well then
Starting my 3rd week here, and I feel like I'm finally getting up to speed. Every SINGLE day flies by in a heartbeat, even tho I'm not really DOING anything yet but reports and spreadsheets and recommendations. The past couple of days have included me learning about merchandising and forecasting requirements for new products, price changes, inventory reductions, etc, and how SERIOUSLY COOL is that shit - I have never seen any of this before so I was like a little kid in the meetings, what's this, why do we do that, how did you get that formula - I swear one of my coworkers thought I was touched in the head. My boss found it very amusing and seemed really happy I was so excited to learn, tho.
Speaking of coworkers, I sit in this large interior room with no windows and 8 desks cubicle style, but the walls of the cubes come up to my belly button. There is NO privacy, no quiet, and everyone is not more than 7 feet from one another, including my boss (who I have to say has the strangest cell phone ring tone - it's like a wanna be porn soundtrack - makes me giggle every time). Right now there's just him, myself and another woman in here who is a merchandiser, who is great - really enjoy working with her. Problem is she's WICKED pregnant and is due June 6th, and she'll be out 12 weeks after that, which means I'll be alone AND have to do her work too which I don't have any clue how to do...Apparently there's a new hire starting Thursday as well, so there will be 4 of us in here for a bit - but I just heard she will be working remotely quite a bit, so we'll see how it goes.
Been up and down the past couple of weeks - unfortunately did not realize I don't get health insurance here day 1, so I now have to come up with more than a couple of thousand dollars for COBRA until June 26th. I absolutely do NOT understand how that program is a benefit for anyone - especially those who are unemployed...I'm barely going to be able to pay for this and I'm working!! Shouldn't a program meant to help you keep insurance if you lose your job be AFFORDABLE? WTF? Also getting hit with bills from every side, substantial bills - got another $600 bill from the hospital for my last MRI, which I didn't expect, on top of the ones from my hospitalization and previous MRI...and then this weekend we realized that the tires on the Audi, the car the kids drive most, are so bad the steel bands are showing through the side, so now we need new tires. Kelsey's graduation in 3 weeks, more having to fill the cars up with gas that just keeps getting higher, things with the school for both kids, it's just never ending. It's awful to feel like we're one emergency away from everything going bad. Makes it very hard to breathe, or sleep at night. Add to that the fact that Glenn's company still hasn't found a place to move to by the end of June, so who knows how long his job is around, and I'm not questioning why I'm flaring so much.
However, this week emotionally I'm feeling much stronger and better about myself. So while the fibro is kicking my ass and the stress is making me not sleep, I'm still smiling. =)
Speaking of coworkers, I sit in this large interior room with no windows and 8 desks cubicle style, but the walls of the cubes come up to my belly button. There is NO privacy, no quiet, and everyone is not more than 7 feet from one another, including my boss (who I have to say has the strangest cell phone ring tone - it's like a wanna be porn soundtrack - makes me giggle every time). Right now there's just him, myself and another woman in here who is a merchandiser, who is great - really enjoy working with her. Problem is she's WICKED pregnant and is due June 6th, and she'll be out 12 weeks after that, which means I'll be alone AND have to do her work too which I don't have any clue how to do...Apparently there's a new hire starting Thursday as well, so there will be 4 of us in here for a bit - but I just heard she will be working remotely quite a bit, so we'll see how it goes.
Been up and down the past couple of weeks - unfortunately did not realize I don't get health insurance here day 1, so I now have to come up with more than a couple of thousand dollars for COBRA until June 26th. I absolutely do NOT understand how that program is a benefit for anyone - especially those who are unemployed...I'm barely going to be able to pay for this and I'm working!! Shouldn't a program meant to help you keep insurance if you lose your job be AFFORDABLE? WTF? Also getting hit with bills from every side, substantial bills - got another $600 bill from the hospital for my last MRI, which I didn't expect, on top of the ones from my hospitalization and previous MRI...and then this weekend we realized that the tires on the Audi, the car the kids drive most, are so bad the steel bands are showing through the side, so now we need new tires. Kelsey's graduation in 3 weeks, more having to fill the cars up with gas that just keeps getting higher, things with the school for both kids, it's just never ending. It's awful to feel like we're one emergency away from everything going bad. Makes it very hard to breathe, or sleep at night. Add to that the fact that Glenn's company still hasn't found a place to move to by the end of June, so who knows how long his job is around, and I'm not questioning why I'm flaring so much.
However, this week emotionally I'm feeling much stronger and better about myself. So while the fibro is kicking my ass and the stress is making me not sleep, I'm still smiling. =)