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My Life Thus Far
2007-08-22 07:13:55 (UTC)

Tomorrow

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Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.

Emily Dickinson

Today was not that wonderful of a day. It wasn't horrible,
but it wasn't fabulous, either. It was just so-so. I
started off my day on the wrong foot. First, I didn't get
a good night's sleep last night, so I ended up sleeping in
too late this morning. That made my morning feel rushed.
Then, when I went to drop off Annie, her daycare informed
me that there wasn't anyone there to watch her because
they'd all gone on a field trip. Annie had gotten her
weeks mixed up and instead of showing me this week's
schedule, she showed me last week's. Gen was nice enough
to watch her for me, but that didn't make me feel any
better about my daycare. I just wrote a check for $204
last week for Annie's daycare, only to be told today that
there was NO ONE there to watch her. What if I didn't want
her to go on the field trip? I should have that option.
This is the second time this has happened. It pisses me
off to no end.

Work for the most part was good. Someone tried to rat on
me about last Wednesday, but it didn't work. I called in
sick to spend the day with Dad and one of Tiffany's
friends saw me at Golden Rule. They in turn told Tiffany
(who is a co-manager) and she told Tamara. I talked my way
out of it without one morsel of guilt. In the time that
I've worked at VS, I've only called in sick (without
having an actual medical reason) twice. I love my job. I
don't want to miss work just for the hell of it. There's
always a reason. Just not one they'd like. I get the
feeling that Tiffany doesn't like me all that much and
honestly, I don't care. I think I liked it better when she
was sequestered back in the stock room. I'm sure she did,
too.

At the end of my shift, just when I was getting ready to
get off. I was told I had to wait until my replacement
arrived. Of course, it was a new girl I've never seen
before, who was 15 minutes late to work, which caused me
to be 15 minutes late picking Kiki up from daycare, which
caused me undue stress all the way there. Last time I was
late, Ms. Evelyn told me that Kiki could lose her spot in
the CDC if it happened again. But, today I talked with the
director about it and she said as long as I call and tell
them the reason and it doesn't happen consistently, I
don't have anything to worry about. That's such a relief.
I couldn't imagine having to pay civilian prices for
daycare. I complain about the $190 a week I have to pay
for the two girls. Imagine if that's what I paid for one
per week? I'd have to stop working. NOT working would
probably save us money. Anyhow. That was the last bad
thing to happen to me.

So, as you can see. My day wasn't terrible, but there were
a few tense moments. I'm okay now. I think I'm going to
head off to bed. I need to get up early tomorrow so I can
get the house done for Snookums. He deserves to come home
to a clean house and I need to just bite the bullet and
get it done...tomorrow. Ciao and goodnight.




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