Showing posts with label boss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boss. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Unexpected Events

Bridget called me at 8:30am to let me know that our boss had contacted her to let her know that he wouldn't be in the office because of a family emergency. His sister had died the previous day from accidental causes. My boss is very close to his family and this was utterly devastating. Immediately, he filled the role of point of contact for everyone.

The rest of the day was cast in a somber note of trying to make sure things were taken care of or signed. Our boss had picked up his laptop earlier in the morning and used it during the day to work. He was trying to take his mind off things with a few work related e-mails. I wish you could meet him because he is a really good man who lets us be ourselves. He is well liked and we, as his subordinates, are envied because of his support of us and his engaging personality.

Faced with this kind of situation, my group's demented sense of humor tend to come out. It extended to my boss' director via IM. We were helpless against the tide of teasing. The sad part was none of us were consuming alcohol to be that funny. I declared that beer had to be cold to really absorb the medicinal molecules (yes, I make this crap up). Beer is also liquid bread if you thought about it which means it is nutritional as well as medicinal. As the great orator, Homer Simpson, would say: Mmmm....Beer.

I arrived home later because I arrived at work later and I stopped at the store after. All I wanted to do was go home and relax. Oh, no my AGOL, said Fate. Opening my apartment door was like opening into the outdoors. My air conditioning wasn't working. There was a power surge during the day which caused the lights to go off and on affecting my circuit breaker for the important things like the air conditioning. I was able to turn some fans to circulate the air, but it wasn't the same. I immediately called for a service in the morning.

Fate said gleefully But, wait my AGOL -- there's more! Cooking dinner inside the oven or on the stove top was completely out of the question. The light indicator would come on but the heat would not. There was my next service call. Grrr... Thank goddess for microwaves! Watched some television while Cabal kept looking at me as if it was my idea to turn him into his own sauna. Opening the windows was out of the question because it was more hot and humid outside. Positioned the fans so we could sleep with circulating air. It was 10 degrees hotter than what we were used to inside. Dammit.
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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Crazy Daisies

It's not good to have more work before your tackling backlogged work. This forced me to abandon my new boss most of the day to his own devices. I was available for questions and short meetings, but no one-on-one training. It was too much to ask of me today. His choices were to sink or swim. I threw him some projects he could take over and work on which seemed to make him happy. I'm all about happy.

Took a tired Tawny out to lunch. Poor thing was at work a little after 6am. Her husband had to come in early and continue fixing an application issue from midnight. Both hadn't really gotten any sleep. Jeff went home at lunch to finally get some sleep leaving Tawny to be taken home by her son later.

What are two tired and stressed gals to do? We did not settle and instead treated ourselves to Crazy Buffet where our Asian Fusion dreams came true. My plate had a mix of Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes. Skipped the sushi and sashimi buffet. I won't eat those unless it is prepared for me minutes before I eat it. The seaweed salad was really tasty and the green tea cake was a nice finish.

My workday ended with work still awaiting my attention. This makes me antsy but there is only so much you can do in a day without a clear head. Perhaps tomorrow will be better. I already know that my morning will be continuing my facilitation of equipment installation left over from yesterday. The vendor is coming back with service technicians and the missing equipment. Oh, joy!

I'm just wilted. I have no smart puns, comedic anecdotes (oh jeezus -- actually typed that as antidote at first!) or fun pics to share. Forgive me? Not waiting for an answer -- PBD wants to be walked right now before he herds me to the bedroom. He even tells me when I should be sleeping. Damn dog.
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