A CASE OF THE MONDAYS

Ok so its been a long time since I’ve written anything. I apologize to my avid readers…if there are any…haha.

So it’s the later part of April and I can’t believe it. Work has gotten a lot better. And in better I don’t mean the work itself, but better as in I’ve found ways to make work more fun.

Don’t get me wrong – I still have the same people trying to relate to me by coming up to my desk and chatting about things that I absolutely don’t care about whatsoever. Like today, when all I wanted to do was eat my Yoplait light yogurt at my desk when someone who will remain nameless decided to tell me all about his weekend spent in West Virginia. I hate West Virginia. Ask my sister. So he goes on and on and on about 4 different types of hummingbirds and how his dogs broke the screen door to go chase deer that they had never seen before. I heard about the exact color of the trees and that he never wanted to come back. “And then me and my sweetie held hands and frolicked through the fields picking dandelions and singing ‘THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!” ok, for real, I made that last part up – but seriously that’s how the story was playing out. Give me a break. Seriously, I deal with stuff like this every day.

With that being said, there’s a lot of people on my hall who are my age – young 20’s – and we all get along pretty well and go out on the weekends and stuff. But some of us are separated from the consultants cause we’re admins. Sometimes we feel left out, cause they get awards and raises for working on big projects. The biggest project we ever have had is booking a multi-destination flight for a traveling employee. Oh, but we do it so well… Anyway – we’ve been making our own awards for each other. I awarded the other admin a Certificate of Achievement for figuring out how to transfer calls on the phone system! Hey, it’s somewhat complicated. Ok not really, but we do what we can to boost moral around here.

I’ve been attending hallway happy hour with my fellow co-workers. We try to do it every other Friday – but last week we had to hold an emergency happy hour on Wednesday cause the workload was so bad. This new fiscal year is a killer! Every time we do happy hour, the time gets earlier and earlier – first we said 4:30, next thing I know people are heading out at 2:15! Occasionally I hear the other level 4 who sits across from me on her phone – “Gees, all I wanna do is have a drink!” It’s pretty funny when a manager says that…especially when it’s before 10 in the morning! But I always have a good time whenever we go - I always try to sit by the Recruiting level 4 Manager, cause after a couple beers, this guy starts shouting Irish proverbs in an Irish accent. It’s fun to loosen up with co-workers!

So those are some ways I balance the BS with the boredom. Whereas before, I was bored for hours and hours and hours with nothing to do, I’m still bored for hours and hours, but I’ve found ways to overcome it – like playing Sudoku or reading Hollywood gossip. Seriously this stuff captures you’re attention like no other…to the point where sometimes I forget I’m even at work!

Hey, I cant complain – I’m being paid 42k a year to surf the internet and listen to peoples sad pathetic stories. Maybe I’ll be an admin for life!

…uh, yeah….just kidding.