I've been working in Florever florist for exactly a month now without much report on this blog. My employer is Valeria, an amazing lady from Ukraine... seriously, I really can't get over how amazing she is. She is as much of a scholar as well as an artist. She earns a master in biology, a lecturer, a horticulturalist... and a lot of other things. I'm also working with Margaret- an amazingly beautiful and nice lady who owns a hairdresser with her husband. I really can't express how lucky I am to to be working with these people.
Val had been easy on me during the trial period- now that I'm hired she is seriously molding me. I just realized that during trial she lets me loose to see what I do without much instructions, but now she is very specific in how I do my job- and it's very hard for me to break my habits. I think her and I have the same way of looking at things, so whenever she gives me advice, I never question it. I really love and respect Val so disappointing her is the worst thing I could do, and sometimes I feel like I do it a lot.
As a florist, we only sell what we make, so being highly skilled and speedy would definitely be handy. Val and Margaret sometimes don't take breaks, or eat. I learnt my lesson on the second week of work. On Monday, I couldn't make a simple box arrangement ( until now I'm still learning) and I made myself do it over and over again- for some reason the more I tried the worst I get and I kept on getting yelled at. Val didn't take a break or eat and drink- so I didn't either. I was so stressed and tired I came home with a migraine that last till the next day. I kept thinking that Val hates me and I'm going to get fired.
Greg pushed me back to work the next day and when I got to work- my head hurts so much I started shaking and crying in front of Val and Margaret- and then I ran to the toilet to throw up- but didn't. I got even more stressed thinking, 'That's it. I suck, and my life is over.' Thankfully Val kept telling me, "What are you worried about? There is absolutely nothing to be worried about, we're all just human here." - We're only human? Really? That's encouraging- because I couldn't work without eating, sitting down for 8.5 hours, or a 15 minute daily doze of daydreaming. I'm so glad they were sympathetic towards me- they sent me home that day and I slept all day and all night. So lesson learnt.The next day I went back to work and didn't try to impress them so hard. I smiled to work, eat when I'm hungry, sit when I'm tired- and I definitely function a lot better that way.
With that being said, I absolutely LOVE my job. I still can't believe that I'm getting paid to do something that I absolutely love. It's never a good day when Val is unwell or sometimes we have 'vampire' customers who's so mean they feed on Margaret's energy. But when customers pre-order their flowers, the shop front isn't busy and the weather is right, I feel like I'm just sitting in my own house listening to music that I like and just be creative with people that I admire.
So with that being said, I'm very pleased to say that I have landed on gold in terms of job. I don't think I could score a better place to work in. The florist is only 10 minutes walk from my house and I'm guaranteed 3 days of work per week- the rest f the week I can work on my jewelry. I really hope and pray that I can work in this shop for a long time.
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