Musings on a Saturday at work

[mousme]

I've been avoiding looking at LJ at work this past week as it's been interfering with my work. Not that I mind, but eventually I do have to meet the company's expectations or they'll fire me. Huh. Where have I heard that before?

Anyhoo, the lines are pretty quiet today, so I'm allowing myself to update a wee bit and peruse my friends list.

First off : *massive hugs* to all of you. A number of you sound like you need them today.

In other news, I've had the freaking plague since Tuesday, and was utterly miserable on Thursday but managed to get to do clerical work which, while boring, was better than trying to talk with no voice. Literally. Colds with me generally end up with one or two days' worth of laryngitis.

This is not the worst cold I've ever had, though, which is a blessing. In fact, it's almost completely gone now except for a residual hoarseness which I assume will go away when I stop speaking all day tomorrow.

I dislike working Saturdays, but so far *knocks on wood* everything seems to be quiet, and I only have two hours and fifteen minutes left to go out of a five-hour day. I can't believe I've only been here for half the time I'm paid for. *sigh*

Am poncing over to see the Paternal Unit for dinner tonight, then will head off home to work on aparecium_rpg. I think the Paternal Unit will have gone overboard food-wise as he's had two days to prepare for this dinner and hasn't actually seen me since Monday and only spoke to me once on Wednesday when my cold was almost at its worst.

Am looking forward to getting out of here. *checks watch* Two hours now. *sigh*

I miss my friends. I just don't see them enough anymore, and I'm kind of getting lonely and antisocial, two traits which go very badly together.

I've also got this feeling of "what now?" which I can't shake. Don't know what to do about that either. I need to get out more, but I have no money thanks to all the financial screw-ups in my life (see previous entry for details). So I'm broke and lonely and live with two cats. *faceplant* I'm such a cliché it's not even funny.

Oh, and to top it all off someone came and ransacked my computer today, switching my keyboard for another crappier one and unplugging everything so that I had to play amateur electrician and computer engineer this morning upon coming in. Luckily nothing seems to have blown up and it all looks okay.

I won't have any news about my mutilated paycheck until Monday, because (surprise, surprise) my supervisor won't be here until then. Apparently they have to make sure this isn't somehow my fault before they even consider paying me, and even then they might only reimburse me on my next paycheck two weeks from now.

How they expect me to pay my rent, my car, my phone bills, my electric bills, and eat is beyond me.

*cries*

Comments

[meallanmouse.livejournal.com]

:: hugs ::

Hunt down the keyboard thief, find out where the culprit lives, ambush him/her in a dark alley tonight and mouse whip him/her to death?

Glad cold is leaving. Good news at least, that.

Am working on Aparecium calender and contact list now, so that'll be up for later today. ;)

Any news from the idiots at the bank yet?

:: boggles at that still ::

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Sounds like you need some too.

[briarwolf.livejournal.com]

Money troubles. Ew, ew. I sympathize. Hope things get better!