It’s funny how life works. Ya hate your job, your coworkers piss you off, your boss sucks, customers are rude…but in the end you find yourself making personal relationships with people. My job is a pressure cooker on its worst days and just crazy on its best days. I’ve been here a little over 3 years. I’d guess that most of those 3 years have been pretty awful as jobs go.
But the time has come for one of my coworkers to move on and I’m realizing that I’m really going to miss my friend. I came home from work one night last week really upset. It was a combination of pressure from a friend about ancient history, pressure from my boss and the realization that my work buddy is leaving. I actually got choked up about it when I was talking to Hubbs about it. I’m pretty sure that poor Hubbs was confused as to why I was upset.
My buddy, Lu, is my rock. She’s the one that pulls me away from my computer when I’m going nuts. She’s the one that makes sure I eat lunch in a timely manner. She’s the one that I vent to. She’s the one that offers me advice and talks me down when I’m thinking about doing someone in due to stupidity.
So to Lu, I raise my company approved water bottle and toast…may your new job be calm and relaxed. May you advance in your career. May you find yourself surrounded by people as wonderful as you. But most of all I wish you all the happiness in the world. I’m going to miss you greatly.
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August 21, 2011
August 7, 2011
Wow, I've been really MIA from my blog for a while now. Honestly it started back when Rex got sick on our camping trip in Sequoia National Park. Ever since then I've been having a really hard time keeping up with anything...work, house work, pretty much anything thing that I was doing regularly. Seems like the only thing that could hold my attention for any amount of time has been running and even that has fallen to the way side in the the last two weeks.
So here's the update and let me warn you it isn't pretty in any way. A week and a half ago I had a panic attack on my way home from work. It was so bad that I had to pull over and call Hubbs to come and get me because I couldn't drive. It was brought on by a combination of having to take a couple of days off of running (it was how I was managing my stress), stress from my job and the stress of losing my current position (I don't do well when you take away my control over my own life). It was crazy.
I ended up taking the last week and a half off of work for stress. It was part my decision to be off and part my boss being super supportive and reminding me that my life is more important then any job. I love my boss. She's great but she can also be a big source of my stress at work too. I don't want to bash her because for the most part she is a great boss. My job is a lot of pressure, it just is what it is.
I've let my running go for the last two weeks and that is a source of stress for me right now too. Sad that the thing I love so much is stressing me out but it is. I haven't been running but honestly I think that I really need the rest right now. I want to get back to it as soon as possible. I have a race coming up next month for 9/11 that I'm really looking forward to. So running will be back.
My time off from work has been good. I've been knitting which is one of the things that I haven't been doing but missed greatly. My house is clean and organized again...something it hasn't been in a long time. All the laundry is done and folded and put away! It hasn't been that way in a very long time. I've been doing OK but as my time off draws to a close and I have to face going back to work, I am afraid. I'm nervous about going back. But I think I'm ready. I hope.
So here's the update and let me warn you it isn't pretty in any way. A week and a half ago I had a panic attack on my way home from work. It was so bad that I had to pull over and call Hubbs to come and get me because I couldn't drive. It was brought on by a combination of having to take a couple of days off of running (it was how I was managing my stress), stress from my job and the stress of losing my current position (I don't do well when you take away my control over my own life). It was crazy.
I ended up taking the last week and a half off of work for stress. It was part my decision to be off and part my boss being super supportive and reminding me that my life is more important then any job. I love my boss. She's great but she can also be a big source of my stress at work too. I don't want to bash her because for the most part she is a great boss. My job is a lot of pressure, it just is what it is.
I've let my running go for the last two weeks and that is a source of stress for me right now too. Sad that the thing I love so much is stressing me out but it is. I haven't been running but honestly I think that I really need the rest right now. I want to get back to it as soon as possible. I have a race coming up next month for 9/11 that I'm really looking forward to. So running will be back.
My time off from work has been good. I've been knitting which is one of the things that I haven't been doing but missed greatly. My house is clean and organized again...something it hasn't been in a long time. All the laundry is done and folded and put away! It hasn't been that way in a very long time. I've been doing OK but as my time off draws to a close and I have to face going back to work, I am afraid. I'm nervous about going back. But I think I'm ready. I hope.
March 26, 2011
Cross your fingers for me. I'm off this morning to take a promotional test for my job. If I do well it will go so far to improving the quality of my life.
I don't talk about my job much here but suffice it to say that my job situation is really bad and I've been looking to leave for a while. The state currently has a hard freeze on hiring which means that I can't even transfer to a new division and do the same job somewhere else. Of course with the hard freeze I wont be able to go somewhere else anyway but when the freeze is lifted I will be able to get a better job.
The hard part is that I love my current co-workers and I really do like my job. I know it sounds weird when I say that my job situation is bad in one breath and say that I like my job in another. But it's true, both statements. If management would stop setting our unit up for failure by giving us realistic time lines and due dates things would be different. But what can you do when they refuse to listen? Not much...or look for a new job.
I shouldn't blame our management. They're great. It's government. They want it all without providing enough staff to actually do the job and they don't care if you need more staff. It's like a whirlpool around here. Crap is constantly flowing in from the field, so we feed crap to management who feeds it to the legislature/Governor. Who then sends it back and starts the cycle all over again.
Anyway, I didn't start this post as a way to gripe about my job, my bosses or my government. Fingers crossed, I'll do great on this test, get offered tons of awesome jobs, promote, make more money and be happier at work. Fingers crossed.
I don't talk about my job much here but suffice it to say that my job situation is really bad and I've been looking to leave for a while. The state currently has a hard freeze on hiring which means that I can't even transfer to a new division and do the same job somewhere else. Of course with the hard freeze I wont be able to go somewhere else anyway but when the freeze is lifted I will be able to get a better job.
The hard part is that I love my current co-workers and I really do like my job. I know it sounds weird when I say that my job situation is bad in one breath and say that I like my job in another. But it's true, both statements. If management would stop setting our unit up for failure by giving us realistic time lines and due dates things would be different. But what can you do when they refuse to listen? Not much...or look for a new job.
I shouldn't blame our management. They're great. It's government. They want it all without providing enough staff to actually do the job and they don't care if you need more staff. It's like a whirlpool around here. Crap is constantly flowing in from the field, so we feed crap to management who feeds it to the legislature/Governor. Who then sends it back and starts the cycle all over again.
Anyway, I didn't start this post as a way to gripe about my job, my bosses or my government. Fingers crossed, I'll do great on this test, get offered tons of awesome jobs, promote, make more money and be happier at work. Fingers crossed.
March 30, 2009
Oh boy, what a messed up week. I work Monday, Tuesday off for Ceaser Chavez day, and then work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I don't normally worked Fridays and this will be the first one that I've worked in a really long time. And my work hours are changing so I'm just feeling all over the place. Normally I work Monday through Thursday, 7am to 5:30pm. This week, Monday is 7 to 3:30, Wednesday & Thursday 7 to 4:30 and Friday is 7 to 3:30.
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