Friday comes early… again

Tomorrow is another furlough day at work. It means I don’t have to work and they don’t pay me. Funny, even tho’ the paycut sucks, the day off is very much anticipated. LOL

Well I’m really so far behind I may have to go in anyway, but they still won’t pay me. But that won’t really stop me; I hate being so far behind.

The other funny thing is I have been said this last week, but didn’t go in. Well I did go in for a minute, but I didn’t stay.

I wish I knew why the brain I go to bed with isn’t the same brain I wake up with. For example, I will go to bed thinking “yep, it’s best if I go into work tomorrow and I will get this, this and this done.” Then in the morning once I get up and get moving my internal speech switches to “I don’t want to go”… and I usually end up not going or planning on going another day (I don’t go then either). LOL

I’ll let you know how this works out… in the mean time, TGIT.

Until tomorrow…
~S

nAbLOpOmO day 19

Bowling night

The best part of bowling night tonight was being away from the negativity that is work right now.

Until tomorrow…
~S

nAbLOpOmO day 17

somedays work just blows my mind.

My job has institued furlough days every other Friday. Every other Friday we have the day off… without pay; it equates to a 10 percent paycut. Our next scheduled furlough day is a week from tomorrow. Veteran’s Day is next Wednesday, which is a holiday (paid) for us. It is a legal holiday; banks are closed, government offices are closed… no mail… yadda, yadda, yadda.

Today they (my work) officially changed the day off in honor of Veteran’s Day from Wednesday to Thursday so we could have a four day weekend…. WTF? Who the hell do you have to think you are to change. a national. holiday?

I think it’s disrespectful and stupid.

Everyone knows government offices are closed on Veteran’s Day, so we are going to be slow as hell. People aren’t going to be able to do business with us Thursday or Friday. In my humble opinion? It’s a bad decision.

I normally don’t bitch about work on the Internet, but I just don’t get this. Am I being silly?

Here is a quote from the link above:

The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) was signed on June 28, 1968, and was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. It was thought that these extended weekends would encourage travel, recreational and cultural activities and stimulate greater industrial and commercial production. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holidays on their original dates.

The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971. It was quite apparent that the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens, and so on September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. This action supported the desires of the overwhelming majority of state legislatures, all major veterans service organizations and the American people.

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to November 11 not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

“A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.”

yep… they moved it for a 4-day weekend.

great.

Until tomorrow…
~S

Sucking the energy out of life…

Work has really been sucking lately, but I don’t really want to go into it much here. I will say that I have been working crazy hours. It started back in June when my boss was let go, for cost cutting reasons. He had only held that position since the middle of February. His duties became my duties, but it was only a temporary thing. Within weeks an outside company was to be taking over his duties.

Here it is two months later, and I am still doing double duty, while that outside company juggles** around how they are going to handle this new position. (**who’s going to do it, when are they going to actually start…etc.)

This has really turned into an emotional roller coaster for me. I have worked full-time for this employer for over 16 years in many capacities. This has got to be the only time that I have been given a task to do (not once, but twice in the past year) and the final position was given to someone else.

So my brain tries to process this as… I’m good enough to fill in, but I’m not good enough to be the fulltime person. I’m trying to keep the negative thoughts at bay… but I am really struggling.

So much for not going into it much here…

Well, this has pretty much been the reason for the scarcity of posts here. But I am still taking pictures, how could I not? Especially since I have a new camera… yay!

I leave you with… Hunter in a tree. Isn’t that the greatest smile?

Hey, can you tell me if this shot looks dark to you? My monitor at home is calibrated, but it definitely looks dark to me at work. And honestly, a lot of my shots look too light at home. I’m probably going to have to tweak my laptop settings… it’s a new laptop… but that’s a whole different post.

Hopefully I won’t be gone so long next time.
~S

The old adage rings true, yet again…

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

Now I know everything happens for a reason (am I killing you with clichés yet?). However you have to admit that it’s not very often that the reason comes so soon after the disappointment.

It’s rough right now and I know I need a change. But perhaps the change will come to me as opposed to me making a change. As long as I stay open, the possibilities are endless.

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I know it’s been awhile since I have updated things regularly or commented on some of my favorite blogs. But please know I’m still checked to see if you had that kid yet; check to get updates on three of my favorite boys…families…Xan, Malcolm and Sam ; Keeping up on WTF Wednedays ; Hearing preggo news Yea!! ; Checking in with my favorite Sarcastic Mom and checking on your book sales.

