Bewildering Balderdash

Today did indeed turn out to be my last day at work. My boss waited until 2:30 or so to speak with me. Not only did that prevent me from leaving early (indeed, I worked late on my last day!) but I also missed saying goodbye and thank you to my first shift staff.

Turns out after all the craziness and whatnot, I am leaving on a very good note with my now-former-employer singing my praises and willing to do so in writing if needed. She says she is trying to find a way to do some projects with me, perhaps in marketing, that would allow us to work together in the future. I'm very grateful that this did not go up in flames as I fear it would have had I not resigned.

Lots of hugs and well wishes from my second shift crew made me leave the building smiling.

Had dinner with Mom tonight since she dropped off goodies for me to take to MDRF with me in the morning and to take my dogs to her place for safe keeping.

This weekend is the last days of MDRF - always a bittersweet occasion. While I miss seeing friends every weekend and all the other wonderful trappings of faire, it will be fantastic to sleep in on the weekends as well as to get in the woods and do some hunting.

Actually chatted with my boss for a minute or so today. She even knocked on my window to wave hello this morning. Basically she let me know that she has not forgotten me and hopes we have a chance to chat, maybe over lunch or something. Stay tuned.

The crud is still with me - my head is stuffy and I am tired - but I am feeling a bit better each day. I wonder if this is a new sickness or the beach cold coming back with a vengeance. Made a nice hot cup of tea to sip this evening.

Okay, it's becoming sort of humorous in a macabre way ... my boss has yet to speak to me about my resignation from production/operations and what (if any) plans she might have for me. Maybe she thinks that if she ignores me I will go away. Guess what. I will!

muhahahaha

My attorney emailed me to say that she was dropping the documents that she has into the mail to me and has submitted the name change order to the court so that they can correct it.

Enjoyed a half dozen figs from the tree tonight. If I am lucky there may some more ripe on Monday when I can check the tree again.

Only two more weekends of faire to go. While I will miss it greatly, I am looking forward to sleeping in, getting some things done around the house, and going hunting.

Turns out the girl with the beagle puppy needs to prove ownership of him because she has split from her beau and he is threatening to take her to court over the dog. Told her that I will gladly help her out. hehe

I was too tired by the time I got home to go grocery shopping, but I am wide awake at 10:30 pm when I should be sleeping. Go figure!

The boss was too busy to sit down with me and have a chat today but she says she trusts my replacement and I to sort things out in regards to the transition between he and I. Made some announcements of said transition to staff today. The production floor folks seemed to be much more concerned over it than the office staff. One of my operators told me he would miss me very much and that I was a nice boss (he added, you even learned our names). Once I depart ABR I will miss my guys on the floor much more than folks in the office.

Changed the rat cage tonight and found evidence of the mites that Mom had trouble with. UGH! After thoroughly scrubbing the tank and checking the rats over carefully, I scrubbed me.

When I dashing out this afternoon to grab a sandwich, I was stopped at a traffic light and some old guy hollers over to me, "Are you happy now?" It took me a second to realize that he had read the Endeavour's window! I shouted back "Yes, I am!" and got a thumb's up.

No sign of the court paperwork from my attorney yet. Of course, no word from Brian's lawyer about repayment.

Duchess has a new habit of sitting on top of Tucker. While I have typing away here, she straddles a lying down Tucker and then starts to hump! OY!

Perfect weather for faire this weekend. I wore the kilt again ... it is pretty awesome.

Got an email from my boss today; seems that she wants to speak with my tomorrow (yes, on Sunday). I am pretty sure that the purpose of the call will be to fire me. Resignation here I come...

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Fortunately my boss did a hit and run on the office this morning and never stopped in to see me. Despite the HR lady telling me that the boss was trying get in touch with me, I had no voice mails or emails from said boss. Just in case I needed more "writing on the wall", a meeting was held today about the mail mishap earlier in the week and not only was I not invited but my predecessor was.

Yes, my resume is updated.
Yes, I am looking.

In the good news department for tomorrow, I have one more day before the weekend, the boss will not be in and the Mexican contingency on the production floor is holding another baby shower tomorrow at lunch time.

When I came home this evening, the dogs were beyond happy to see me and I could hear a rumbling in the background. Seems that the roomba managed to turn itself on (I don't have it programmed yet) and was vacuuming away. At least my floors look better. LOL

While I don't feel like recounting the drama at work today, suffice to say that I had a chat (if you can call it that) with my boss. Basically it was her screaming at me for 20 minutes. While I know that my gentle readers will caution me not to quit before I have another job, I am at the point where I feel it would be in my best interest to resign before I am fired. My boss is a lawyer and a shrewd cookie; I need to walk away from this job with a good reference.

bleh

Ran to CVS this evening to pick up some Allegra-D once I got the dogs and me fed. Since I was out, I also swung into Bloom (even though I hate the place) to pick up a few necessities. After spotting coconut milk in the dairy section, I just had to try it. Sadly, it is not as good as I hoped.

Ah well ... off to tend to some laundry before bed.

Four years ago today I rejoiced as I flew up in the sky with a man that I loved and we were married.

Four years later, I am once again rejoicing because my divorce to that man is final.

A call to the county clerk's office this morning revealed that the divorce decree was indeed signed on September 27 by the judge along with my name change request.

I guess that makes me a new woman two times over!

Mom and I had a wonderful dinner together and a glass of Lambic to celebrate. To sound like a sappy Hallmark card, I am so grateful for all the love and support from my family and friends. This past year has been so very trying for me and the I truly owe it to those who supported me.

On to drag things like work ... the boss was out sick for most of the day so I actually got some work done. Treated myself to lunch at Five Guys to celebrate the news. The most amazing thing is that I walked out of the office after an eight hour day. It felt so odd!

The rain has stopped and the wind has been blowing steady to help dry the ground.

While tomorrow is the first day of bow season, I have chosen to go to MDRF so that I can celebrate the good news with my sister and friends in Revel Grove.

Another mostly okay day at work. The boss is back but she pretty much ignored me all day. Hired a new driver for the afternoon shift; he starts tomorrow. Since I begged the production team out of meetings for a few days, it seems that we are actually getting some work done - fancy that!

There was a very pretty sunset on the way home tonight.

No news on the divorce front but I did figure out how to track the case online.

Thank Goddess It's Freaking Friday!

Also, thanks to my Mom for meeting me at the house tonight. She had dinner with me and took the pups for the weekend so that i can go Revel Grove and forget all about my job for two days.

Speaking of work, it was busy, but not overly crazy. Of course, I had enough interruptions with mundane stuff and meetings that I did not get much done.

Have not spoken much about EverQuest lately ... I hardly play any more and frankly I don't miss it. I have been keeping up with my guide commitments so that I can keep my play account for free. This week I ran two quests and came home tonight to three emails from my superiors because they don't like what I did when I ran the quest. I am wondering if I should just tell them to stuff their game up their arse.

Ah well, there are much better things to think of!