So much better today than I was earlier in the week. I'm just tired though because I did some pretty intense stuff at work for a change. I wasn't tired this morning but I am now after doing that stuff at work. But it's like a good tired. Like ahhh, I accomplished something! I did skype one of the owners of the company I work for, and I was like, "Okay so this is sort of a dumb question--but I'm going to ask it anyway." So I did. I wanted to know who was my direct report. Like who do I go to if I have a problem. You would think it would be obvious right? But it's not. There's a lot of chiefs at this company and they haven't put out an organizational chart so it's hard to know who I actually report to. There's the General Manager but he doesn't know what I do and he doesn't have anything to do with the accounting/financial side of things. I mean he gets the weekly reports and stuff but that's about it. So if I have technical questions I go to the controller or one of the owners. If I have like other questions, or concerns, or something I usually just go to the controller or maybe one of the owners. But I'm cognizant of organizational hierarchies and I'm like, hmmm, maybe I am supposed to be going to the General Manager. I'd rather not. I'd rather go to the controller or the owner. But I do go to the General Manager if I need time off or something like that. But I don't see myself going to him for a personnel problem and certainly not for a personal problem! So the owner that I skyped was like, can I call you? I was like, of course. So she said 5 minutes. She called me and she talked to me about who to go to for what kinds of problems. She wanted to know if I had an example. I didn't really, I just wanted to know for the future, but I think I have it sorted now. I am supposed to go to the General Manager if I am having a personnel issue or a personal issue but I don't have to. I can go to the owner if I wish. So basically however I've been doing it has been okay and continues to be okay. So that's kind of good. Today I asked the controller a question regarding job costing and I found an error that we had been making by not including the commissions earned. So she was like good job! And the owner when I was talking to her said everyone is really happy with me and happy with my performance and if everything is going well financially she will try to get me a raise at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately it doesn't look like November is going to be a very good month financially so I hope December is better. It's nice getting good feedback at work and it's kind of nice to know who to go to for what. Although I will probably still bypass the General Manager. I don't know. I don't trust him. I hear him talking about coworkers to other coworkers and I'm like, what is he saying about me behind my back? If he is talking about other people, he is probably talking about me. I just try to not give him anything to talk about. Just I don't have a great vibe from him. I am nice to him. I talk to him about stuff we need for the business. I keep him in the loop about business stuff. But I can't see myself going to him and being like, I'm stressed about x, y, z. Or something like that. I just don't see that happening. Another one of the owners is going to be here next week and maybe tomorrow. I haven't had much dealings with him. He occasionally asks me for financial reports or stuff like that to be sent to him and whenever he requests that I get on it right away. But I think he has more to do with the manufacturing side of things while his wife does more of the accounting side of things. So I am usually talking to his wife if I need something, or the controller. So I'm a little nervous that he will be here but I don't think that I will see him much. It's just nice to be focusing on work and not focusing on my doctor appointment and stuff like that. It's like ahhh normalcy. Or what passes as normalcy in my life! HUGS Kit