Monday, October 19, 2009

Things that are stressing me out right now...

1. "Re-organizing" the field. My job may not be going anywhere, but I may get added responsibilities and extended travel with no additional pay or title. I also get a new manager. Yay?

2. The florist can only meet on Wednesday this week. M & T nights I have flights to/from AZ. W is a workday with an indefinite ending. Th is an early demo for the National Sales Manager. Seriously? Wednesday? ... *sigh*

3. The million dollar project that lands immediately before my wedding (while I am on vacation) still does not have a local FAE assigned... nng. Also, Sales seems to be acting like my vacation doesn't exist. No matter how many times I point out I'm gone in early Nov, they keep asking to have me assigned to stuff in early Nov.

4. Open enrollment is during my vacation. HR won't let me add a spouse to my benefits until we're actually married. This means I get to enroll to meet the deadline, and then enroll AGAIN to add M (possibly missing the deadline to get him on our Dec insurance).

5. M and I have been snippy at each other and not had very much "us" time lately. The snippy will continue until "us" time resumes. Which may be after the wedding.

6. I have to change all my identity docs for travel. And the RCMP requires us to get background checks for security clearance. They're just going to have to update mine as soon as it's filed, so why can't I have an extension of one month?

7. I realized that starting joint accounts means my savings worksheet for the last three years ends this month, and we start again at (nearly) zero. For some reason, this is disappointing.

8. Someone brought swine flu to class last week. I'm feeling under the weather, but not running a fever yet. I'm teaching a customer training tomorrow. If I'm contagious, I will probably wipe out their entire lab staff.

9. I still have a tremendous amount of anxiety about being the primary (sole) income while M's in school. It's a lot of responsibility. I'm kind of worried I'll hate my job post-reorganization... but not be able to afford to change anything while M's in school.

10. The clutter. There are so many boxes in our living room that I feel twitchy just walking in the front door. Everything needs to be cleaned, vacuumed, dusted, etc etc etc. It's driving me crazy and I have another two weeks before I can really do anything about it.

10. The wedding. Different topics under this header each day, but always something. I think I need to have a good cry, and then get back to work. I am so ready to be done, married, and have no more big events to plan for awhile.

But hey, you know, other than that short list of crazy-making nonsense, life's good. Good thing I have a vacation coming up here in a couple weeks!

2 comments:

fluffystuff said...

I am willing to help. I can do some of those little chores, like getting ride of boxes. I could use some of them, really. I need some of the boxes. Just give me a call and I will come get them. And I can vacuum, when I have packed up the boxes. But probably not dust. I hate to dust.

Lauren said...

***HUGS*** Oh, sweetie... I'm thinking good thoughts for you on all this, I really am. Especially this job reorg, as that seems to be the one thing you have the least control over.

Just a few more weeks, and the wedding will be beautiful and you'll be in HAWAII!!! (This will be the first real vacay you've had in what, since you've started with them?) Can't wait to see you!!