Back from the Track and I was off and running.
11/10/2007
It wasn’t the week I had planned.
There was a critical incident right when I walked into work on Tuesday morning. As soon as I logged onto my computer, I was off and running for whole day. It wasn’t exactly what I had planned for my day back, but I can’t schedule these things. I did manage to get lunch and a break in the afternoon. Wednesday was still in catch up from the weekend off and the paperwork from Tuesday. Thursday was a somewhat normal day but I had to spend a lot of time at the copier. I felt like I was running all week long. Friday was the last day for 2 of my co-workers; they are transferring.
Another one found out Friday that he is going to transfer very shortly. It is a bit upsetting for me to see them all pack the desks up, move the stuff out and they are not to happy about it so it made it a difficult day for all.
I had to get ready for the new folks that are coming in: new phone lists, contact cards and the rest of the paperwork. Sunday officially starts the new lineup but I am off on the weekends and Monday is a city holiday. I figured they didn’t want to pay me overtime to just be there on Monday. I will be in the office on Tuesday and then I am off to NYC for a long weekend to see Mom.
I guess I am like everyone else, change upsets me a bit. I have tried to be positive about the changes. I spoke to the new bosses the other day to confirm some phone numbers and asked the new lieutenant for a few minuets of his time on Tuesday. I have a very short list of things I would like to see changed for my job to be a little less stressful. I have been thinking about them a long time but I think it is time to ask for the changes. They are quite simple, but they will say a lot. There was a bit of confusion about my time off next week but I got that clarified.
I am planning a work at home long weekend. I have a few little errands I need to run and I think I will try to make a yoga class today. I need to take care of me and that is one of the steps I need to put back into and keep in place during the changes. I have been bad about getting to class; I have been opting for dinner out or staying at home instead. That’s not good for my mental health; I need the break from the world for those couple of hours a week.
