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| Written by Diana, on 06-01-2005 01:02 |
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I'm 23. A friend of mine at work said "Hey birthday girl" like she hadn't even rehearsed it, like maybe she actually remembered on her own. I didn't remind her. I think she told my supervisor because he came over and said "Is this you?" and dug out my office calendar with all the meetings, anniversaries, and birthdays on it and pointed at the 6th. I said yeah and he said "In case I forget, Happy Birthday." He's a funny little Phillipino man whom I've gotten to know pretty closely over the past three or four months. He likes to tell me, and probably anyone who will listen, about his family traditions, office gossip from over the past however many years he's been there, and whatever else is currently on his mind. So far my camera is on time and is expected to be delivered for my birthday. It will hopefully get to my office before I leave for my therapy appointment at 3pm. That would be really cool. I called my dad at work and told him all about what's happened with it because he loves his camera and I didn't want to wait until Saturday to tell him. My mother would never even want to attempt to use a camera that actually had more settings than "on" and "off" so I haven't told her. My dad apologized for not being here for my birthday which actually meant a lot because he's never here for my birthday unless it falls on a Saturday which is like every six years or something. I'm gonna to work late tomorrow night, probably until 9pm because my mother has a history of making me feel completely worthless so I think I'll have my own fun. I think I usually cut on my birthday too so it's probably best I don't come home early. The owner (I'm going to call her that because I don't know what her actually title is) of the company came to the office yesterday to sit with the billing department to understand how they work and hopefully help them go paperless. My department is so small, a mini [enter company name here] they call us, that we started discussing switching to a paperless system just a few months after I started there. It was helpful I think that I knew the ins and outs of the basic (and not so basic) computer system and the significance of being able to share files on a server. So many people there don't have even the most basic computer skills. Anyhow, later in the evening after the owner had a day to sit with someone in that department, she asked me if I would mind, since I'm familiar and comfortable with the paperless process if I would sit at the computer they're going to have on projector in an upcoming department meeting and show the department how I go through the process of billing a job without a worksheet in my hand so to speak. My supervisor keeps reminding me of it, he knows I hate being paperless. I've told him all my problems with it, why it's a horrible thing. Of course he and I keep my opinions on the subject between us because the owner thinks it's just the greatest thing since sliced bread. Sliced bread...I had a bagel today at work and didn't freak out over it. It was a good one too, definitely worth it. My coworker is such a whiner, she left early today because of a headache when I spent all last week sick as a dog, but I was at work because I had work to do, everyone comes in unless they're throwing up or something. She always complains that she wants to leave early "just because" and then she leaves and we find that there's work that she failed to do that had to be done that day. I hope she doesn't expect me to come in Saturday so she can make up time because I'm celebrating my birthday Saturday. And even though "celebrating" is probably an exaggeration, I'm not going into work that day. I've been working until 9pm this week because I had an extra appointment and I will do anything to not have to work another Saturday. Okay I'm going to bed. I think my heart is tired of beating. It keeps pounding at my chest like it's trying to break out and hop away.
Last update: 06-01-2005 01:02
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