I drove myself to work this morning, because Elsa had a three-day weekend. I knew it was going to be a rough morning, because it was my boss’ last day before the second half of her sabbatical (she was off 1 month right after I started, and now she’s off for another month!). I also figured the woman I work with wouldn’t be back yet, because she has a bad earache – and I was right. So, I knew it would be crazy with my boss trying to get everything accomplished before she left. Right again!
It was stressful, and I kind of lost it a little, because I let my frustration come out. I think it was mostly because I’m PMS’ing, but it was also real frustration. The boss asked me what was wrong and I explained to her that I had a million things to do, but I couldn’t do any of them, because I either had questions, or needed someone to review my work, so I was just sitting on my hands until the guy I worked with could help me.
It’s not his fault, because he’s SO busy, but that’s the problem with this position. They’re working very hard trying to get approval for this job to be posted for a full-time employee, and I want OUT of there. I just don’t like this job – too much responsibility! Unfortunately, I’m going to be there for at least another month and there’s really nothing I can do about it. It’s only four hours a day, and I’m SO lucky I start the day there, and don’t end it there, because at least I get to enjoy my afternoons! I want to reiterate – the people are great. I really like all of them a lot. It’s not them, it’s the job. And it’s not a bad job either. I think someone would be really happy (and lucky) to be there. It’s just NOT a job for a temp. That’s it in a nutshell.
When I got down to HR I helped one of the girls with a huge color printing job and then we collated packages for a big meeting in HR next week. This woman I was helping is the only woman in HR who is older than me – by 2 years, although she looks like a baby. She’s little like me, and she has three daughters. The youngest just got her driver’s license and everyone was so happy for her. She did a summer internship here, so we all got to know her, and she was so sweet and polite and friendly and a pleasure to be around.
It’s obvious that she takes after her mother, because this girl is so pleasant and friendly and such an amazing worker. She only transferred to this department right before I came on, but she’s been with the firm for many years. She knows EVERYONE and she is just great at her job already. I always offer to help her, because she seems a little overwhelmed. She has a lot of responsibility and she’s so appreciative of my help, and the jobs go much faster when I help. Besides, she’s great company and I enjoy working closely with her.
After I finished helping her with her big project, I worked on my usual project of printing all the resumes and inputting them in the database before distributing them for review. One of the girls received a JibJab sendables e-card. I had seen these before, and Lenae just sent me one this week, which is really a coincidence. Two of the guys upstairs put their faces on female gymnasts and when you watch them do their routine, it is hysterical. Lenae put herself on an Olympic diver and we were laughing so hard. They’re really funny. Then, the girls in HR started putting themselves on JibJabs and sending them around and we were all laughing so much. It was really fun.
The afternoon flew by (it always does). I spoke to Eric in the afternoon and we decided to go to dinner and a movie. When I got home I just changed my shoes and we went right back out. We decided to go to one of the restaurants in the shopping center, so we’d be right by the movie. We parked the car and walked around. There’s Indian, Mexican, Italian, Greek, BBQ and Quiznos. We decided on Mexican. I had a fish burrito. Eric had a salad, a chicken taco and we shared a cheese quesadilla. It was really good.
We had about 45 minutes to kill, so we walked all around the shopping center. There are a lot of nice stores there, and we went into the card store, BATH & BODY SHOP, and looked in the window of some other shops.
There were a lot of great movies to choose from. Eric let me choose—and I really wanted to see MAMA MIA—but I settled on TROPIC THUNDER. I really love Ben Stiller, RD, Jr., and Jack Black. I knew I’d like it, and I was right. I thought it was really funny and clever, and there were great cameos. I think Eric liked it, but not as much as me. I was laughing out loud a lot.
After the movie we came home and watched MONK. It was great, as usual. I was SO tired by the end of the episode, and I knew I had to blog, but I couldn’t rouse myself, so we just went to sleep! We were supposed to go to Los Angeles this weekend, but our friends cancelled. It’s a good thing, because I’m exhausted and we really have a lot of things to do around the apartment. Eric is starting to organize his stuff and pack up boxes. I know there have been a few times recently where I don’t blog until the next day and I apologize to those who like to read this first thing every morning! I promise I won’t let it get to be a habit!