My class this morning was a wonderful hour-long respite and lunch with my friend Lynda a long-overdue chance to catch up, but otherwise this day has genuinely, truly sucked.
I would give my left arm to take a day off. Unfortunately, I cannot (big meeting with the chancellor Friday).
Doubly unfortunate is the fact that my boyfriend needs to take Friday off because he’s accrued too much vacation time to get what’s due him this pay period unless he takes some time off.
Let me rephrase. He *HAS* to take Friday off when he doesn’t necessarily need or want to, and I *CANNOT* take Friday off even though my mental health will probably suffer because I cannot. Please, someone, tell me I’m not a total bitch for not being thrilled for him?
Ahem.
"[I]n my defense it is hard work to appear as busy as I do. So I could use a day off too. A day where I don't have to pretend so much that I am swamped."
Translation: I don't work when I AM at work, and it's exhausting to pretend, so I need time off from doing nothing so I can do nothing without the facade.
Really. Are we supposed to be sympathetic?
Grumpy!
On my defense it is hard work to appear as busy as I do. So I could use a day off too. A day where I don't have to pretend so much that I am swamped. Normally I could care less that I am going to lose 4.62 hrs of vacation time on my next paycheck if I don't take some time off but it is a good excuse to not go to work.
Also in my defense… for someone who loves there job so much, as you do, (see previous Blog entry) isn't a little disaster once in a while a good diversion to change up the days show your boss that you are indeed needed if not to at least save the day once in a while. Plus there is no better way to peck at your nemesis than to fix his error than highlight it after the fact.