Musings on a Small Life

I have no idea what's going on with the Universe at the moment, but this week has been crazy, utter chaos. We're in the middle of office insanity as the other department packs up to move downstairs on Monday, furniture movers are all over the building, painters are working (three other units departments are renovating and/or moving within the building), there are mountains of boxes everywhere....We all have to pack up too, to enable the painters to come in over the next two weekends and also to move to different offices or cubicles within the suite.  Beyond that, one of my co-workers and her hubby rescued a lost or abandoned cat two days ago, starving. S/he still is in their basement bathroom; I think it'll be the weekend before they can get the poor thing to their local humane society (only only from 9 AM till noon). Another co-worker's wife ended up in the ditch this AM (with their young children in the car). Everyone is okay (shaken up, I'm sure), but in...

Holiday on Monday. Epic snowstorm on Tuesday: 50 cms (19.69 inches) in 13 hours, the slog home, shovelling, etc. BTW, the sidewalks in our neighbourhood still aren't cleared! Vacation day on Wednesday: Bought the new toilet at Home Depot, found flooring at End of the Roll (OMG, I'm still having conniptions at the $$$$), floor guy did the bathroom sub-floor repair and put down the new vinyl The plumber came after work on Thursday to install the new faucet/drain plus toilet (no leaks yet, knock on wood). Nicki also had his rescheduled vet appointment in the morning, and we had a stupid take-out (pay our own) work lunch to celebrate the impending arrival of the budget director's baby girl. Yeah, whatever. That was more co-worker togetherness than I want again for oh, a decade. At least with the combined group. Today, Saturday, the furnace guy came this afternoon for the annual check and cleaning. I had a morning run to WalMart and Farm Boy, but still need to go to Lowe...

It's always great to use only 4 vacation days, but get 9 consecutive days off.  :-) I'm in vacation mode now, while still here at the office, have the better part of an hour to get through before I can leave. Can't start anything now, have no focus, my desk is tidy, plants are watered. BTW, I've had time to mull over the position upgrade now, and am finding it does make a difference in my attitude for the moment . Not with regard to the politics and all the sh*t that goes on around here, but to my job specifically. I truly didn't realize how frustrated and under-valued I was feeling, particularly with so many at my level being upgraded at the drop of a hat (in the upstairs offices, specifically). So I greatly appreciate the effort of my "big" boss; I know she really had to push hard for it. And yes, I did send her a thank-you email, and sent one to my "old" boss as well, for whatever role he might have played. Anyway, if I have some...