Thursday, May 22, 2008

Yesterday was a crazy day that started at 4:30am or so and ended after the American Idol finale. Yes, I stayed up to watch the end, good thing too since my DVR cut off the last few minutes because the show ran over time. I’m very pleased with the winner.

Anyway, I managed to get to work early despite cooking and schlepping three crock pots of food in for the farewell luncheon. That went very well - everyone ate everything. For once we had very little leftovers.

It seemed that my tasks for the day kept increasing as time passed. Just when I thought I was doing well to plow through everything that needed doing before I left for vacation, some new fire would pop up. Then add in a one hour conversation with UO2 and that meant that I didn’t even leave the office until 6pm. Fortunately, Merry called to say she could not babysit, so I got home in time for Beau to leave for small group. I stayed home with Jesse, which was just fine.

The one hour conversation with UO2 was good and much needed. We were able to clear the air and as we talked I was convicted that I had been very unfair to her, with high expectations that she could not hope to meet. (Amazing One did that job for about 10 years. UO2 has been in that job 18 months. There’s no comparison, really, and it was completely unfair for me to expect AO level work and knowledge in 18 months.) I apologized and asked how I could help her and we agreed that I would take one one more part of the medical billing processing. My boss was not happy to hear that when I told him - she needs to learn how to do it and I agree. However, by taking it on it means I’ll be able to get the bills paid faster, which is my goal. So we hugged and made up and that weight is lifted off of me.

Today I’ll work at home (there were not enough hours in the day yesterday to get it all done) in between laundry and packing. We have decided to try to take Annie to the kennel today, so I need to call them this morning. It’ll be nice to not have to deal with her tomorrow AM when we’re trying to get on the road early.