The long day...

7:35 – Driving to work is very hard this morning. The sun is shining and it is going to be a beautiful day. I haven’t had any real time off (to just enjoy the day) since I started last July. I am tired, and I hate (with all my heart) being stuck in a stupid office all day when it is so nice outside. I am longing to spend the day sitting on the deck reading, then going for a long walk.

8:00 – Only 13 confirmations, looking to be a slow day.

9:25 – Big, closed door meeting going on. I wonder what’s up now. No doubt the fate of the free world is at stake.

10:56 – Back from the post office. It seems that I have to make an extra trip to the bank today…on my lunch hour. The same broker who we have been fielding calls for (from bill collectors) needs his check deposited at noon so that he can draw on it from SWST immediately. This means making an extra bank run for his personal benefit…not to mention a separate posting and separate paperwork. I don’t understand why it is my responsibility to continually cover his rear end because he is a deadbeat. This is very irritating. I don’t think there is even a salve for this kind of irritation.

1:27 – Back from the first bank run, and lunch. Marvin surprised me by taking me to lunch today. He had to go to Haysville to take a couple of resumes to ad agencies, so he was at this end of town at the right time! We sat in line at Intrust (to make the deadbeat deposit) for almost 10 minutes. At 11:45 we headed for Freddies! I have never seen that place so crowded as it was today! Lots of people on their way out for the afternoon to enjoy the sunshine…I wish we were among them. Marvin had a big burger and fries, I had the fish basket (hoping it would be easier to chew…but I was wrong). Then…back to work. Before Karen left she asked me to do 4 tickets that John had given her before he left for lunch. I did those just in time for John to get back and bring me two more, then he brought me a couple that he had screwed up and asked me to fix them. I swear…sometimes I feel like a judge on the take…(“I got these tickets…can you fix them…?”), except that my bank account doesn’t seem to be growing by leaps and bounds.

2:22 – Entering lots of tickets…all bonds. (That ‘slow day’ thing…not so much!) Inventory 614 and 618 will be top heavy on Monday. We have two files missing…completely. This has happened several times in the past two months. Then they have shown back up after a few days…and no one seemed to know where they had been. We will see what happens with these. So frustrating.

2:34 – Karen is just about at the end of her rope…John keeps changing his mind about a personal spread sheet he is having her do for him. He has a CPA, but says he can save a bunch of money by having her do it instead. First he wanted everything consolidated…as soon as she finished that…he decided he wanted it in sections…she started over. If I ever have a ton of money…I pledge right now…I will not use it as an excuse to use and abuse people around me.

3:10 – AHA!!!!!!!! The missing files just turned up…IN THE BROKERS DRAWER! A HUGE NO NO!! Good grief Charlie Brown…are there any adults working here? Going to the bank now…

3:50 – Back from the bank. What a beautiful day outside. I put the top down and took the long way. As I passed a house in East Borough….I saw something horrifying. Scattered randomly around one of the yards…several gigantic, pastel eggs. I mean…these things are huge! I bet my arms would barely fit around one of them! What terrifying creature could be responsible for these? Can you imagine the screams and cries of children as they run for cover….when this massive Easter bunny comes thundering out from wherever it is hiding? What sick mind conjured up these props…?

4:00- John left a few minutes ago…jokingly he said “You guys wouldn’t mind working until 6:00 or so would you?” I replied, “Not if you beg on your knees…!” followed by fake laughter as I made a mental note to put ‘a little something extra’ in his bottled water next week.

4:05 – My co-worker is using the last few minutes of the week to kiss the Pit Bull’s hiney. Disgusting. I hope she gets distemper.

Be Well!