Surprise Work!

Well, I thought I had today off.  I woke up this morning and blogged for about an hour.  Then I unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, trying to keep things neat and tidy since our baby girl could come any day.  I called Massology and made an appointment to come in today for my hour long massage that Michael got me for our anniversary.  I made myself a grilled cheese and some tomato soup (don't judge, I'm pregnant).  I was just getting ready to sit down and eat my food when I got a call from my boss.  He was saying I was supposed to open with him today.  I was supposed to be there at 9, I got his call at 9:15.  :(  So I got myself dressed and ready and rushed to work.  I ended up being 30 minutes late, but still got everything set up in time to open by 10.  Thank goodness!  Today we have our 37 week doctor's appointment.  I had requested the entire day off, and up until recently, I had been granted the entire day off.  But on Sunday one of our 6 workers took a full-time job elsewhere and we were left to fill the schedule and cover his shifts.  I decided that since other team members were going to have to be covering for me while I'm on maternity leave, that I could take extra shifts in the meantime to help the rest of them out.  So here I am at work, for the next 3 hours, helping out until someone else gets here to relieve me and I can head to my doctor's appointment.  As a full time employee, I am required to work at least 30 hours/week to maintain my benefits.  Over the next 3.5 weeks (a full week after my due date) I am scheduled to work 40-45 hrs/week.  This is what happens when you're down to 5 workers and the assistant manager is taking a week of vacation.  Things tend to get tight.  If you think that's bad, you should see the schedule for AFTER I leave on maternity leave.  It's nearly impossible to fill the schedule completely with only 4 workers.  Especially when you consider that each person is supposed to get 2 days off each week.  Next week I have no days off.  But, like I said, I volunteered to cover for my team, because they'll be covering for me here very soon.  Wish I had been on time to work today, but it worked out ok.  Wish I could have had the entire day off of my doctor's appointment, but at least I'll get off in time to get over there on time.  Wish I could have gone and gotten my massage today, but hopefully I'll be able to schedule it for later this week or early next week.  :)  I'm just excited that it's Tuesday again and we get to check on the progress of our little girl.  :)  She'll be here before we know it!