Survival of the fittest...??

Well, maybe that's going a little too far, how 'bout "survival of the smartest"? I happen to like that better anyway... But, and this is where it gets good, it ain't over yet folks! Yup, that's right, I get even more fun this week, next week, the week after and the week after that.

Why you ask, oh... let me tell you this load of crap! My boss-boss (ie: the guy that signs the pay checks) is away for two weeks of holidays. Fine, no worries, the man deserves it, he works way too many hours as it is. Besides, once he's rested and back, he's always in the right mood to hit up for a raise, a major plus in all our little devious minds - lol!

But, and this is the part that truly fries me, the girl that is my "underling" technically, is on holidays the week that he returns, well - two weeks to be specific. Now you're likely wondering how I could possibly begrudge this girl her holiday time, glad you asked... and even if you didn't - I'd tell you anyway. She is the type to take 2 hour lunches almost every freakin' day, the type that shows up late and leaves early. She's the type that at the littlest sniffle calls in sick and, on top of it all, has a child under the age of ten that she is constantly having to run out of the office to either a) pick-up and take home because he's sick or b) go and pick-up and take home because he got kicked out of class for some stunt, prank, bullying, or just out and out fighting.

In the time since she was promoted to the position she has missed more work than she's actually been there for. In the four months she's been there, working (actually working) for maybe a month and a half. But, the big guy kinda has a blind spot, unless you have irrefutable evidence of this type of shit (pardon my french) he ain't going to do jack about it. So, I have been an evil bitch (pardon moi) and started to keep a log of what her and the evil troll in my office ('nother long story - don't get me started) have been pulling. By the end of the summer there is going to be some serious ass whoopin' or I swear on all that I hold dear to my evil little black heart I am going to go psychotic on their collective asses.

Alrighty then... thank you for reading my rambling and mindless bitching :) night everybody - I hear my bed calling.

2 weeks...

2 weeks of hell. 2 weeks of torment. 2 weeks of whiny, snotty, sniveling weinies! That is my life for 2 straight weeks. Luckily, I'm one down and one to go, but O.M.G!! Never, ever, ever again is this guy allowed to go on holidays unless I'm gone too. His clients are crazy s.o.b.'s, every last blasted one of them. They don't know what they want and when you suggest something they get all in your face and bitch that you're being too pushy.

Well - yeah!! I am being pushy, I want to get off the gods damned phone so I don't have to listen to your bloody whiny assed voice anymore. You're giving me a headache and I've had to listen to you for the last half-hour that could have been better used to do... oh, I dunno - WORK!!! Come on! I swear, when he gets back, I'm bloody well screwing his feet to the floor and he's never going on holidays again - EVER!!!

Alright, I feel mildly better... *sighs* 1 week down.... 1 to go... Gods I need a drink.

Here's one for ya...

How sad is it to be glad that it's a long weekend already after only 5 days back at work? Well, I am, it was a horrendous week, one I hope to never have to repeat. But it is the long weekend finally and I'm soooooooooo glad :)

Yup, that's all I got, I'm going back to my writing and whatnot - check ya later peeps! Peace!

Back at the grind

Yup, sad but true... *sighs* I'm back at work and not loving it. I just want to go back to the holidays again, take the time and just sit back and relax. Sucks - big time... What I really need is some millionaire to take notice of me and, for whatever reason, leave me all his money when he kicks to bucket.

All Millionaires that have no one they actually like in their will - please apply here.

Any way, the weathers actually not that bad, nice and moderate, pleasant breezes, the nights get cool and it's very pleasant to be outside for any amount of time. Hate it when I feel like I should be having side dishes next to my deep fried hide.

Well, since I have to go and help out my friend, poor girls gone in for surgery and her mother can only watch the little one during the day. Her husbands out of town and can't get back until Saturday, so I volunteered to help her out at night. Sadly though... the Internet is not a known entity in her house *whimpers*. Bonus though :) is that there is an Internet Cafe not a block away and her little munchkin is a sweetheart. So, I'll dash over if I can, flip through my emails and do some stuff... Luckily, I only need to do this tonight and tomorrow night and then I'm back to my normal hauntings... hehe! I'm outta here!

