The hundred-and-sixtieth day...

Well, today sucked just as much as I knew it would. It seems that one of my colleagues is taking a leave of absence - for a month and a half. Now, while she and the Bosses have known about this upcoming leave for a couple of months, today was the first time that anything was said about it to anyone else. What pissed me off the most is that the way they informed me is by sending me an e-mail that said:

"Hi,
When is a good time to sit with [said co-worker] to go over her [files]. It will only be about 5 or 6 files. Thanks"

Um...what? I got that and then met with said co-worker for about 20 minutes to go over her files. Not one time, did she mention a leave of absence. It was just 'these will be your files. Thanks. Bye now.' It wasn't until 2:54pm that she sent out two Department-wide e-mails. The first said that she would be leaving for the day (at 3pm). The second said that today was her last day in the office and that she would be back in mid-October. Did I mention that every single file that was re-assigned to me needs work? I hope I don't have too many questions since she won't be there. This re-assignment business is something that should have been done at least a week ago, so that any questions could be asked and answered.

Did I mention that I have 6 projects of my own that are starting in the next two weeks?

Yeah, this is going to be barrel full-o-monkeys fun - I can tell. A barrel full of pissed, tired and overworked monkeys.

Anyway, to de-stress, I took a walk over to Toys-R-Us and set up this scene on one of the displays :)

Stuffed pizza, peanut, apple and pretzel = friends forever :)

I saw this guy setting up a window display on my way back. He was using an empty frame to push the other one's into place.

It didn't look fun...and I hope the display looks better when it's done.

Have a wonderful night everyone!

The hundred-and-twelfth day...

Well, today was Shea's birthday :) Shea is P and L's favorite stuffed animal - yeah, you read that right. They went around Facebook telling everyone that today was his birthday, and asking everyone what they were getting him as a gift. I decided to give the gift of friendship - so sweet, I know :) So, before I left work for the night, I made a cute little birthday sign and had P and my work mascots hold it up for their friend.

Happy Birthday Shea!

Gift giving done :) You can't put a price on stuffed animal friendship!

I was discussing Sesame Street with Sis 1 tonight - actually we were discussing the 'chong chong' sound that can be heard on all the Law & Order shows (it was a pretty hilarious conversation), and we remembered the following old Sesame Street skit. Whether you've seen it before, or you're seeing it for the first time...enjoy :)



Have a great night everyone!