If I didn’t link to you, please don’t feel slighted… I’m just slamming a sandwich (ham and salami with swiss) at lunch and this is all I have time for. I still checking out my bloglines a couple of times a week… Yes, I still love you.

More soon… I promise.

Good gravy… where did February go??

~S

This and that…

First things first…
This is the first 12 of 12 I’ve missed in almost a year. I tried, I really did… but I only ended up with 5 pictures; me at 7:30 in the morning, faking the excitement that comes with going to work; Hunter, morning boy (as seen below); Dad, not so morning; the McDonald’s drive thru at 5:17 getting a quick burger before heading back to work and finally the clock at work which said 9:20… as I was leaving work. So as you can see… well actually, you can’t see… 13+ hour days make for shitty 12 of 12’s.

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The end of an era…
They finally made a decision regarding the position I have been filling for the past 2 and ½ months… and it wasn’t me. The city I have worked in for over 18 years selected someone else to run the finances.

Honestly? I’m okay with that. It is really an impossible job and very political. I think my 2+ months were successful. I learned a lot and it gave me a ton of confidence.

I have also decided my work is bad for my soul. Not the work I do, but the place I go. The Negative Nancy’s, Not-my-Job Joe’s…it wears thin after a few years. The sense of entitlement is mind-blowing. And just the basic lack of common sense and lack of willingness to do what is right… it’s just tough to deal with day in and day out. Don’t even get me started about the gossip.

I think it’s time for a change for me. President’s Day will find me updating my resume.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Speaking of Valentine’s Day… Hunter’s day care had a Valentines party and sent a note home asking for an item for the party and gave us a list of kids we needed to bring valentines for. Not a problem. Hunter brought home a little box full of valentines and almost all of them had candy attached. Now we didn’t send candy. As a general rule, Hunter doesn’t get candy. I was surprised by all that he got… am I weird?

It’s the last day of January already??

Holy crap!

I know it’s been a while… sorry.  Work has been crazy busy.  It’s been 2 months since I was given an additional job to do, on the premise it would only be temporary.  Still, no decision has been made.  I guess I shouldn’t complain, lots of people don’t have jobs.

…like Kevin.

He got laid off indefinitely today.

Stupid crappy economy.

I’ll be back when I have better news…

… or pictures…

~S

How to win friends and influence people…

Today was the first day back to work after a couple of weeks of holiday schedules. It was a long day for me. After my regular gig (8 to 5) I had a meeting at 6pm.

There was a female attorney in this meeting. I think she has her license, but I she wasn’t at this meeting in an attorney capacity… thank goodness.

The meeting was being held in a conference room and about half way through the meeting, she emerged from the backroom with a giant red pen. Now I kid you not when I say this was a giant pen… at least 12 inches long.

It looked like a big red dildo…

…and she was writing with it.

That’s quite the way to garner the respect of your peers.

…a big red dildo that writes…

nice.

Here’s the deal

I can’t tell you how hilarious it is when a two year old starts his sentences with:
“Here’s the deal.”

We just rolled.

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On the job front… it’s crazy busy. I had my first after hours meeting yesterday. And even though the day was 11 hours long, it seemed to fly by.

It’s way tough trying to do two gigs… but hopefully there will be some resolution in the next couple of weeks… at least that is what I was told.

Sometimes my head just swirls with thoughts… ugh.

Mixed emotions

Today was my supervisor’s last day. He was the Finance Director. He was a good supervisor with a very strong integrity. He believed that he had accomplished everything he could and he retired.

Today I was told I will be the Interim Finance Director.

Three years ago, I would have jumped at the chance; in fact I even applied for this very job three years ago. But a lot can happen in three years… and it has.

Honestly, I am still processing how I feel. I know some people are happy for me. But I also know some people are PISSED OFF. Those caps aren’t an accident. The announcement was made in the middle of the afternoon and the furry has already gotten back to me. The insane part is this really is only temporary; the recruitment process has already started. I guess it could lead to me keeping the position, but the point is, some people are angry. I believe it mostly stems from jealousy, but who really knows… or cares.

I don’t really care how people feel. I have always let my work and my work ethic speak for itself. But this job requires very thick skin… very.

This holiday weekend, I have a four days off and I will be using them to process where I am at with my feelings and what will be best for my family.

I’m not the kind of person to shy away from a challenge. Over my career I haven’t been in any one position for longer than 2 or 3 years. I have always been driven and been fortunate enough to continually advance my career.

My goals have always revolved around my career and trying to make a difference. Now my goals revolve around raising a kind, respectful, polite and valuable member of the human race.

Can I do both?

NaBloPoMo - day 26