December 6th... A day before the day that will live in infamy.
Ok, so a paraphrase of the "famous" quote, but the day is imporant in my life, so what's a girl to do???
So, any-who, HAPPY BIRTHDAY E!!!!! It seems like just last week that your momma was calling me from NY to tell me that she had gone into labor 5.5 weeks early, and we had the prayer lines buzzing for your health and well being. Now you are a happy, healthy, beautiful boy of 5 and I don't know where the time has gone. May the Lord always bless you and keep you. Your Aunt J loves you.
In other news...
Its official! I'm legal! I finally sold my 92' Tercel, and was able to transfer the plates and register my "new" '99 Honda CR-V. Still a few papers to chase, but seeing as I was down to the last two days on my 30-Day Tags, I was starting to get a *little* tense. So "Dean", as I have dubbed the sub-SUV has his shiny "new/old" plates, and is tucked safely in the garage, and I can wipe that task off my mind. Farewell "Bess" (aka "Jess"), you were a faithful companion and servant for 14 year, and I am just strange enough to miss inanimate objects.
Finally, I was slightly surprised to discover that I had just over 53 hours of vacation time remaining for the year, which doesn't include the time already scheduled the Friday before Christmas, and the week between Christmas and New Years. Soooo, as you can probably imagine, I decided I was going to take a few days, but knew that I probably wouldn't be able to take all 53 hours. As I started plotting ut the rest of my year, I realized that I may only have to work about 6 more days in 2006! Whoo-hoo! Well, that lasted all of about 30 minutes until I talked to "Management." As I told my "Big Boss" that I had 53 hours of "unscheduled" vacation time, and that I was already scheduled to be out for over a week around Christmas, he looked a bit panicked, but tried to be cool about it. I was flattered, but still slightly appalled when he asked, "you mean, you're going to be out for a week?"
I confirmed the dates for him, and then he started talking about how "we" need to get a back up for me, "because when you were out for that one day (I had taken the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday) things fell apart around here." We agreed that I would possibly take some half days, and I'll work my hinny off to get year-end orders met. Not-so strangly, my Boss responded pretty much the same way as "Big Boss" did, although with a little more on the panic, and a little less on the cool side of things. I mean, I can appreciate that my role as the procurement specialist of computer equipment for the MIS department is important. Heck, I sometimes find it surreal that I've "spent" over $1,300,000.00 (I just like all those zeros) of my company's money in the 18 months that I have been in this job. However, I do find it *humerous* that my management stresses how important my work is, and how my being out ONE DAY was a big deal, yet I'm the lowest graded, and by association probably (I have to say probably because I can't know 100% without seeing pay statements, but it is a logical statement) the lowest paid employee in their organization. If my work, and by association I am *so* important, then why do my pay statments not reflect this fact? No, I'm not BITTER!
Oh well, I have faith that things will change eventually, and it is nice that they "miss" me when I'm out of the office. I almost think it would be worse if they hadn't even known I was gone! (Does make we wonder what my desk is going to look like come January though!)
Ok, sleepy now.
j
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So, any-who, HAPPY BIRTHDAY E!!!!! It seems like just last week that your momma was calling me from NY to tell me that she had gone into labor 5.5 weeks early, and we had the prayer lines buzzing for your health and well being. Now you are a happy, healthy, beautiful boy of 5 and I don't know where the time has gone. May the Lord always bless you and keep you. Your Aunt J loves you.
In other news...
Its official! I'm legal! I finally sold my 92' Tercel, and was able to transfer the plates and register my "new" '99 Honda CR-V. Still a few papers to chase, but seeing as I was down to the last two days on my 30-Day Tags, I was starting to get a *little* tense. So "Dean", as I have dubbed the sub-SUV has his shiny "new/old" plates, and is tucked safely in the garage, and I can wipe that task off my mind. Farewell "Bess" (aka "Jess"), you were a faithful companion and servant for 14 year, and I am just strange enough to miss inanimate objects.
Finally, I was slightly surprised to discover that I had just over 53 hours of vacation time remaining for the year, which doesn't include the time already scheduled the Friday before Christmas, and the week between Christmas and New Years. Soooo, as you can probably imagine, I decided I was going to take a few days, but knew that I probably wouldn't be able to take all 53 hours. As I started plotting ut the rest of my year, I realized that I may only have to work about 6 more days in 2006! Whoo-hoo! Well, that lasted all of about 30 minutes until I talked to "Management." As I told my "Big Boss" that I had 53 hours of "unscheduled" vacation time, and that I was already scheduled to be out for over a week around Christmas, he looked a bit panicked, but tried to be cool about it. I was flattered, but still slightly appalled when he asked, "you mean, you're going to be out for a week?"
I confirmed the dates for him, and then he started talking about how "we" need to get a back up for me, "because when you were out for that one day (I had taken the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday) things fell apart around here." We agreed that I would possibly take some half days, and I'll work my hinny off to get year-end orders met. Not-so strangly, my Boss responded pretty much the same way as "Big Boss" did, although with a little more on the panic, and a little less on the cool side of things. I mean, I can appreciate that my role as the procurement specialist of computer equipment for the MIS department is important. Heck, I sometimes find it surreal that I've "spent" over $1,300,000.00 (I just like all those zeros) of my company's money in the 18 months that I have been in this job. However, I do find it *humerous* that my management stresses how important my work is, and how my being out ONE DAY was a big deal, yet I'm the lowest graded, and by association probably (I have to say probably because I can't know 100% without seeing pay statements, but it is a logical statement) the lowest paid employee in their organization. If my work, and by association I am *so* important, then why do my pay statments not reflect this fact? No, I'm not BITTER!
Oh well, I have faith that things will change eventually, and it is nice that they "miss" me when I'm out of the office. I almost think it would be worse if they hadn't even known I was gone! (Does make we wonder what my desk is going to look like come January though!)
Ok, sleepy now.
j
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