Some good news...

[carlfoxmarten]

Even before the first rehearsal, we already had the rack cards to advertise this year’s panto, about ten thousand of them.
I've already nabbed a small stack of about three dozen, dropping some off at the shoe store where I bought my panto shoes this year, and the rest at work.

Oh yeah, when I dropped the cards off at the quilting store I used to work at, the boss said “Oh, I was going to call you.”
You know something good is going to happen when he says that! =^.^=
Anyway, long story short (well, long visit short, anyway!) I get to go back and work there again!
For the moment, I’ll be working four hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and full days on Fridays, gradually increasing as the number of sewing machines going through ramps up for Christmas.

Woohoo! I get to work again! =^.^=

Anyway, it’s going to be less about servicing machines and more about organizing the parts, as he’d noticed how well I’d been doing tracking down part numbers and such.

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[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

***CONGRATULATIONS*** Whooo!!

Things may be looking up, at long last. :)

[carlfoxmarten]

The only disadvantage is that I’m earning about 40% of what I’d earned before getting laid off, and I have no idea how long it’ll be before my time increases.
Also on the minus side, I’ve lost much of the muscle I’d gained last time, so I hurt a fair bit after my first day back.
(and was extremely tired, which carried over to my rehearsal as well)

But yes, on the plus side, it was very good to be back, many people told me that they’d missed me (especially my boss), and I didn’t have to bring my own lunch that day either. =^.^=

Despite putting through the same amount of work I had before getting laid off, after two or three months off, I can definitely tell that I’m not used to that level of energy expenditure, so it’s going to take some time to get it back up to par.

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

I know that feeling. I'd experience exhaustion and sore muscles after a day of working at the wildlife sanctuary, because my day job didn't involve any manual work.

[carlfoxmarten]

I still haven’t figured out how to recover that energy, though.
I get close to that level of energy loss almost every time I go for a bike ride, and really need to figure out how to get it back faster than this... =>.<=

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

It would depend on your metabolism, and we're all different. I burn up food fairly quickly to produce energy and warmth (hence why summer is Hell for me) but I don't build muscles easily.

Probably best to ask a doctor.