I am yet again full of raaaaaaage at this stupid volunteering gig for the ADD group. The chair asked me for a list of all the books in the library, and then a list of all the books that are marked as missing. So I generated them from the database (it was actually pretty time-consuming to do it, because I don't know how to actually run reports from the database).

So she emailed me back and said she needs reports with the publication dates of all the missing books. I want to punch her in her annoying face. If she had told me that at the start, I would have included the fucking dates. Redoing those reports is going to take forever and I don't have that kind of time.

(She's also asked for a lot of other stuff that I can't give her, like a list of which books are checked out most often -- the database doesn't track that information, so I don't have a clue. And she also asked if I've made an effort to track down the people who haven't returned books. Well, YES, but if they don't reply, I'm not going to drive to their houses.)

I am curious what the public library's rate of checked-out-and-never-returned books is. Because ours is kind of high.

Anyway, YES, I am going to resign, but I'm sticking it out through the October meeting, so I have to deal with this crap until I'm done. So full of raaaaaage.

That's why we have 4 clocks in the Planning Department, clearly labeled. Of course, that is behind a door from me, but I mostly just have to know what time it is in Eastern and Central time and I have (like sarameg) been making that calculation a long time. Buyt I still like to be able to choose the correct time zone in Google Calendar or wherever, because then it's not me that's figuring it out.

There should be a clock app for your smartphone that could show several time zones at once? (Maybe I should write one.)

I have time zone clocks on my calendar and my phone so I know what time it is in San Francisco, NYC, London, Hyderabad, and Tokyo. There are more time zones I could add, but that gives me a pretty good frame of reference for when I can expect people to be working and when to schedule meetings.

I'm so tired. I wanted to sleep in and not do anything, but the painters were scheduled to arrive at 9am, so I dragged myself to the office. I'm putting coffee in my face and hoping my brain comes online at some point so I can start tackling my inbox and To Do list.

I'm pretty sure there is one. Whenever I've been traveling in different time zones, my dad puts my time zones into his clock app, so that he knows when it's OK to call me.

Yeah, I have a bunch of clocks on my desktop, which is nice for knowing what time it is right now, but it's not as helpful as I would have hoped for future planning.

If she had told me that at the start, I would have included the fucking dates. Redoing those reports is going to take forever and I don't have that kind of time.

I'm sorry, I don't have time to do that. If it's critical I can give you access to the database.

Oh god. I'm having a total everything-is-overwhelming panic attack meltdown and I can't think of how to stop it. Why don't I make notes about this when I'm NOT melting down? Can't stop hyperventilating unless I hold my breath, but that only works for so long.

I'm on a conference call that will not die.

Someone told me she would send me her own address "ASAP" 45 minutes ago. Our mutual big boss is going to ride my ass so hard for not having it from her yet. Argh.

Edit: Oh phew, he just left for his other thing without checking in with me. I guess my half-answering email was enough for the moment.