Sigh.
So today was my fist day in charge with my boss being gone.
The day started with my other boss coming in to tell me that a good friend of Acra's (the company), Lance Winegardener, had a massive heart attack this last weekend and died.
Lance was Pam's ( my boss) very very good friend. Right now she is on a plane to Germany with no idea that her good friend for 10 plus years who sends her funny emails a couple times a week that she shares with me, is dead.
We've agreed not to tell her for a couple days, but we have to tell her sooner than later and unfortunealtely we have to tell her on the phone. I think I will ask her sister, our bookeeper, to tell her.
He had a wife and two kids not out of high school yet. I check Pam's email all day since she's gone, and there are so many emails from him with jokes and funny videos.
My boss has been through alot in the past year, as some of you know. Her chilldrens house burnt down in Redding, CA, her friend who she has been living with lost his wife and grandson withing two months of eachother, she broke her leg, and she dumped her asshole boyfriend after 10 horrible years. (he's my other boss).
Pam has had to be there for so many people, and so many tragedies have happened that I don't know how she can deal with feeling so out of control.
Whats going to happen to ACRA with Lance gone? He made sure we always got paid for jobs and were never cheated by his asshole boss's at Raytheon.
Anyway. Today was really quiet. The phone didn't ring much.
Brian, my step-dad worked with Lance. I called him at work today and he said everyone was really sad. I hope he took this to heart. If Lance, a thin, seemingly healthy man can die of a heart attack at 45 or so, what about Brian? A chain smoker with a high sodium diet with an extremely stressful job?
So that was my day.
I was in total shock all day, I'm finally starting to cry. I think I'll send some flowers to the family or something. I have no idea.
Thats all I have to say right now.
The day started with my other boss coming in to tell me that a good friend of Acra's (the company), Lance Winegardener, had a massive heart attack this last weekend and died.
Lance was Pam's ( my boss) very very good friend. Right now she is on a plane to Germany with no idea that her good friend for 10 plus years who sends her funny emails a couple times a week that she shares with me, is dead.
We've agreed not to tell her for a couple days, but we have to tell her sooner than later and unfortunealtely we have to tell her on the phone. I think I will ask her sister, our bookeeper, to tell her.
He had a wife and two kids not out of high school yet. I check Pam's email all day since she's gone, and there are so many emails from him with jokes and funny videos.
My boss has been through alot in the past year, as some of you know. Her chilldrens house burnt down in Redding, CA, her friend who she has been living with lost his wife and grandson withing two months of eachother, she broke her leg, and she dumped her asshole boyfriend after 10 horrible years. (he's my other boss).
Pam has had to be there for so many people, and so many tragedies have happened that I don't know how she can deal with feeling so out of control.
Whats going to happen to ACRA with Lance gone? He made sure we always got paid for jobs and were never cheated by his asshole boss's at Raytheon.
Anyway. Today was really quiet. The phone didn't ring much.
Brian, my step-dad worked with Lance. I called him at work today and he said everyone was really sad. I hope he took this to heart. If Lance, a thin, seemingly healthy man can die of a heart attack at 45 or so, what about Brian? A chain smoker with a high sodium diet with an extremely stressful job?
So that was my day.
I was in total shock all day, I'm finally starting to cry. I think I'll send some flowers to the family or something. I have no idea.
Thats all I have to say right now.