franny
bananafish

well, i gave two weeks notice and couldn't last it. my boss is a supreme moron and got hostile with me over the phone...she even hung up on me. i figured, i was in for another week of stress. because that's what happens when you give notice and noone has a clue how to do your job...not even your own supervisor...not even with instruction manuals...not even with custom instructions that you write... nothing is enough. all they asked of me this week, i did. that i didn't save info on the hard drive and only printed it out....well, she should have asked me before i was done. i had no idea she wanted that info...she still has access via hardcopies, but apparently that isn't good enough...she was bullying me into re-typing the whole damned thing. and that was the last straw and the end of my unillustrious career at "the library". one trip to HR and that was it. that i lost a week's pay...sucks. that they may keep vacation/personal time pay i've already accrued even though they said they wouldn't but wouldn't put it down in writing when i asked sucks...i will fight that last one.

it is not how i wanted to walk away. but i've resolved it with myself already. sometimes, There IS no way to leave well. they worked very hard to make it difficult. sacrificing my health just isn't worth it for the cash.

I, franny, Jane...am more important than what my former employer thinks, says, or does.

so, i've got a free week coming up. i took today off from the shelter. i know the dogs deserve attention, but i was frustrated with HR, my boss, and the awful traffic on route 1. i decided to just come home, have some cereal because i spent my lunch hour cleaning up my workspace, getting my things together, and leaving all of my work in order for my boss, who doesn't deserve it but i have more class than to leave her totally high and dry...besides, i have full faith that even with all of the instructions i left, she STILL won't know what to do.

so, here i sit. newly unemployed. stack of bills on my microwave cart. and, most importantly, PEACE of MIND.

"the first shall be last, and the last shall be first"...

i'm a firm believer.