November 23, 2005

• So... I'm getting as settled into my new job as I can.  See, the girl I'm replacing, she's still here.  Talk about awkward.  In all actuality, she's pretty cool.  Yeah, she's got some pretty serious issues, but she's a good person.  She called out sick on my first day because she just couldn't face me, talk about uncomfortable.

  
  

  I took her to lunch the other day.  I mean honestly, how can you hate someone that treats you to lunch? HA!  No, I was heading out and asked her if she wanted me to pick anything up for her, then decided just to invite her along.  Much to my surprise, she accepted.  We talked.  She's really cool.  She admits she's got the issues, and in the long run this will probably be better for her because her 4 year old son is in Utah with her parents and now there's nothing keeping her out here.  She can relocate to be with him.

  
  

  It was odd really... my supervisor, she warned me that there would probably be some hostility there.  That they'd try to keep me busy and out of her way until she left.  It was all absolutely unnecessary.  Of course, then again, she could be blogging somewhere about what a bitch I am and how she can't wait to see the office fall to pieces after she leaves.

  
  

  I cannot WAIT to reorganize everything.  I wonder if my need for organization at my workplace is an OCD.  I'll be the first to admit it... I'm pretty anal. But dude, it's so efficient!

  
  

  Anyway, Husband, Itty and I all have sinus infections.  We're miserable.  My eyes: it hurts to even open them.  I feel like there's a little miner back there with a pitch fork trying to dig his way out through my optical nerves.  My teeth: it hurts to chew.  Any pressure at all and they're all screaming for me to stop.  My ears: have you ever had the feeling that someone has shoved a balloon up your ear and they're trying to blow it up?  Yeah, it's kinda like that.  Oh, and did I mention it hurts?

  
  

  Itty hasn't hardly eaten a thing since last Thursday.  She just doesn't feel good.  BOY is she grumpy about it too.  She'll look you dead in the eye and take every piece of food on her tray and THROW it over her shoulder screaming, "NO!"  Nothing... she want's absolutely nothing. 

  
  

  Husband has it too.  We both went to bed at 8 last night.  How pathetic is that?

  
  

  Needless to say, this year Thanksgiving is going to be pretty pathetic.  We've had to call and cancel on our guests because we don't want to get everyone else sick.  We'll still make the Turduken and pumpkin pie, but most of the other items that were on the menu are being scrapped.  We'll probably just pick up a sweet potato on the way home tonight and bake that... and maybe some sugar snap peas (cause I love those).

  
  

  Dude, I'm kinda bummed.  I miss my former co-workers.  I miss getting to talk to Chun every day on AIM.  I miss talking to Kim too.  On the bright side, I'll only be the new girl until Monday... then there's another new guy starting... followed shortly by yet another new guy.  I wonder though... will any of these people be "friends" like those I had at the last job?  Don't get me wrong, I had to leave.  It was the right decision in regards to my career, but I miss the people.

  
  

  Okay, I'm going to work now.

  • 9:24 am
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