Bruno died last night. I saw him lying in the hallway next to his litter box and when I went to pet him, I realized he wasn’t breathing.
I’ve been crying all morning. Scott is so devastated, since Bruno was really his and he’s had him since 2000.
Since mid-January, I lost one of the cats and one of the dogs I grew up with, and now Bruno.
I can’t deal with any more of this.
Earlier in the week I posted a “to-do” list of 8 things I had to do. As of half an hour ago, all but one of them has been completed. Rock and roooooll!!!!!
(Oh, now I have to write 4 more essays on issues such as teen pregnancy and juvenile delinquency. Right.)
I am spending the Friday after classes end at home typing an essay on John Dewey and democratic education. I totally suck at life.
It’s Friday and I should be happy, but I’m really feeling distressed right now. I want out of this job so, so badly. Dealing w/ OB and his program just drives me up the damn wall and I’m sick and tired of the disrespect I get from him. He has absolutely no sense of consideration for others and I’m far from the only person in the department that despises him. I should have left work at 3:45 yesterday (worked through lunch) but I didn’t get out until after 4:30. I’m leaving early today and I dare anyone to say anything. I do more work in 30 minutes here than most people do all day, but I still get treated like shit. Don’t even get me started on the clique the other secretaries have that I apparently can’t join. Not that I’d want to.
I have a shitload of work to do between today and Wednesday and I don’t know how the hell I’m going to get it all done. I have to go to a friend’s graduation in B’ham tomorrow and she invited me to stay for dinner. I really can’t, but I think it would be rude of me not to. So, Saturday is basically a bust. I have today, tonight, early tomorrow morning and all day Sunday to get my BEF 503 final done, and then Monday-Wednesday at 4:30 to get my BEP 655 final in. I also have to pack for our trip to Chattanooga next weekend and drive to NOLA on Thursday for my hair and makeup trial. I just feel so fragmented right now. Yet another reason I can’t wait to quit this job so that I’m not stuck at work 40 hours a week and have time to take care of myself.
I’m going to the gym after work today and letting off some steam. I’ve had just about enough bullshit for one week, thank you very much.
My “other boss” is a complete piece of shit. I hate him, I hate working with him, and I wouldn’t so much as shed a tear if he got fired right now. In fact, I would throw a party and invite everybody I know. Things just get more and more ridiculous with him.
OB generally drops the ball if he’s responsible for any sort of task. It’s frustrating, and moreso because I’m usually the one taking the heat when he fucks up. I realize that this is not a unique situation, but he drops the ball more often than not. He brought someone in to teach a once-a-month class, and from day one it’s been a comedy of errors, except it’s sooo not funny.
This guy has yet to receive a paycheck, got reimbursed for travel nearly 2 months after the fact, my boss never returns his calls and no one ever notified me that there was mail in the mailroom that had to be forwarded to him. Given that I’m in an entirely different building, you’d think someone could shoot me an e-mail or something to tell me to come get what’s there. I don’t think that’s asking too much.
OB asks me yesterday to get this guy a hotel reservation for tomorrow (not my job, but whatever, it involved a 3 minute phone call) and to get this guy a rental car (also not my job, and totally unnecessary, since he can take a shuttle). I’m still awaiting a call from our financial ops person to see if there’s even money in the budget to pay for this guy’s rental car (doubtful). I e-mailed the guy the hotel confirmation number with a cc to Other Boss. Big freaking mistake.
I just now received an e-mail from OB (cc to my real boss…wtf?!) saying “I never received confirmation that you called him or info about his rental car.”
OK.
1. He never asked me to confirm
2. I didn’t have to call him, because he e-mailed me to confirm that he received the info.
3. Even if there is money in the budget, I can’t rent the car because it requires something that has to be done by a higher-up.
4. He CC’ed my real boss and my real boss has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with this. Wasting his time and mine…
I’ve had it up to here with this guy’s asshattery. Oh, and did I mention that he is trying to get me to come over to his office to organize all 5 of his file cabinets for him? No freaking way. I originally said I’d do it, but now I may get real boss to intervene and put an end to this bullshit once and for all. When I have my exit interview in a few months, they’re gonna get an earful about him.
Do I hate my job? Absolutely not. Do I hate this particular aspect of it? With the fire of a thousand suns.
