My day: From crappy to happy!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Totally mundane and pointless, but maybe my shitty day turned sunshine will give you something to look forward to. . . It’s a vent, but it feels good.

7:30 AM.
(Crappy) Roll into the office. Dickh-Ed (the useless coworker) is in my office, so immediately I raise my personal shields and get all surly. I have to teach a class today, and just his existence pisses me off. He begins by saying something to the effect that I need to be on time for work, because I need to set the example. I ignore Shith-Ed.

7:34 AM
(Crappy) Begin prepping for the class by setting up a conference call. Call goes through, I prattle with the teacher in Ohio for a bit. Life goes on, and I leave the classroom.

7:35 AM
(Crappy) No f*ckin’ coffee in the pot. Damned civilians. . .

7:37 AM
(Crappy) Back in my office, I take a few minutes to read my e-mail. Usual company-wide spam about “Softball Game tonight!”. Fuckh-Ed reminds me that 3 months ago I signed up for a morning “Breakfast sandwich Sale” that he only organized for a few weeks so he can look like he does some work. I note he’s checking his stocks online (against company policy). I mumble some affirmment on my behalf.

7:39 AM
(Crappy)I’m out of tea and coffee in my desk. I’m also out of change in my desk to buy a soda. Fuckin’ thieves. . .

7:40 AM
(Happy)I bum some instant coffee from a friend. We chit chat for a few minutes. (Crappy) I head into the classroom to make sure the conference call is still good. It is, but the computers I’m using aren’t connected to the server yet. Minor frustration.

7:43 AM
(Very very Happy) I get an e-mail saying the following: “Candidate’s waiver has been approved.” Ya know what this means? I’m going on a business trip! Dreams of travel pay and beaucoup bucks swirl in my head! Financial independence at last! I can start saving up for my truck!! And best of all, the other guy slated to go, can stay here and get married on the day he origially planned!! Win-win situation!! Quick question for y’all: Anyone ever been to Kuwait?!?

Fast forward to 11:00 AM
(Kinda crappy/kinda happy) Teaching 15 students at once is difficult, especially when the Internet is about as bumpy as Charleton Heston’s skin. Conference call is still working, but the grainy voice is getting on my nerves. I have a small aneurism, but that’s okay. I go to lunch, and swing by another department to find that corrections I needed them to make are done ahead of time (happy). I can fax these over to a higher corporate office (a MAJCOM - don’t ask) (happy). But Dickh-ed informs me that I have been tasked to be his assistant for an incoming VIP (very crappy). But the VIP is only here for one day (neutral). I still have exposure to Fuckh-Ed. I get back from lunch and get started with the afternoon class again.

Fast forward to 3:00 PM
(Kinda crappy) Class is pissing me off. More router troubles downtown boot all of my students off. I have to have the teacher in Ohio stop for a bit, holding up 18 other classrooms around the country. Some students also repeatedly ask dumb questions (“How do I get into the Word again?”). But, class ends on time and I get to go shopping for food.

3:30 PM
(Very Happy!) My boss’s boss’s boss decides that we flew enough airplanes last month. We have this Friday off. 4-day weekend!!

4:00 PM
(Happy) I figure my entire 3 weeks of groceries will cost me $75 - $100. It only costs me $58. Damn, I got mad shoppin’ skillz.

6:00 PM
(Kinda happy/kinda crappy) Devils and Penguins face off. Game tied at the end of the 1st.

7:45 PM
(Bittersweet happy) Devils are up 3 - 2 in the 3rd, but I gotta leave the house because I’ve got my own game to play tonight at the local ice rink.

10:30 PM
(Very very happy) I get home all beat up and tired. Alas, the Devils win 4 - 2. It’s a great day. :smiley:
So, yeah, the crappies outnumber the happies, but the happies have more weight behind them. Amazing how the little shit will piss me off, but one or two really cool things make yer day. Go ahead, feel free to vent. I’ll listen. . .

Tripler
Really, anyone ever been to Kuwait?

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No, but Saudi is close enough I think. It’s hot… yeah… really really hot. And there’s sand.

But travel pay and hostile duty pay more than make up for it. :slight_smile:

Plus, if you can re-enlist ((I know, I know… silly Airman, Trip’s not enlisted.)) over there, no taxes on that SRB. :smiley:

My old supervisor went to Kuwait. He says it pretty much sucks and the only base is a tent city. But still… the travel and hostile duty pay really really do more than make up for it.

