{{Kristin}} Much -ma for your grandma.

vw, I got the cookbook today! Yay! I had no idea they were so adorable.

Kids have finally conked out on me and I should be sweeping up the piles of dog hair on my floor.

Much ~ma for you this week, Kristin, and extra ~ma for your grandmother.

Good luck, vw!

Kids have finally conked out on me and I should be sweeping up the piles of dog hair on my floor.

I could vacuum daily right now, Lucy is shedding so much.

vw, I got the cookbook today! Yay! I had no idea they were so adorable.

Oh, I'm so glad you like! And that you finally got it!

Happy Birthday, Plei!

{{Kristin & Family}}

Today is a Monday. Rant ahead, feel free to skip.

I am so fucking tired of my job. I'm on deadline for installment #4 of Big Project. I keep getting nibbled to death by little projects for coworkers. I took care of every single little project last week so I could devote 90-95% of my time this week to Big Project, which is due the 26th.

I come in this morning and get hit with something else for the chairman. The CEO says, it looks pretty quick. Ummm..nope. I've spent all day on half of it and I'm still not done. I will finish it probably tomorrow late afternoon which means I've now lost 2 full days off of Big Project. Which also means that a planned 65 hour week just turned into a 75-80 hour week.

I honestly don't know how much longer I can cope with this kind of workload. I've been working full tilt since February (meaning anywhere from 55-95 hours per week and working HARD during those hours) and I just can't do it anymore. I've broken down twice today (er, make that 3 times since I'm sitting here crying now). I'm just totally spent and it's mainly due to other people not getting their shit together and forcing extreme deadlines on top of my existing deadlines.

Oh, fuck, ChiKat. That sounds completely impossible, with the crazy hours month after month and the deadlines and the dependence on hopelessly undependable people. And the crying at work on top of it all. That's just fucked. I wish I had some advice to offer besides get out get out GET OUT.

That's awful, ChiKat. I guess you can't tell these people no if they are charmen and whatnot, but that's just ridiculous. No one should have to work those kinds of hours that consistently, and that it's cause by little projects being shunted your way taht take you away from Big Project is just so wrong.

Bah.

Shit, ChiKat. And I thought I had it bad. Is there no one you can go to to say, "Hey, I can't do everyone else's work for them! Get someone else!" Do you get paid overtime? You can tell them it would be cheaper for them to hire a temp to do the extra grunt work.

Can't resist numberslutting for Post #669.

That is all.

{{{Kristin and Kristin's Grandmother}}} You're grandmother is an amazing, strong, woman. I enjoyed meeting her so much, and I am vibing like crazy that she is ok.

{{{Chikat}}}

Since I think I accidentally posted in Beep Me this morning instead of here: Happy Birthday, Plei!!!

I shouldn't be allowed to post first thing in the morning.

I wish I had some advice to offer besides get out get out GET OUT.

My plan is to leave in January when I start student teaching. I am leaving eventually. Thank dogs.

Do you get paid overtime?

HA! Ummm...no. If I did, I'd least be living large these days.

I do have 2 temps working for me right now, plus my normal minion. It's just that a lot of the work I do requires a higher level skill set than my temps or even my minion have. And, training someone to do this kind of work would take more time than I have since the chairman wants this stuff tomorrow. (Well, really, she wants it today, but that just ain't happening.)

I've talked to my boss about getting more, higher level, full-time, permanent help and it's being evaluated. My dept. is going through some changes and he wants to really evaluate where we're going and our staffing needs. Which is great, but not soon enough in my book.