Day 9 (otherwise known as the day the other shoe drops)

Well, sadly *sniffs* this vacation is at an end *sighs*. Good-bye staying up all night to chat with people I rarely get a chance to talk to anymore. Good-bye, sleeping in to all hours of the day. Good-bye, walking around in whatever the hell I feel like wearing at any given hour of the day. Good-bye, lazing in the sun with a cold bevie in hand while I watch the neighbors trudge home after a long day of work.

Yup, it's over *whimpers* time to go back to the hell hole I fondly refer to as 'work'. Not looking forward to seeing just what the hell they all managed to screw up while I was gone. Most especially my computer, which I had to leave the passwords for because of what's on the thing. Yes, stuff that they would actually need... Gods, I'm terrified to find out what they did to my baby. I had it working just so... *bites knuckle* this is not going to be good I'm sure... Oh well, like the Brits say, stiff upper lip and all that crap - Cheers folks, I'm off to go figure out if I can legally get away with killing them for screwing with my computer...

Day 8

Well, damn! The work week is ever looming closer, the clock seems to be ticking faster and I really am wishing I'd taken two weeks now instead of just one... hehe! Ain't that always the way though?

But, at least I have to work a week and then there's the August long weekend - thankfully! Well, I don't have much to say right now, I've got to go shave a cat in a bit, try and not die with the current humidity that is just a little too high for comfort and then I'm cooking dinner for some buddies... Well, technically I'm prepping stuff for dinner that is for tomorrow, but some things need to marinate and what not until then sooooooo - Ciao!


And just because it's what I'm listening to (and totally rocks!!)
Song - Long Way Down
Artist - Goo Goo Dolls

Day 7

Well, only a couple days left of the vacation... It's been good to be away from it, even if it wasn't all the way away from work. Those rats called me at least once a day, but... that's what I get trying to leave when someone isn't properly trained. Now that, not my fault, that was my bosses fault in not letting her in to the position earlier, he knew when I was going on holidays and insisted we'd have plenty of time. If you haven't realized by now, my boss is a man - idiot.

So the poor girl has been scrambling to make due while I'm away, thus why she's been calling a couple times a day. Never fails, there's just always something that you forget to mention and then it gets left to the rookie. Oh well, couple more days and it's back to the grind... yay? Well, that's it for now, I'm off to harass someone for a while and do a bit of writing. Peace out peoples!

Day 6

Okay, techically it's not day 6, but I got busy and forgot... And yeah, it was my birthday for those that somehow missed the announcements, billboards, flyers, postings and etc that my friends seemed to be throwing out there for the world to see. It is very, very late... or, very early depending on how you view it, so this will be quick. Love ya all, every last single one of you nut jobs *hugs* couldn't ask for a better batch of friends - *hugs & kisses* Cheers!

Thank the Gods it only comes around once a year!!

Day 5

Well, it is pleasantly mild today, thankfully. The house is super cool, the outside temp was loverly and I was able to bbq today without fear of dying from heat exhaustion. Course, last nights entertainment included watching our neighbor across the way bbq during the rain/hail storm... hehe! Out with his umbrella, trying not to drown his steaks and keep from getting soaked in the onslaught. Yup, the sister and I stood in our big picture window and watched, sipping our slurpees and occasionally waving at him.

Yeah, we're serious shit disturbers. But hey, not much else to do, TV is all re-runs, the rain hit before we could get to the video store and our room mate refused to go cause he'd get wet. And, at the time, the computer was acting buggy with the storm so we were just leaving it be. At least we weren't offering advice, like we'd normally do, but we don't know him well enough yet. But when we do... lol! watch out neighborhood! Alright, gotta go, belly's a growling and I'm thirsty... Cheers!

Day 3 & 4

Day 3
Alright, it was just too darn hot to even think yesterday so I completely forgot to do my daily ha-ha post. Nothing uber special happened, didn't die from the heat - obviously.