[sub]I couldn’t let a Trip post get all the way to the bottom of the page with no replies. That’s just not right. :wink: [/sub]

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I just want to say, I just LOVE the names for your ‘co-worker’.
Glad the day got better.

screech

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Well Kuwait has even fewer trees then Minot, it doesn’t snow there…and it isn’t Minot. Sounds like two things in favour one against…go for it Trip…

Keith

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Evidence that I’m a moody bitch–:D–Going from crappy to reasonably happy took me only two hours:

7:20 a.m.
crappy: The alarm is going off. I hit the snooze button. This pattern continues at 7:29, 7:38 and 7:47.

7:56 a.m.
crappy: Shut up, you bleepingblaring mechanism! As my brain begins to stir (as in, wake up, not meaning a motion one makes with a spoon :eek: ), I have a horrible epiphany. Today is the last day I have a monitor to watch over the museum. Slowly, my brain begins to work at this.

7:58 a.m.
crappy: I now realize that in addition to my normal work week, I have to work two extra hours Thursday night. And all day Friday. I had planned to take Friday off to spend with that darn cat and that darn roommate because I already knew I was going to have to put in six extra hours over the weekend.

7:59 a.m.
real crappy: My brain is moaning. My lower lip is jutting out in a pout. I thought I was going to have some semblance of a four-day weekend coming up. Instead, I now accept that I have to work Thursday night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Over Memorial Day weekend. :frowning:

8:00 a.m.
real crappy: I don’t wanna get up. I hate my boss. I hate my job. I am the world’s most underappreciated employee.

8:01 a.m.
crappy: I get out of bed. I am moi’s raging headache and wallowing self-esteem. I get dressed and put the kettle on for tea.

8:04 a.m.
crappy: I check in with cat. He doesn’t want tea this morning. Every morning, he gets up and makes coffee or tea; his choice. Whenever I pull my shit together and try to do this thing, he doesn’t want any. What’s wrong with my tea?

8:05 a.m.
crappy: Tell roommate about dwindling weekend. In managing not to say anything comforting at all, she also reminds me that she’s thinner and more attractive than I am. Swell.

8:10 a.m.
very crappy: cat is up. I’m on the toliet, crying.

8:11 a.m.
very crappy: I’m blow drying my hair, crying. Just utterly falling apart with job misery.

8:12 a.m.
crappy: cat takes the blow dryer away and puts me back in bed.

8:13 a.m.
sobsob: He calls work and tells them he won’t be in until 10ish. I don’t have to call in because my evil boss has abandoned me…

8:40 a.m.
better: I’m being cuddled and have been told numerous affirmative and positive things by a great guy. Yes, I’m underappreciated and underpaid but I’m learning lots and will get a better job for the time I’m putting in now. My contract is up next month if I really need to change my job.

8:45 a.m.
mmm: We make love. I feel loved and appreciated and beautiful.

9:20 a.m.
happy: We leave for work together and stop to grab a bite to eat at a corner deli, something we haven’t done since this time last year, when we started to fall for each other. I never knew I could swoon over an English muffin.

Granted, the original problem still exists as I’m writing this…as opposed to a four-day weekend, much deserved, I’m working all of Memorial Day weekend with pretty much no immediate compensation. I’ll have to work that out with my boss when he returns. But it felt supagood to be cat’s priority and to be taken care of. And he’ll bring me Chinese take-out while I’m working over the weekend.

[sub]Um. No. I don’t know anything about Kuwait. Sorry![/sub]

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(Happy)Damn. I wish . . . I will never see a bonus. But I do pin on 1st LT a month after I get back. Pay raise there!

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(Happy) Based on the e-mail traffic and reply trail I saw, I should be going to somewhere fairly established. I can’t say for sure. But, I should be able to post after hours from there if I have a computer.

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Aw thanks dude! I owe you one! Oh, wait, I already owe you one. Make that two!

Some days, dealing with him is like pulling teeth from a hungy lioness on PMS.

(Crappy) I feel bad for ya. Send me his phone number, and I’ll give him such an earwhipping, I’ll make him cry like a little girl. I’ll be online a bit if ya need to vent!

Tripler
Moi, Glad you got an “early morning perk”. The only scoring I get is from the NHL. :smiley:

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Trip,
Not sure, but wasn’t Mr Bear in that area last year? Soemwhere near there…

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Egads. :rolleyes:

Is this a good sign or a bad sign?
Should I rant and rave more often or is this my payback for wallowing?

Update: I don’t have to work this weekend and only have a half-shift to work on Friday.

Also, my boss may have the reaction you suggested, Tripler, 'cos I just got another job offer this morning. :eek: