that takes time to locate it.

I'm going to try some different things tomorrow and see if I can get my numbers up. They aren't terrible. I mean there was someone who had 9 units per hour on the print out that was posted.

For those not on the book of face, my ACL surgery today went well. Along with replacing the ACL, he found some arthritis (sigh), but the surgery was a success. I got home around 2. Not gonna lie, I'm not feeling great, and this is going to be a very long, hard recovery, but I'm deeply grateful for ND, who has been helping me do things like get the 15 feet from the bed to the bathroom and bringing me water and ice cream (and actual food). The weirdest thing right now is that they did a nerve block on the back of my leg, which means it's entirely numb. My foot feels like a meat slab attached to my ankle, and I can't wiggle my toes, which is deeply disconcerting. I definitely feel the pain on the front, even through the 800 mg ibuprofen and 10 mg NorCo. The block will wear off in about 24 hours, which I'm both looking forward to and dreading.

So far, no sign of Evil Knee, but it's early days.

ETA: Also, whatever anesthesia they gave me was some good-ass stuff. I have a clear memory of pre-op and going into the OR and getting settled on the gurney and waving to Dr. N when he arrived and then NOTHING until I was waking up. I don't even remember the oxygen mask going on.

Glad to hear it went well, Pix, and wishing you good ongoing recovery and pain control ~ma.

May the Evil Knee be available as needed. Recovery~ma in abundance.

I hope the recovery goes well and quickly, Pix.

Hope recovery is as easy as it can be, Pix, and your knee is only evil towards those who deserve it.

I just realized I forgot I meant to do a home test after work. Doing it now. Glad I got a few tests to have lying around in case I needed them!

Negative. I’ll take another one on Saturday per the instructions

Oh, I hope your knee comes along very well and has a redemption arc where it is a Knee For Good.

My shoulder is all stitched up and it feels weird because it is exactly as if somebody has been sewing my skin together, which, in fact, happened.

That said it was a relatively normal day and those have been in short supply. I'm really glad we didn't rush back down to LA again this weekend. It would've been wrecking.

I'm optimistic about JZ's clinical trial (and I wasn't about her next round of traditional chemo). But, lordy, the travel's going to be tough.

Knee~ma, Pix!

We've been having some much-needed landscaping done around our house, including finally getting the fire pit Dylan has been talking about since we bought the house almost 13 years ago now. The past two days the landscapers re-sodded the yard, with the result that it is now so level and perfect and green it looks the Mariners' outfield on Opening Day. I swear the local robins and crows are baffled by it--I've spotted them pacing carefully across the new grass as if mapping the sudden change of it all.