Day 4
Not anything special today, got to eat a big ass ice cream though - hehe! The darn ice cream man finally came around, he was ignoring our corner of the world obviously. But, he finally came around and I bought what I could carry home *grins* which was lots.

It finally rained here, thank you Mother Nature! Big ass storm blew through with hail, but then it rained and rained and rained. It is so wonderfully cool here right now... ahhh! Stood out in the rain for awhile and cooled right off, had my ice cream and my slushy drink that I forgot in the freezer. Life is good right now... Be even better if it would stick around for the next two months... Not the rain, but the temperature, it's very nice, cool, but still warm enough not to feel really chilled - it's... perfect. Ah well, take the cards you're dealt right? That's it for tonight - Cheers!

Day 2

So here it is a bright and sunshiney Sunday morning and I am listening to the birds duke it out in the yard and sipping my coffee while reading the paper. Now, when I say reading the paper I mean I read a story and then the sister and I bitch about how stupid people are and how the hell could they do/get into/create/fall for such a situation. Yeah, we love doing it, ends up keeping us from killing one another the rest of the week, so I say, go with what works.

But anyway, I'm sure I had a point... maybe not, whatever. Sunday, day 2 of my vacation - woo-hoo! Went to bed early last night, had a massive migraine trying to take me down and then woke at like 7 this morning, now, that was pushing it so I went back to bed for another two hours. 9 was a little more acceptable and thus the Sunday routine began. Got up made the usual morning stretches, groans and moans, made coffee while standing at the counter dozing and then, grabbing a cup, go get the paper while greeting my fellow awake neighbors by name. Yes, I have very friendly neighbors, VERY friendly.

Yeah, still don't know what my point was. But anyway, it's a gorgeous day, the sun is shining and we're supposed to hit 30 C today, so before it gets too hot I may just do the floors inside. Check you all later - Ciao!

Day 1

So, yeah, I managed to survive Friday. There was only one major crisis that I managed to get smoothed over rather quickly and then it was smooth sailing for the balance of the day. Sat around gabbing, answering the phone, finishing up my last jobs so my desk was completely clear and then I was free. Free as a bird! WOOOO-HOOOO!!

Do I have plans for my vacation? Nope, where ever the winds may blow me is about as dedicated to planning as I can get right now. But it's my summer vacation, so I tend to try and stay loose just in case something comes up. Now my times around our Thanksgiving (which is in October for you Americans) and at Christmas are a little more set in stone. Now, of course there is alway a little leeway for the holidays that happen to fall during winter, kinda have to have some flexibility or you end up trying to drive through blizzards. For the record - not fun!

Well, since this is day one, a little update here... Sunny skies, current temp. 25 C, light breeze from the west and I am having a blast so far -hehe. Check back later - Ciao!

Vacation...

Vacation, such a delightful word. Vacation, means so many things to so many people. Vacation, no work and all play makes Wendy a very happy gal :). Vacation, one week out of every summer where I can do what I want when I want and to hell with the rest of the world... more or less.

So, yup, the point of this mindless babble is that in about 10 days, 10 loooooooooonnnnnnnng days, I am on va-ca-tion! I'll have 10 days of mindless nothingness. 10 days of getting up when I want and going to bed when I feel like it. 10 days of shopping, eating, sitting in the sun and laughing at all the suckers going to work. 10 days for me time. Now all I have to decide is what I'm going to do with 10 whole days!

The original plan was to head up north, to the Chuck, otherwise known as Edmonton, the capital of Alberta for those with no clue. I still might for a day, or even two, but that's it. The other plan was to go visit the Uncle out in where ever the heck it is that his lake side place is in B.C. - still might, but later, apparently he's not going to be there and neither will anyone else. Ain't that just hunky dory?! Nice of him to tell us after it was arranged. 'Nother story, 'nother time. So what will Wendy do to amuse herself. Well, I've got me a script to work on, probably do that and I may just write until all the voices shut up and then take a day of doing nothing more exhausting than laying in the sun with a cold glass of something and occasionally rolling over.

Well, I've still got a few days to decide so we shall see - 'til then - PEACE!