Hiya SG

Oh, peeps here are very wonderful...like you are!

I wish I could call off work but it's nearly impossible for me to do. Every day seems to be crucial...we're heading toward a deadline, or someone is going to be out soon and we have to get ahead, or whatever. Even though my friend is my supervisor, I am discovering she is somewhat as high maintenance as the one she replaced... Be careful what you wish for... Seems we went from witch to drama queen. And, hey--those are my jobs!... hehe

I understand about breaking down the job so you can skate a bit while trying to hold the pieces together. I can sometimes do that but not always. Just depends on what's on the agenda. They've moved a customer service department to the aisle across from me, on the other side of the riser/cubie wall. It's so noisy to me. A constant drone of conversation. That just wears me out. I know that sounds weird for me to say when I'm hard of hearing, but noise is very tiring to me. May be why I no longer enjoy TV... To my advantage, though, sometimes I can shut it all out by turning down or turning off my hearing aid.

I do the headphone thing too but get tired of it and I have to be up and down so it can be a pain on a day with a lot of up and down.

When you say about sharing experiences outside the office.. do you mean the work office or the therapy office? I don't have anything going on outside the work office except the normal routine homecare stuff and being online. I have shared about that but did you have something in particular in mind?

Actually I appreciate and feel validated when you say my company sucks. That they do. After a decision about how they are growing and acquiring new business, they take away the peace of mind of good health insurance. Did I tell you (I forget who I tell what... ) that when I had my meeting with the head of HR about my concerns he was telling me that next year they will "introduce a Wellness plan"? I thought that sounded positive... Well what that means is they will have someone come in and "assess" us individually. Those who smoke or have an extra 20 pounds on them, etc will be given a specific period of time to take care of that.. to stop smoking, lose weight, or whatever... and if they don't, their premium will go up. (ironically one of the big "selling" points they used when telling us about our new plan was that this plan is free!!... as it ought to be because it is worthless.. and just wait till next year. It will be like the HMO's: they started out free then....). So the Wellness plan will be another slap in the face...... I asked, with seething anger but eye-batting curiousity, if the people who come to "assess" us would be doing genetic testing as well.

And now... the last perk that I can think of, since they took out the coffee machines, closed the cafeteria, imploded the health insurance.... they are "looking at" our half day off Friday and if we are productive enough to deserve it.

OH ... Hold me back!!!

Thank you so much for replying and for your kind words!! You're always so helpful to me.

I'm hope your cold gets better soon! And I'm really glad things went well for you today after getting the heat back on!

ECHOES