The Joys of HR

When I went into HR I figured I'd have to do my fair share of firing, ya know, performance issues, failed drug screens, attendance, drinking on the job. Well this week I can add bouncer to my resume because I had to throw out my very first drunk! Some guy, more than likely a vagrant, somehow climbed into our warehouse through one of the bay doors, the tall ones that semi-trucks back up into to deliver or pick up merchandise, and began wondering through the warehouse. Either my janitor stopped him or he stopped my janitor, who happens to be from Somalia and speaks only a few words in English, favorite phases are "I am fine" and "No good". Anyway this guy stopped my employee and tried to communicate with him, in his drunken stupor, it was kind of funny. Good thing I work for a manufacturing plant and I have a lot of big, tough, beefy guys to back me up and assist me in these fun little duties! I have to admit that my job is never boring, frustrating and infuriating yes, but boring NO!!!!!! :)

Gymnastics

Our latest adventure was to enroll Fro in gymnastics at "The Little Gym". It's such a cute little place, and all the teachers are fabulous. Fro had a little bit of a hard time at the beginning of each class because she wanted to skip the stretching and go straight to the equipment. I think her favorite thing to do was the uneven bars, she didn't like to turn around, she just loved to swing. :) Anyway this Saturday was her last class and they have a performance for all the parents for this last class, each kid gets a turn to show off their skills on the balance beam, the uneven bars and the floor. It was so cute. At the end each kid got a "shiny gold medal" as Fro calls it. She was really happy to get it, but didn't want to stand around and wait for everyone else to get their medal, and wasn't too happy when she had to go back up to the "podium" so we could take all their pictures, as you can see. It's been fun watching her learn the different skills and see her excited to "go to practice". We had to run some errand after her class and she had to show everyone her shiny gold medal. She's very proud of it.

Showing off!

My little poser!

I can't get the video I took to load, so I may just have to e-mail it out for anyone who wants to see it.