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I have been feeling really... blah lately. There's no two ways of putting it. Partly because of the weather (we haven't seen the sun much and I think I need to punch up my Vitamin D intake) and partly (MOSTLY) because of my job. I'm also not sleeping well. Not because I don't want to but because Spencer and Rory are in this nocturnal competition over who is sleeping where on the bed. Funny to think about during the day but a bit irritating at 3am.
Rant the First... in which I take on the issue of my current job
My coworker is coming out of a relationship. It's her first since getting divorced. She says she broke up with him because he sells drugs, isn't compatible with her lifestyle and many other reasons, depending on the day and hour. I believe those excuses about as much as I believe that starfish are made of stars. She had to get a loan from our boss because she ran up his credit card.
This means she's on the prowl again. I give it until the end of the month before she's reeled in a new man. This means she's a texting fool... even during work hours. While I keep my phone in my purse (in the back room of the pharmacy) and use it at lunch or my breaks, she has it right by the back room door and checks it frequently. And by frequently I mean all the time, even when we're busy. This means our boss is going to start making us put our phones in the store's back room. While I'm all for it, the idea that I'm once again being punished for something she did is irritating me.
There was an article on the MSN homepage about how to tell if you're burnt out in your job. I pretty much cover all five points, a fact that Randye was quick to point out an laugh at. She proceeded to tell Heidi (the head pharmacist) but I don't think that Heidi found it funny. I overheard her say, "Yes, I but I don't think getting rid of (coworker) is going to help out the situation at all. She has to deal with that."
*heads desk*
This is never been about me wanting to get rid of coworker so "I" felt better. This was because I've known I was going to leave and I hate the thought of leaving them with her there as the only tech. There's no way, in this valley, that they're going to find someone qualified in the two weeks I'd be able to give them. Randye keeps telling me that I shouldn't think about them but about myself. I'm beginning to see that she's right. If the pharmacy loses customers because of coworker's incompetence (or, even worse, the pharmacists), that's all on their own heads. Not on mine.
Rant the Second... or how Idaho is behind the times
I have to retake the driver's test to get an Idaho license. It's not like I've never taken it before. As a matter of fact, I took it HERE. IN THIS SAME BUILDING! So now I'm reading through the manual.
And to end this epistle of depressed rants, I haven't done any writing in longer than is healthy. Some of the ideas are stuck and others are just don't finished. The Marauders Big Bang is getting more work done on it but it's been minimal. I think I should take the laptop to work and get some writing done at work. I should also unplug the internet for a night. I've gotten myself into a bit of a bind with all the communities I've joined. Why is is that they're all on the same schedule? And I'm not just talking about the Land Communities. I do this to myself. It's like my thing. I get bored... I get lonely... I start looking around the web/LJ... I start joining places... I decide to get involved... I sign up for things... I get overwhelmed... I do some of the things... I get burnt out... I lay on the couch... I clear out my LJ clutter........... and it starts all over again.
Rant the First... in which I take on the issue of my current job
My coworker is coming out of a relationship. It's her first since getting divorced. She says she broke up with him because he sells drugs, isn't compatible with her lifestyle and many other reasons, depending on the day and hour. I believe those excuses about as much as I believe that starfish are made of stars. She had to get a loan from our boss because she ran up his credit card.
This means she's on the prowl again. I give it until the end of the month before she's reeled in a new man. This means she's a texting fool... even during work hours. While I keep my phone in my purse (in the back room of the pharmacy) and use it at lunch or my breaks, she has it right by the back room door and checks it frequently. And by frequently I mean all the time, even when we're busy. This means our boss is going to start making us put our phones in the store's back room. While I'm all for it, the idea that I'm once again being punished for something she did is irritating me.
There was an article on the MSN homepage about how to tell if you're burnt out in your job. I pretty much cover all five points, a fact that Randye was quick to point out an laugh at. She proceeded to tell Heidi (the head pharmacist) but I don't think that Heidi found it funny. I overheard her say, "Yes, I but I don't think getting rid of (coworker) is going to help out the situation at all. She has to deal with that."
*heads desk*
This is never been about me wanting to get rid of coworker so "I" felt better. This was because I've known I was going to leave and I hate the thought of leaving them with her there as the only tech. There's no way, in this valley, that they're going to find someone qualified in the two weeks I'd be able to give them. Randye keeps telling me that I shouldn't think about them but about myself. I'm beginning to see that she's right. If the pharmacy loses customers because of coworker's incompetence (or, even worse, the pharmacists), that's all on their own heads. Not on mine.
Rant the Second... or how Idaho is behind the times
I have to retake the driver's test to get an Idaho license. It's not like I've never taken it before. As a matter of fact, I took it HERE. IN THIS SAME BUILDING! So now I'm reading through the manual.
And to end this epistle of depressed rants, I haven't done any writing in longer than is healthy. Some of the ideas are stuck and others are just don't finished. The Marauders Big Bang is getting more work done on it but it's been minimal. I think I should take the laptop to work and get some writing done at work. I should also unplug the internet for a night. I've gotten myself into a bit of a bind with all the communities I've joined. Why is is that they're all on the same schedule? And I'm not just talking about the Land Communities. I do this to myself. It's like my thing. I get bored... I get lonely... I start looking around the web/LJ... I start joining places... I decide to get involved... I sign up for things... I get overwhelmed... I do some of the things... I get burnt out... I lay on the couch... I clear out my LJ clutter........... and it starts all over again.
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Date: 2010-06-04 06:02 am (UTC)From:I agree re your job. If you're unhappy you have to put yourself first. This sounds like a situation they've let themselves get into by not dealing with coworker earlier on. I hope you find something better soon.
sign up...get overwhelmed; yes! Perhaps it happens to everyone sometimes. For some reason I just signed up for a Legend of the Seeker Big Bang fic - not even a challenge comm just a good old write 15k for the hell of it! Not like I've got points-related 4-6k to write for Legend, or other comms to write ficlets for, or original fic I keep promising I'll work on!
I see you're doing 100_tales; I did a load of prompts when I started, doubling them often with other prompts as you've done. Then nothing for ages *sigh*
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Date: 2010-06-05 02:06 am (UTC)From:I have a Maruader Big Bang (20k) and a Vampire Big Bang (of which I have neither an idea or a word count) due this summer. There is definitely a difference between writing it because and writing it for points! I'm kind of scared the way that
I haven't done anything for 100_tales in forever. It's more trouble than it's worth getting it formatted correctly. It would be nice to get back into it so that I can say I've COMPLETED a 100 prompt table.
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Date: 2010-06-05 11:47 am (UTC)From: