Monday morning updatage

[mousme]

Okay, first things first. If you aren't reading the_exclamation, why the hell aren't you? Go read. Go now. Do not dilly-dally. Seriously, your life will be the richer for it.



In other news, filing is t3h b0r1ng. Luckily, and thanks to my fantastic and marvellous and extraordinarily generous friends, in a few months I may never have to do anyone's filing ever again. This makes me happier than words can express.

I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with regards to the filing. I had a pile that was literally a foot and a half high last week, and I've been chipping away at it steadily since about Wednesday. Now it's only about three inches thick.

Mind you, I haven't been filing it *properly*, in the sense that I've only been shoving the stuff into a large folder in alphabetical order. Once I've put all the papers in alphabetical order (and then by date), *then* I can actually put them in the filing cabinets. However, it does mean my job is nearly half done.

I've also got rid of most of my backlog of other pending work which generally gets put on the backburner due to "emergency" stuff. I still have a bill to organise, a couple of board sheets to process (that counts as "emergency," mind you), and The One Form has resurfaced, since there's a charge on there that I didn't understand and that Boss!Lady now wants me to research. Have I mentioned how much I hate that form?

Anyway, the point of all this is that I want to get all this work done so that I can leave here with a clear conscience the minute another job opportunity shows its face. Once I pass all my dispatcher courses, I want to be able to leave ASAP and without feeling bad that I'm leaving a pile of unfinished work for whoever they'll get to replace me.

Technically, as it happens, because of the particular nature of my temp work, I don't actually have to give two weeks' notice. The sword cuts both ways, of course, since they don't have to give me two weeks' notice either, but in this case the advantage is mine. See, they need me here. L cannot manage the workload on her own. So it's unlikely that they'd let me go unless I really screw up in a monumental way.

On the other hand, I've always prided myself on leaving every single one of my jobs on the best possible terms with my employers. Even at Bell Mobility and the Stupid Scaffolding Company From Heck(TM), I left on amicable terms and left a good impression behind. So, I want to give as much notice as I can to the bank and not leave a pile of unfinished work behind.

I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and all indicators point to it not being a train.

Comments

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

sugar, regardless of how much time you give, and how much you get done, there will still be work that's in a pile on your desk. I can't believe some of the things I left to be done at the other library.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know it'll never all get done. I just don't want there to be a backlog of several months' worth of filing and other crap.

If I can keep the backlog down to about two weeks' worth until the time I leave, I'll count this as a success.