suffice it to say, Ms.Calicohead's butt is healed and she's caught up on her vaccinations...Ms. Orangehead is next. i've just finished meeting with the new petsitter and the cats will be taken care of during labor day weekend and week. i will, for the first time in my life, drive myself to visit Mom and the rest of my family in NY. i will spend my 40th birthday with them. my sister is planning a labor day party and it promises to be fun, family--friends, new babies (my niece just made Mom a great grandma!) my other niece will be driving from Penn State with her roomy to the party. once vacation is over, i begin my new part time at a local animal hospital....hopefully, i'll be able to find a full time position in addition to working part time. i need out of that awful library. (yep, bitching about that place for years now is just plain getting annoying) suffice it to say, i have no respect for the director, my supervisor and powerfreak co-worker. the sooner i can leave the better.
the sister closest to my age had major surgery a few weeks ago. i'm nervous that eventually, i'll need the same procedure done. it's scary and she's handling herself in the same awesome way she usually does... Mom likes to quote her, "i won't die for anyone". she doesn't give a rat's butt who you are, what you've got, etc, etc. i wish i was more like her, then all of this office politics bullcrap would be more manageable.
the new apartment is coming along. i'm still in need of bookcases and am debating on whether i should just put them on my credit card. heck, i'm already out about 6 grand (15 credits for those 3 months at the animal hospital)...
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i've been listening to Lyle Lovett's "My Baby Don't Tolerate"... holy. it's sort of countryish. i've always liked him though...he's also kind of folksy...
anyhow, who the heck cares, it's good, cheers me up, and what the heck is more important than that?
i miss having a companion.
i don't miss the bullcrap that sometimes comes along with companionship.
mostly, it'd be nice to just have someone to have a nice conversation with.
if it were affordable, i think i'd move back to ny. last time i checked, 1 bedroom apts were going for no less than $900 and that's in questionable areas.
i'm paying a little more than half of that now and struggling...
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i've learned that people in management, administrative position are oftentimes the most incompetent and clueless employees. they live in a fog and don't know how to manage or supervise and oftentimes have to be forced into dealing with issues when situations have gotten so bad that HR becomes involved.
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i believe that while the little worker bees and lowly ants seem small and weak to these bighead bosses, they eventually teach these boneheads a lesson in fairness, common sense, and that positive reinforcement usually yeilds better results than running the show as if they were "good ole boys" smoking their cigars and licking eachother's butts behind closed office doors.
the best compliment i have ever received in the last 6 years where i work came this past friday from the dept. admin assistant. she said that she was proud i stood up for myself and called the big boss and my supervisor to the mat. she said i had guts.
i needed to hear that.
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so, franny will be forty next week. she is driving to ny and will take on some major highways and holiday drivers. i'm getting to tired and old to care what people think
do
feel
say
about me. especially if it's negative. my only offering is the big bronx cheer, that one finger salute...that and all of my accomplishments....you know, all the stuff they didn't believe i would ever do...
40. 50...milestone years. it can only get better. right?!
i plan on eating a lot of cake and icecream and drinking some beers with my brothers and sisters (something we've never done together) we'll bring some wine for Mom.
:-)
ciao and have a great Labor Day weekend. drive safe, stay safe.