Blonde Moments

Time is getting short here.  I'm starting to pass down my stuff to my successor and lean back a little.

Okay, not so much yet, but, starting September 1st, those reins are getting STOLEN.  Heh. 

The enterprise manager (whose position I filled for quite some time while still filling my own) is going on vacation, so I'll be filling his slot while my replacement fills mine.  So, we'll be sitting side-by-side for that entire month. 

He's gonna get downright tired of me.  And that's as it should be, I think.  He's going to have to make his mark on his own and I know he can do it. 

I'm trying to be optimistic about the job thing - there are a couple of definite maybes for worky stuff, so we'll see what happens.  I'm keeping all my fingers and toes crossed.

I had no idea how much I relied on being able to communicate via email until it was taken away today.  I couldn't approve timesheets and, with all the critical stuff that's been going on recently, I couldn't access my email.

My company was bought by CGI.  Most of the time, companies are allowed to keep their brand names because it's one of those "well known" and "recognized" names.  Not us.  No more Oberon and no more Stanley.  We're CGI.

So, in my paranoia because the company just got bought, etc,  by the end of the day I had myself half-convinced I'd been let go and nobody told me.

Sigh.  Yeah, it just turned out that my email account expired and they had to extend the date on it. 

I'm such an idiot sometimes.

All is going according to my evil design... muahahahaha...

Nah, not really.  Dealing with some major stress, school, and job stuff. 

I think I've got most of it nailed down, but, we'll see. 

I can't wait to get home.

Yesterday was my sister's birthday. She's travelling right now, so she couldn't celebrate it properly, but I KNOW that there's a decent glass of wine somewhere in Virginia that will be offered to her upon her return.

Also, some great friends of ours welcomed their baby daughter into the world.  I'm glad they're both healthy and happy.  I can't wait to hug them both and steal the baby away, if only for a short while for hugs and kisses.

I just realized that I only have 45 days left here.  If I don't extend. 

With few prospects job-wise back home, I may stay a little longer.  I just don't know.  I'm torn.

Two of the other managers are leaving early because their companies found them better positions back stateside.  Me and the other manager are stuck looking at each other like, "When will that happen for us?"

It's a bit of a bummer when I think too much about it because I really like my company.  Sigh.