Literally. We had such a nice relaxing day yesterday but this morning we had a rude awakening. We woke up to find water in our basement. It's the first time it's been a problem, but it is raining like crazy here so I guess the ground is just overloaded. It was a very stressful day to say the least. Up until now my husband and I have lived in condos so we've always had someone to call when something is wrong - now we're on our own.
We quickly learned just how important a shopvac can be and we've vaccuumed about 100 gallons out of the basement so far. But the rest is all me - my husband had to fly out tonight for a very important meeting he couldn't miss. He made sure I had what I needed - but tonight in between commercials during Desperate Housewives - I'll be vacuuming water out of the basement - by myself. That is one of the things that SUCKS about being a weekend wife!
By the way, SMP inquired about my friend with twins. She's doing great. She just made it to 32 weeks. Full term is 36 for someone with twins so things are looking great. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. I'll be sure to post pics of the twins when they're born.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Frustration
I have always prided myself on NOT bringing my work home. Not just paperwork, etc. - I've never brought my left over frustrations home with me. I've always been able to leave them at work and chalk it up to corporate's problem, not mine. That has been difficult to maintain in the past couple of weeks. I've been anxious about returning to work on a Monday. I am always irritated about something - and so many things have been going wrong that are out of my control that I'm always looking around for "what's next?".
I resent this change and hope it is temporary. My office is undergoing some technology changes so there's a reason for the issues. But I'm realizing any time a business, or a person for that matter, undergoes major changes, those changes also serve to spotlight what issues have always been there. And so often, we ride out the changes, and then go back to our normal routine, without addressing the problems that are there - new system or not. If a system is disorganized, they'll still be disorganized long after the changes. If a husband and wife fight about chores in the old house, they'll most certainly fight about them in the new one (unless of course a maid is included :) ).
Anyway, no real point to my rantings - they're just general observations about human nature. Hope everyone is having an easier week that I have! Feeling frustrated too? - if you've been able to answer your phone, print from your computer and protect very important documents from being erased by the IT guys - then you're having a better week than me!
I resent this change and hope it is temporary. My office is undergoing some technology changes so there's a reason for the issues. But I'm realizing any time a business, or a person for that matter, undergoes major changes, those changes also serve to spotlight what issues have always been there. And so often, we ride out the changes, and then go back to our normal routine, without addressing the problems that are there - new system or not. If a system is disorganized, they'll still be disorganized long after the changes. If a husband and wife fight about chores in the old house, they'll most certainly fight about them in the new one (unless of course a maid is included :) ).
Anyway, no real point to my rantings - they're just general observations about human nature. Hope everyone is having an easier week that I have! Feeling frustrated too? - if you've been able to answer your phone, print from your computer and protect very important documents from being erased by the IT guys - then you're having a better week than me!
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