Long time, no post...?
So I had a fabulous extended weekend in Ohio. How, you ask, could I possibly have a good time in OHIO? 'Cause I got to see my Lover and her silly, silly friend Tiffany. Stop your silly-ness, you two. Stop it right now! Anywho, I won't bore you with all the little details but I had a blast and wish I didn't have to come back to reality. I've got pictures to share and ya'll would be proud because they are already loaded onto my computer. Now I just need to download them to Photobucket, but that bitch takes forever to load my images! I'll put a link in here when they're ready for your viewing pleasure :)
Anywho, work sucks...naturally. Especially after having so much fun away from this hellhole for a few days. Coming back reminds me just how much I really do loathe it. And I've cemented in my mind my plan to move to Chicago in October. I'm sad that I couldn't make it happen in June with Tiff-a-roo, but I would just feel more secure with another couple months worth of a job to save up some more money. 'Cause who knows how long it's gonna take me to find one in Chicago. Could be a repeat of last fall....no me likey. But I'll take what comes to me I suppose.
But here, the work is becoming even more monotonous and grueling. I feel extremely underappreciated by the people in my team, and often used....I feel like they still view me as a temp and not as an equal which pisses me off. They never bothered to ask if I wanted to be a part of the interviews for a couple new members of our group. Apparently my input and opinions aren't valued. Maybe it's all my fault...perhaps I'm alienating myself from the rest of the group somehow? But I really do try and socialize. It's not that I even care about being left out of their lives outside of work, but I HATE feeling ignored in the workplace regarding our projects. I just feel so unimportant once again. Although my group took over a project for another woman who got slammed with crap to do, and she gave us all Barnes and Noble gift cards for learning the stuff so quickly. So that was nice of her. But technically, she's not in my group. The people down in our Texas office that I report to on my specific projects are super nice and are always saying thanks for doing odd jobs for them and how much they appreciate my quick turnarounds....but it's not the same as having your immediate peers include you and pat you on the back.
Sooo...I'm frustrated and, to be honest, I'm thinking of quitting the 1st of September to give myself a little break. I know I don't deserve it, I've only been working a year and that I shouldn't be worn out already, but I am. Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally because of all the crap I endure here. I really do feel like their slave bitch. And that's not cool. But it will give me such an incredibly deep satisfaction to give my notice in the fall....they've basically delegated all the crappy roles and responsibilities to me because they "don't have time what with their own projects and all" so it'll be funny to see how they scramble to find a replacement or try and juggle everything without me again.
But yeah, just another old-fashioned bitchfest brought to you by moi. And now, the new girl that was hired but has been working as a temp for a few weeks is gonna get a laptop...WTF? How unfair is that? I've been working with the same crappy desktop this whole time and no one even offered me a laptop. They just have one laying around somewhere and decided to give it to Rosie. Absolute bullshit. I'm in charge of ordering supplies and little office accessories...maybe I should just start ordering myself a ridiculous amount of extra paper trays and pencil cups?
So, if I quit in September, I have exactly four months left of this crap. Can I handle it? I hope so. It's technically already been two months since I was hired permanently. Time flies when you're having fun....or bitching a lot?
Alrighty, I'm sure everyone's gonna come back from their meeting any minute so I should wrap this up. I'm off to Des Moines this weekend to celebrate Tiff's pending graduation and to get cronked with my bro. And then I get to work at DQ on Sunday...major boo. Only 3 more Sundays to go until I'm completely free from there. I definitely told my boss I quit before I left for Ohio and it was a huge weight lifted off of me.
Ugh, how could a four-day work week seem like forever? I wanna go home...
Anywho, work sucks...naturally. Especially after having so much fun away from this hellhole for a few days. Coming back reminds me just how much I really do loathe it. And I've cemented in my mind my plan to move to Chicago in October. I'm sad that I couldn't make it happen in June with Tiff-a-roo, but I would just feel more secure with another couple months worth of a job to save up some more money. 'Cause who knows how long it's gonna take me to find one in Chicago. Could be a repeat of last fall....no me likey. But I'll take what comes to me I suppose.
But here, the work is becoming even more monotonous and grueling. I feel extremely underappreciated by the people in my team, and often used....I feel like they still view me as a temp and not as an equal which pisses me off. They never bothered to ask if I wanted to be a part of the interviews for a couple new members of our group. Apparently my input and opinions aren't valued. Maybe it's all my fault...perhaps I'm alienating myself from the rest of the group somehow? But I really do try and socialize. It's not that I even care about being left out of their lives outside of work, but I HATE feeling ignored in the workplace regarding our projects. I just feel so unimportant once again. Although my group took over a project for another woman who got slammed with crap to do, and she gave us all Barnes and Noble gift cards for learning the stuff so quickly. So that was nice of her. But technically, she's not in my group. The people down in our Texas office that I report to on my specific projects are super nice and are always saying thanks for doing odd jobs for them and how much they appreciate my quick turnarounds....but it's not the same as having your immediate peers include you and pat you on the back.
Sooo...I'm frustrated and, to be honest, I'm thinking of quitting the 1st of September to give myself a little break. I know I don't deserve it, I've only been working a year and that I shouldn't be worn out already, but I am. Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally because of all the crap I endure here. I really do feel like their slave bitch. And that's not cool. But it will give me such an incredibly deep satisfaction to give my notice in the fall....they've basically delegated all the crappy roles and responsibilities to me because they "don't have time what with their own projects and all" so it'll be funny to see how they scramble to find a replacement or try and juggle everything without me again.
But yeah, just another old-fashioned bitchfest brought to you by moi. And now, the new girl that was hired but has been working as a temp for a few weeks is gonna get a laptop...WTF? How unfair is that? I've been working with the same crappy desktop this whole time and no one even offered me a laptop. They just have one laying around somewhere and decided to give it to Rosie. Absolute bullshit. I'm in charge of ordering supplies and little office accessories...maybe I should just start ordering myself a ridiculous amount of extra paper trays and pencil cups?
So, if I quit in September, I have exactly four months left of this crap. Can I handle it? I hope so. It's technically already been two months since I was hired permanently. Time flies when you're having fun....or bitching a lot?
Alrighty, I'm sure everyone's gonna come back from their meeting any minute so I should wrap this up. I'm off to Des Moines this weekend to celebrate Tiff's pending graduation and to get cronked with my bro. And then I get to work at DQ on Sunday...major boo. Only 3 more Sundays to go until I'm completely free from there. I definitely told my boss I quit before I left for Ohio and it was a huge weight lifted off of me.
Ugh, how could a four-day work week seem like forever? I wanna go home...