Yeah it's Thursday - VACATION but.....

Ok...I am so glad it's Thursday - the start of my vacation and although it is just a few days I am so glad to be home. The girls are still sick and I haven't taken them to see the Easter bunny - what a big dilemma. Do I take them sick to a mall full of screaming kids? Or do we skip it? I am figuring this is Amy's last year of believing so I really don't want to short change her. I have 3 days so hopefully something miraculous will happen.

Now ranting......I was on my way home last night when my boss called me on my cell phone. Not unusual since we often chat about life/work/kids quite a bit. But she called me to tell me that the Director of our department got a complaint from one of my co-workers that I was monitoring the comings and goings of another co-worker. I am pissed to say the least especially since it is absolutely untrue.

I have only been working at this place since October and honestly I feel I get older each day being there. I love my job (can be boring most of the time) but the people there are the most selfish, self-centered people I have ever met. My mother works there too but in a completely different area and location so when I accepted the job, I also accepted that I would make sure I never did anything that would cause a blemish on her reputation she has built there. Not particularly easy since the caliber of people I work with makes it difficult to hold my tongue - but I do. I know that in October I am eligible to leave the department so I am learning all I can to do so. Unfortunately, I have built a good reputation with the Director and others because well I work and they don't. So there is a lot of jealousy and quite a few people there ready to pull you down. I stay clear of it - come in, be cordial, assist anyone I can, go to lunch with my laptop and do layouts, come back and start all over until it is time to go. The co-worker in question that I am "allegedly" monitoring is the worst employee in our area - and everyone knows this. I would have to have a full time staff in order to monitor her comings and goings but it has been tolerated for whatever reason and quite frankly in the whole scheme of life - I could care less what she does.

So I am sitting here on my first day of vacation, thinking of work and having a sick feeling in my stomach that when I come back - there will be hell to pay if the rumor mill circulates as it normally does. Lucky for me, my boss and the Director don't believe the comment and the girl who made the statement is a temporary worker - not good for her. We will be having a meeting when I come back and boy am I going to have to pray hard that I don't tell off the world in there. And the funny thing about all of this - I am the most untimely person in the world and I have a hard enough time trying to manage my own time let alone have time to see what others are doing. Besides that would mean I care to know - something I definitely don't!