It does get better than this.....right?
So the last few weeks have been slightly unpleasant, not terrible really until this week, but still icky. Basically my boss took a lateral position in another department so now the whole department is reporting to the former night shift manager who is now working a regular 830-5 shift so she can cover half of each shift. It isn't really that bad in my opinion, because I've known her for years and we get along well, but for some of my co-workers they act like its the worst thing ever. For the last few weeks they've been b****ing about it, but the worst started today when the guy I share the office just made the shift absolutely miserable for me. It started with him being late, than he put on some of the worst techno club music ever followed by the soundtrack to zelda the game, usually I just tune him out, but today that was impossible. Then the snippy comments started in our instant message chat, the worst being comments to the boss about how the old boss never made us do this or that. Oy I hope he gets the new job he went after, because on one level he truly believes she will persecute him and still holds a grudge from the last time they locked horns.
The other reason this has been an awful week is the change to an earlier shift, now I have to be logged on at work at 5:30a.m. with Mom's new job starting on Monday, I really can't see myself staying I need a shift that matches the rest of the house, so I've been applying to every possible weekends off, 8-5 shift.
Last week my cousin's mom finally lost her battle with cancer which was sad I didn't know Madeline real well, but she managed to beat the illness back for a long time after getting her terminal diagnosis a couple years ago. I feel bad for my cousin and his half-sibs, but am glad they had plenty of time to prepare and say goodbye. So I've been tired, cranky, and out of sorts, I had a migraine on Monday and reminding myself it will get better. I'll be starting the NaNoWriMo in a few days and got some great tips from the last couple of issues of The Writer's Magazine especially the one about first drafts just being to get the flow of the story and not to get stuck on writing the perfect sentence. Also I think some of the stress will start easing once mom gets her first paycheck, then I won't be solely responsible for caring for the family. I haven't minded supporting her, my brother and myself through college, but now that I'm getting close to being able to transfer to a BS degree program I'd like to stop living paycheck to paycheck and actually get a savings account again. With any luck the side effect to all of this will be a returned interest in my writing, I've gotten some lovely reviews on SLD and WEL recently, which were reminders that I have stories needing to be finished. Anyway I keep reminding myself that the best is yet to be.
The other reason this has been an awful week is the change to an earlier shift, now I have to be logged on at work at 5:30a.m. with Mom's new job starting on Monday, I really can't see myself staying I need a shift that matches the rest of the house, so I've been applying to every possible weekends off, 8-5 shift.
Last week my cousin's mom finally lost her battle with cancer which was sad I didn't know Madeline real well, but she managed to beat the illness back for a long time after getting her terminal diagnosis a couple years ago. I feel bad for my cousin and his half-sibs, but am glad they had plenty of time to prepare and say goodbye. So I've been tired, cranky, and out of sorts, I had a migraine on Monday and reminding myself it will get better. I'll be starting the NaNoWriMo in a few days and got some great tips from the last couple of issues of The Writer's Magazine especially the one about first drafts just being to get the flow of the story and not to get stuck on writing the perfect sentence. Also I think some of the stress will start easing once mom gets her first paycheck, then I won't be solely responsible for caring for the family. I haven't minded supporting her, my brother and myself through college, but now that I'm getting close to being able to transfer to a BS degree program I'd like to stop living paycheck to paycheck and actually get a savings account again. With any luck the side effect to all of this will be a returned interest in my writing, I've gotten some lovely reviews on SLD and WEL recently, which were reminders that I have stories needing to be finished. Anyway I keep reminding myself that the best is yet to be.