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Glad for the upcoming weekend.
This week has been stressful. Heard from corporate counsel on monday regarding my letter outing my boss's illegal activity... It was just your usual run of the mill talk with an attorney- hashing out exactly what went on, what liabilities and concerns exist, etc...
He was going to be travelling again this week but a HR rep or HR lawyer was supposed to have contacted me by today... I didn't get a call.
I wish this ordeal would get over with. All week long Anita has thought I have just been the most awesome thing ever... Monday I started my new job in the office, but because the person I was essentially working under was out with a sick kid, I got to jump right in and do her job too. Wednesday my boss calls me into the office and I am just thinking "OH SHIT... here comes the drama". Instead she starts telling me what a great job I am doing and that I have the best time management skills of anybody in the office, and that my hard work has not gone unnnoticed and she told her boss in CA all about how good of a job I have done training the new hires and keeping my coworker's stuff up to date, pitching in everywhere I'm needed, etc....
Which is quite the about-face from where i was a couple weeks ago, butting heads with her over being reimbursed for mileage/parking, not forging her signature on legal documents, etc....
So I guess really I'm in as good of a spot as I can be going into this ordeal. Her superior has just heard about how GREAT a job I am doing, etc.... (AND this little talk was given in front of one of the new hires so he can verify that I was indeed being heavily praised for the job I've done lately)
But I'm still sitting here holding my breath, waiting for the shit to hit the fan... Every time the phone rings, I get nervous. Every time she calls my name or pulls me into her office, i get nervous...
On the upside- got Andy back to work this week. My closest buddy right now just moved her horse to the barn where I keep mine, so we go together to help each other on the ground, etc.... I'm taking it a little easy on him right now- he dropped off a little more weight than i would have liked in my absence (it's not horrible... he's not starved or anything like that... Just a little more lean than I'd like...) so I'm trying to get him back to work without him using up all the extra calories from his increase in feed.
My splurge from my tax refund this year is a new saddle. Not NEW new, but new to me. A few years ago when money got tight, I sold my good saddle. Ever since I've had a few different not so great saddles. I've always been able to flip them for more than I bought them for, but I've had a parade of not quite right saddles. Biggest issue is that my legs are too long for a 21", but if I get a 22", i need adjustable bars that let me move my leg back underneath me just a little bit for my back to be comfy. Which is a pricey option, so I'm looking for the most rare size with the most rare option and trying to stay in budget. In the meanwhile,i've been riding smooshed into a 21" saddle for about four years.
Found a 22" saddle with adjustable bars for $400. Which is a great price (this was a $1200 saddle when it was new), and it's the brand i wanted. I have one of my old saddles listed at $350 with several interested parties.... and should be able to get around $100 for the other one I have out in the barn. so... actually I won't even have to touch my tax refund....
Batman and Clark are doing great. Clark is just turning into the neatest kitty. He has the goofiest personality and I just love it. He's a total mischief maker! He flops on my chest and purrrs and loves to fake fight with me (flip on his back, grab my hand and then chew gently on my fingers while looking SO fierce...)
It isn't family without family drama... Grandpa's funeral will be May 5th. he didnt want a big fuss made over it. Just a smallish gathering... Well... leave it to my gram and my aunt... It's gone from a small gathering to a big catered affair, rather reminiscent of my sister's wedding that morphed from a small ceremony with a small cake/refreshment reception into a church wedding with a full reception at a country club....
They've ordered my sister to play all his favorite music... Which she isn't sure she can make it through so tried to decline, with Shane offering to play in her place (he's in the Air Force Band of Flight and is an excellent musician- better than my sis). My aunt had to be a total class act and say that my sister's husband, whom grampa was VERY fond of... Shane was able to bring him into a fairly lucid state despite his dementia quite often, wasn't close family.
Times like this, I am so pleased that my only real talent lives out in a barn... that way I don't get roped into this crap....
This week has been stressful. Heard from corporate counsel on monday regarding my letter outing my boss's illegal activity... It was just your usual run of the mill talk with an attorney- hashing out exactly what went on, what liabilities and concerns exist, etc...
He was going to be travelling again this week but a HR rep or HR lawyer was supposed to have contacted me by today... I didn't get a call.
I wish this ordeal would get over with. All week long Anita has thought I have just been the most awesome thing ever... Monday I started my new job in the office, but because the person I was essentially working under was out with a sick kid, I got to jump right in and do her job too. Wednesday my boss calls me into the office and I am just thinking "OH SHIT... here comes the drama". Instead she starts telling me what a great job I am doing and that I have the best time management skills of anybody in the office, and that my hard work has not gone unnnoticed and she told her boss in CA all about how good of a job I have done training the new hires and keeping my coworker's stuff up to date, pitching in everywhere I'm needed, etc....
Which is quite the about-face from where i was a couple weeks ago, butting heads with her over being reimbursed for mileage/parking, not forging her signature on legal documents, etc....
So I guess really I'm in as good of a spot as I can be going into this ordeal. Her superior has just heard about how GREAT a job I am doing, etc.... (AND this little talk was given in front of one of the new hires so he can verify that I was indeed being heavily praised for the job I've done lately)
But I'm still sitting here holding my breath, waiting for the shit to hit the fan... Every time the phone rings, I get nervous. Every time she calls my name or pulls me into her office, i get nervous...
On the upside- got Andy back to work this week. My closest buddy right now just moved her horse to the barn where I keep mine, so we go together to help each other on the ground, etc.... I'm taking it a little easy on him right now- he dropped off a little more weight than i would have liked in my absence (it's not horrible... he's not starved or anything like that... Just a little more lean than I'd like...) so I'm trying to get him back to work without him using up all the extra calories from his increase in feed.
My splurge from my tax refund this year is a new saddle. Not NEW new, but new to me. A few years ago when money got tight, I sold my good saddle. Ever since I've had a few different not so great saddles. I've always been able to flip them for more than I bought them for, but I've had a parade of not quite right saddles. Biggest issue is that my legs are too long for a 21", but if I get a 22", i need adjustable bars that let me move my leg back underneath me just a little bit for my back to be comfy. Which is a pricey option, so I'm looking for the most rare size with the most rare option and trying to stay in budget. In the meanwhile,i've been riding smooshed into a 21" saddle for about four years.
Found a 22" saddle with adjustable bars for $400. Which is a great price (this was a $1200 saddle when it was new), and it's the brand i wanted. I have one of my old saddles listed at $350 with several interested parties.... and should be able to get around $100 for the other one I have out in the barn. so... actually I won't even have to touch my tax refund....
Batman and Clark are doing great. Clark is just turning into the neatest kitty. He has the goofiest personality and I just love it. He's a total mischief maker! He flops on my chest and purrrs and loves to fake fight with me (flip on his back, grab my hand and then chew gently on my fingers while looking SO fierce...)
It isn't family without family drama... Grandpa's funeral will be May 5th. he didnt want a big fuss made over it. Just a smallish gathering... Well... leave it to my gram and my aunt... It's gone from a small gathering to a big catered affair, rather reminiscent of my sister's wedding that morphed from a small ceremony with a small cake/refreshment reception into a church wedding with a full reception at a country club....
They've ordered my sister to play all his favorite music... Which she isn't sure she can make it through so tried to decline, with Shane offering to play in her place (he's in the Air Force Band of Flight and is an excellent musician- better than my sis). My aunt had to be a total class act and say that my sister's husband, whom grampa was VERY fond of... Shane was able to bring him into a fairly lucid state despite his dementia quite often, wasn't close family.
Times like this, I am so pleased that my only real talent lives out in a barn... that way I don't get roped into this crap....