Sorry for the short disappearance. Things just got a little overwhelming... even for me.
In a brief summary of last week...
I already mentioned the state of mind my friend got pushed to, but on top of that work was getting completely overwhelming. I had too many things going on and no help to deal with them so as a result some things were going wrong left and right making everything else at work more and more difficult.
Then I got a message on my answering machine from my Dad. Now he knows not to call my home phone because I never pick it up... I get too many telemarketing calls on that line so I never use it, and it's pretty much a piece of crap. Even the answering machine part bites. But my Dad insists on using it when we wants to leave somewhat bad news. Of course the piece of crap machine left me a garbled message that vaguely informed me that someone in my family was diagnosed with cancer... of course knowing that my Dad leaves bad news on that phone line and not my cell phone lead me to think the worse. I finally got in touch with him this weekend to find out that it was my grandfather who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but it wasn't anything too serious. It's not malignant, but due to his age they don't operate. So instead they are going to use other means of treatment that will probably make my grandfather really sick but he should come through it ok. But the whole idea on not knowing what was going on and thinking that there might be something seriously wrong with someone in my family (maybe even dying) just sent me into a HUGE downward spiral of stress and worry.
I went out drinking at Underground Friday night to try and put a lot of it out of my head and it helped a little... but then I started not feeling so hot on Saturday when I woke up with a sore throat and couldn't breath through my nose... great, the last thing I wanted to be was sick right now. I pretty much stayed in all day Saturday to try and head this thing off. Turns out it was a good idea because I'm feeling much better today.
I had my annual meeting with my accountant (my friend's dad) today to do my taxes and watch the Super Bowl. I'm going to be getting a decent refund this year... even better than I planned. This will come in handy with all my summer plans.
Not fully ready to go into work tomorrow, but we at least have some new employees starting up this week... one full-time and one part-time. Hopefully these ones will stick around and actually do something productive for the company.
I might have an opportunity to go on a 3 day cruise with my Dad in May... hopefully that will work out. It looks like things are slowly getting better. Let's hope it keeps up.
In a brief summary of last week...
I already mentioned the state of mind my friend got pushed to, but on top of that work was getting completely overwhelming. I had too many things going on and no help to deal with them so as a result some things were going wrong left and right making everything else at work more and more difficult.
Then I got a message on my answering machine from my Dad. Now he knows not to call my home phone because I never pick it up... I get too many telemarketing calls on that line so I never use it, and it's pretty much a piece of crap. Even the answering machine part bites. But my Dad insists on using it when we wants to leave somewhat bad news. Of course the piece of crap machine left me a garbled message that vaguely informed me that someone in my family was diagnosed with cancer... of course knowing that my Dad leaves bad news on that phone line and not my cell phone lead me to think the worse. I finally got in touch with him this weekend to find out that it was my grandfather who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but it wasn't anything too serious. It's not malignant, but due to his age they don't operate. So instead they are going to use other means of treatment that will probably make my grandfather really sick but he should come through it ok. But the whole idea on not knowing what was going on and thinking that there might be something seriously wrong with someone in my family (maybe even dying) just sent me into a HUGE downward spiral of stress and worry.
I went out drinking at Underground Friday night to try and put a lot of it out of my head and it helped a little... but then I started not feeling so hot on Saturday when I woke up with a sore throat and couldn't breath through my nose... great, the last thing I wanted to be was sick right now. I pretty much stayed in all day Saturday to try and head this thing off. Turns out it was a good idea because I'm feeling much better today.
I had my annual meeting with my accountant (my friend's dad) today to do my taxes and watch the Super Bowl. I'm going to be getting a decent refund this year... even better than I planned. This will come in handy with all my summer plans.
Not fully ready to go into work tomorrow, but we at least have some new employees starting up this week... one full-time and one part-time. Hopefully these ones will stick around and actually do something productive for the company.
I might have an opportunity to go on a 3 day cruise with my Dad in May... hopefully that will work out. It looks like things are slowly getting better. Let's hope it keeps up.
You totally have to come skating with us next time