It’s important that I say it somewhere, might as well be here. I just got through quite a thing, two-three near walkouts in one week. I nearly didn’t make it to Friday. We make a big deal about making it to Friday at my office, it’s clever because it helps us endure.
This week was an endurance trial. Thank whatever you thank I gave up caffeine and a lot of the heavier stuff weeks ago. Still at my nicotine and THC, with a passion one might say.
Except I picked the right time to rein in some of my excesses. I knew I had to if I was to succeed at this big move. That’s this whole job time for me; staging for my next project. Sometimes I get to do other cool stuff locally, but it pales before my project.
So when I survive, especially by the skin of my teeth, it’s kind of amazing to me. Always my indifference and frustration against the benefits of this work. Functional workaholic, that’s me right now. If I was supervising, we wouldn’t be pushing this hard. However my goals differ, I want to live and work another few decades, they don’t actually have that much skin in that.
So it’s an uneasy relationship with this employer, always has been for me. Good supervisor, but that only goes so far, it definitely got me through this week. Other people having worse problems, that’s what really clinched it. We had our semi annual visit from the lady over half the state. That distracted everyone for most of a day. Then the crisis that ended our week, one of the other offices had their A/C go out. There are only three offices in our city, and we run at full capacity as is.
So being overrun was strangely nice. It was something awful the state did, not paying to upkeep buildings which is an ongoing problem. Not that you care about state fiscal policy. Our clients sure did today, quite a lot of anger.
Surviving today was a trial in itself. First we had a half hour meeting about stuff most of us knew. I was in the lobby though, angry clients coming in that couldn’t go to the other office. They did not want to hear that we were in a meeting.
Second I was alone, running the desk by myself most of the day. The security guy pitches in, but there’s stuff I need a caseworker for. They had given me my friend who is fluent in Spanish with me, that was the best. She’s a sweet lady on top of it, and very quiet.
I asked her help a few times today anyway, it’s like watching a symphony and I can just play my recorder. The only things I’m confident saying are; tomorrow 8 o clock, have a seat, excuse me, yes, and thank you. Everything else I try to say but it doesn’t come out right, I need to get back to my Spanish lessons.
Now I’m off to training next week, I’m headed out Sunday. I decided to go swim in the local lake while I’m there, so that’s my treat at the end of the drive. It’s four days, which I don’t know whether it will be good or not. Friday alone isn’t that much to deal with. I’ll be back at my post Friday. It’s just something different, I’m always grateful for that. Some respite from what’s been going on.