Yay For Today!

Today so far has been good.
     In fact, better than good; today so far has been great. Fantabulous. Good-Egg. Spiffing. Etc.

First off, we had a visit from Area Manager. She was interviewing prospective candidates along with Supervisor for the vacancy of Fourth Cleaning Person (the one that has, discounting the three ill-fated weeks we had Jon, been open since poor Colleague 1 was driven to leave, which was... =counts= ...Oh God, nearly a year ago! Has it really been that long?). Out of the six, two were good, two were OK, one was not OK and one didn't show up (no idea why). The post should be filled, Area Manager is confident, by the New Year.
     That, of course, is great, because although we are coping with three people, it is a struggle that, during times of holiday or sickness (which of course leaves two), becomes impossible. But better was to come. Not only had Area Manager arrived bearing a nice big tub of chocolate - and Cadbury's, at that - and a card thanking us all for "all of our hard work", but when I popped into The Store Cafe at the end of my shift to bid the two of them adieu she asked me to wait a moment because she had something to tell me. The something turned out to be that she, Colleague and Store Manager had had a meeting to discuss whether he (Store Manager) was satisfied with how everything was going and that not only was he satisfied, but he was thrilled. He said that our work was "outstanding" and that he had no complaints whatsoever; that he was perfectly happy to leave us to it because the results spoke for themselves. Area Manager then said that she was thrilled too; we had all "been absolutely brilliant" and an "A-Class Cleaning Unit". With the addition at last of the elusive Fourth Cleaning Person so that we had the number of people we needed would merely make things easier for us; she didn't believe that it could GET any better than this! How brilliant was that? It was so good to hear; to know that our efforts are really making a difference, even when it doesn't feel that they are. I left with a belly full of chocolate and a heart full of happiness. A good combination.
     Thirdly, everybody I've encountered today has been polite, smiley and considerate of those around them (human and animal). ALL of them. I even got a few cheery "Merry Christmas!"s from a few complete strangers. It was wonderful.
     Fourthly - and I am sure, entirely due to how I was feeling after things one, two and three - when I got home I was so energized that I vacuumed the house and then popped a wash in to be doing while I mopped the kitchen; and all of this before I had had a sit down and even any caffeine! Go me.
     And finally and fifthly; Bingo and I had a nice twenty minutes listening to music and playing vigorously with some of his toys (Duck and Panda only; for some reason Piggy seems to be out of favour) before lunch, and now he is sat on the sofa next to me with his rump pushed up comfortably against my hip and his head leaning on the arm rest. Nice. Cozy.

Anyhoo; that's my day so far. It's only just half way through, so hopefully it will continue as it has begun.

D'you think it will?

Toodles!
Alice xxx