Consider this my notice..................

Work is still kicking my ass. I never thought I'd be one of those folks that would be in the routine of going to work only to come home and work some more. Yet, here I am. Ah well, it makes for a nice paycheck. I still manage to workout (sometimes), eat, bathe, and knock boots somewhere in the middle of this work sammie I've created. This is totally not how I envisioned this week would go. What was I smoking? Maybe I should hit the pipe to help put it all in perspective.

I'll be back after a much needed vacay but until then............

What do you want now????

I don't blog about the j-o-b too much on here because most jobs are pretty much the same story with the same characters just with different faces and diff't challenges (read bullshit). My current gig is pretty sweet for the most part. The work is relatively easy (it just involves a lot of reading and writing), everyone is pretty cool, and the dress code is extremely lax. You can wear pretty much anything you want on any given day...jeans, shorts (no coochie cutters of course), flip flops, I've even seen some folks with spaghetti strap attire. Now that's a bit much IMO regardless of what they say you can wear but I digress. I guess I just haven't loosened up enough from a strict corporate dress code to get with that program (and probably never will).

The environment is pretty laid back and everyone seems to get along for the most part although I have been able to detect some of the "cliques" and strong dislikes some people have for others. Speakin of which, I've been invited to join the "cool kids" lunch club. In an effort to combat high gas prices and average pay a group of folks decided to form a lunch club that meets a few times a week. They decide on a theme (mexican, italian, etc) and each person brings something to contribute. I was first asked verbally and then sent an email invite. I guess this means I'm "in" now. lol I normally bring my lunch everyday but I may go against my anti-social grain and stop by a few times here and there before the year is up. lol

Anyway, I'm gettin off track because that's not even what my post is about. lol Soooo, within the fancy building you can find almost any nationality of people. It's truly like the UN. Our admin happens to be from the motherland. She's sweet as pie and I really do like her but can I just put something out into the universe real fast?? She.gets.on.my.damn.nerves.sometimes!!!! I know you're like AR Gal, what doesn't??!!

Lemme explain. My employer emphasizes that face-to-face interaction is the preferred form of communication. Me, I'd prefer to just receive an email or talk on the phone and be done with it (please see anti-social reference above). The AA....not so much. She truly takes the ish literally and I suppose I shouldn't knock her for that but still....................*sigh* Anyway, today she came down to my desk no fewer than 10 times (seriously I'm not exaggerating). About the 4th time, I had this look on my face that screamed WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?? UGH!!! I'm not the one to tell people how to do their job but ya'll just don't know how bad I wanted to tell her "really, it's okay if you just pick up the phone and call". lol Honestly, I think the reason why she does it is because english is not her 1st language so her accent is really thick and she may think it's easier to understand her in person -vs- on the phone. To me she sounds the same either way. *shrugs shoulders* I think the annoyance was the fact that the things she wanted were simple things liikkkke I need the key # to your lock on your desk for such and such, do you still have that file on your desk (if she had called she would have found out I didn't and could have saved herself an unecessary trip to my desk), do you have any agenda items for our meeting next week.......the list goes on.

Oh well, there's not much I can do to change it now. I just needed to vent I suppose. I'm going to go to work tomorrow with a better attitude and try to keep it that way.....unless she comes down to my desk again. lol

UPDATE: It is not even 9 am and she has been down to my desk twice already.......

I's Tieahd...........

This week has been kicking my ass something serious! I'm in a training class this week to learn about some new software that we are converting to. The people in this class have to teach the rest of the folks in the company. Lawd, what have I gotten myself into. lol Since we are in there all day, I have no time to get my work done (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) and by the time I get home, I'm worn out. I skipped out on walking or doing Tae-Bo today....I'm spent! As soon as I'm done, if I get done, typing up this post, I'm getting ready for bed. I made my salad and told Z he was on his own tonight. Training for everyone else begins next week and I will have to be the secondary trainer in some sessions but the session I have to lead is not until next month (thank gawd!) so I still have a little time to get better prepared. :-)

I opted to do 3 posts instead of one. I had all the stuff I talked about in one but it would have been way too hard on the eyes. Knock yourselves out....I'm going to bed.