#233 Pre-VacaShawn

In less than 24 hours we will be on Vacation.

I still must pack, but who cares?!

In less than 24 hours we'll be on Vacation.

17 days of rest and relaxation.

Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacation!

#232 Focus: VacaShawn

Vacation is so close now... 

I can hardly contain myself and keep focused on day to day tasks.

Every few minutes my mind wanders to endless walks on the beach... endless morning sleeping in...  endless meals filled with seafood...  endless laughs with my parents... endless walks with the dogs...

12:30pm Friday can NOT come soon enough.

#231 Office Drama ExploShawn

Well some serious poop hit the fan today in the office, and it was spectacular. 

Our main financial analyst gave her notice today, to her boss (the CFO) who was in to sign some docs (he's currently on vacation). Oh, to have been a fly on that wall!

It's a bitter sweet moment...

Bitter because she was one of my fav co-workers. A real sweetheart of a gal. Amazing at her job and a real asset to the company.

Sweet because her boss, like mine, is an A-list ass hat. And he deserves what he's getting.  The beauty to this is that he's only been here for about a year and a half, originally contacted as an assistant or some such to the General Manager (remember her...?  She's gone now) He's been the CFO for about 8 months, and he hasn't a clue what this company is about, far less any actual acumen for Finance. (It really amazes me how these people get upper management positions) Basically she's been carrying his sorry ass to get things done in the Finance dept. And all during that time he's treated her like crap. He really is a dick. Personally, my interactions are few but even I know more than he does about how this company runs.  He asked her to stay til the end of the first week of Sept to help him with the Month and Quarter End.  She flatly told him no. (GOD why couldn't I have been there for that?!?!)

Then for the next 45 minutes he was out pacing in the parking lot on his phone, constantly either rubbing his temples with his free hand, or flailing it about.

It was most entertaining to watch.

We'll survive this loss of a great employee, provided they are able to find a qualified replacement. I just hope it does not start an exodus. If  it does, I hope those in a position to nail it down and chuck the deadwood...

In the meantime seeing a useless cog in the wheel bouncing about is some entertaining consolation. 

#230 Serenity DeleShawn

Are you freaking kidding me?!

All the calmness and serenity I gained over the last two weeks, even with all the extra work that it entailed managing 3 people's desks at the office, came to a thunderous halt within 30 minutes of the return of Typhoid Mary.

Hack hack, cough cough. 

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

And then the questions started. 

And then I was done.

On the plus side she is not in the office tomorrow (roofing repairs at her home)  I'm PRAYING that it will require a 2nd day, so that I know have to deal with her on Thursday and Friday morning.

Fingers crossed.

#229 Packing PreperaShawns

We're only a few days from Vacation, so it's time to start preparations.

Sorting gifts for family and friends.  Planning what clothes to take. 

I want to pack everything now, but there will be laundry to do before we leave, and the earlier I pack, the more I pack... not the goal here.

What we can take away from this is there are only 5 days until Vacation begins. 

...getting excited!

#228 Weather AppreciaShawn

People have been bitching and moaning all week about the cool temperatures this week. (It's been ranging from 14' - 18'C for the highs this week)  

On the other-hand, Marcel and I have been digging it. As a matter of fact, as the rain allows we've been keeping the windows open. And what's more the Air Conditioner has been off for the past 3 or so days, which for US in Montreal in the middle of August is about as close to winning the lottery as we have ever been!

As self described heat haters; this week, rain aside, has been exquisite! 

Happy Dancing all 'round!

#227 JubilaShawn

I am the envy of most of the office today.

While I do not go on Vacation for another week, my Boss  is now officially on his own vacation and is not in the office next week or the week after.

So my envious co-workers are happy they will not have to see or hear him for the next two weeks. But as I pointed out to them, I will not have to see or hear him for the next three weeks AND a day.

:-)

Check and Mate!