Long weekend

[Eleonore Beaudoin]

After the Friday off to have airco installed, screen door, and help my mom, with kiddo
visiting to help me with it all, the weekend was spent still sleeping all odd hours, doing
NOTHING.

Bit sad because so much I wanted to do, but at the same time, I take it the body needed to
rest t get over the awful stress, and most of all the bug and antibiotic reaction.

Had to take probiotics to try and kill this as it seemed a bacterial unablance in intestinal
flora. Seems under control now, and hopefully it is: thought it was a few trimes only to see
it come abck. Sfter C difficile, oen has to eb careful with such things.

Friday and Saturday were beautifully sunny. But Friday was spent with me indoors, kiddo
needing me here to stop cats from jumping out the window and patio door as he isntallede new
screen and airco unit, hen indoors for my mom.

Saturday was wonderful, but I had an allergic reaction since Thursday afternoon with rash near
chin and lower lip that I did not wantr to get to mouth and lips at all: allergies are worse
with sunshine, just my dang luck. I had so counted on getting a basic tan color on the legs at
least to be able towear soemthign cooler than jeans at work and outdoors, but no such
luck...had to tough it out and hope the weather channel woudl be right and that the nice long
weekend, with a sunny Sunday too, would be real. But it was covered completely yesterday, and
it rained this morning, skies still covered and drops still falling here and there.

Thank God I had a series of tv programs to watch and delete, because I sure had cabin fever...

Nothign like knowing you are 'grounded' to not feel like doing anything in the house...

Slept so much Sat and Sunday, and even today woudl have liked to sleep the day off...
But still have same old stuff to do: cat pans to clean a last tiem ebfore taking it all to the
bin, if kiddo helpede with getting part of garbage and the recyclign out already on Friday
evening.

This week oughta be hell, which makes me think it then is best to have rested for that part:
texts are awaited where they wexpect me to do then, but where too mnay are expected anyway,
could not do them all, AND can not touch them until am done with my own sorting, because if
papers are ready this week, start date at new place is next Monday.
They wanted me this Monday, I stretched therm a week to have time to sort MY things, so now
old office wants me to do what they claimed so hard I never did: revisions;-). They were told
when they kept giving me workoverlaod that that was all nice, but then the two weeks notice I
woudl keep for myself to have things set in order. But they never have me time, until I got
upset at personc losing office who was under the impression I did othing since I did not do
the entire archive listings for her. Hec, istead of doing the things I should be given time as
per arrnagements to archive my own stuff, I had to do tables and photocopies of listings and
carry binders ad so on. In between, the person woudl ask me to translate this and do that and
thsi again, leavign me zero time. I stayed after work all week to try and get soem done of my
won things, else I'd be dead udner water, and even now, I know that odds are that by Friday, I
will stay until very late to try and throw everything in boxes without sorting, no choice by
then, and deleting everything left, despite my needing some stuff madly, like resmes I worked
real hard to fidn tiem to not even finish properly but almost (need revision:)), and documents
of my own from personnel, for pension paid and for rrsp and all the stuff from eprsonnel one
can get in a decade, not to count paychek stubs to still print. I elarnbed in time to never
throw those out because they sure can do tons of mistakes, and then demand paystubs to prove
them wrong. If oen did not keep them, tough luck.
Already lost too much listening to people and throwign some out from past jobs, then seieing
the pension installements did not match, some weeks, motnhs and even entire JOBS not even
showing on the listings.

So I know that the woman sent to close the office will panick and scream, at me mostly, sicne
I am evewryone's favorite punching bag it sees, maybe for simply being tall (in their mind
tall people were born/are built to take it...But I sure was not anymore than the next person
of course:), specially sicne the other two might leave Tuesday or WEednesday, unless she
manages to ahve us all lose our offers demanding that we remain.

Yet I hope to God the other job is not soemthign they would not say and plan to only have
soemoen to fill holes for a while: they hired me to work in one place then sad they needed me
more at their other office now, and added later that it woudl be this way: whichever office of
the two needed me most would be where I woudl work at any given time:(....Parking probs,
commuting probs, gas probs, less left on pacheck and all with it all tha was NOT in the deal
when it was offered. I as supposed t work for people needing me most of their ONE same office,
not switching towns:(. AND now they talk relocation......Grrrrrrrr......


Nothign to make oen feel that finally the stress is over.

Todl everyoen I would not be working this las Friday, many weeks ahead of tiem and reminded
them Thursday on top of throughout the weeks and each day alst week, but I coudl bet they will
play it 'never heard fo it'. Reminded the person left wen I leftthe office Friday sayign I did
not have time to fill in the request but that it was udnerstood sicne weeks.

I am sure their playign surorise will also make it a mess. Tired of ill faith and bad will on
their part when they panick. Their hjob to close office. Their job even to do revisions sicne
they claim I never did any hehehe.

I know better than to argue. Will probably have the pile of docs on my table when I will get
there. So be it. I have four days to this weerk to clear my pc, fling cabinets and drawers and
to MOVE everything. In their case they ahve movers, but in mine, sees like the new manager has
no idea people need to move things. No talk about any of it, and when I asked with tact, had a
laughter showing person thought that was ridculous for an answer and as told that of course I
did not ave a thing to move (I don't? Oh well, could have swear...;-)), sicne it is a
different job. What a mess it will be in here to mvoe all this then to later move it back in
new office, if I even have any station f my own, moving to one place ad another as they need
some hole stopper...

Hope to ehar from Public Safety...Had applied for another job before those. They on their side
are checking a preliminary clearance to have me allowed in their building to go do exams, then
if pass exam, all kids of tests, and higher security clearance.
The process is long though, specially with the cuts, and coudl take I was told up to 18 months
to be done, so....


Haveto fid time to give home number and if available by hen new office number and email addie
before I move...so that all know where to reach me in case.

Afraid to miss some and to later not find numbers because they woudl all have been thrown in
mixed bags and boxes at last minute:(.


Saw two of my old pigeons this week...two that were wounded by electric surrent (illegal) on
hotel roofs nearby:(, and now miss too many toes to fend enough to eat enough with other
pigeons. They then stay there and wait for me, walking about, dangerously exposed to te
haawks, for soemthign to eat...Beau Bec and oen fo the Jumos..Poor things...
The baby I found that was attacked by a hawk did not make it. The poor lil thing was so glad
tos ee me one evening as I came hoem from work, it made a happycooing sound and was too happy
to snuggle against my neck, all wrapped in its cosy bklanket. I smiled as I carried him to his
cagefor the night, as I knew he fell asleep happy and confy, and tdl myself he woudl sleep
like a baby for once: he did not even move his toes wen I lifted hin into the cage, still
cvered by his snuggly blanket:)...

The next morhing i found him dead......I coudl only conclude that it rested well ON ME and
...slipped into death in his peacefl sleep. He never sent this telepathic wave, so I take it
he sent it to his real mom, who then knows not to look for it anymore......Possible the
parents are exactly Jumo and Beau Bec that keep staying nearby even if no other pigeon does
anymore de to hawks.


I will not even have tiem to sort of say an inner goodbye to the place. Lke I sort of normally
do in a move...

Have tot ake care of parkign arrnagements where I a and where I am going, have to go sign
papers, have dentist apointment I ahd forgotten abut this Tuesday, tomorrow, dunno a what time
aymore. Betch it will fall with the time they want me to go sign the papers of course, to make
more conflict in schedules all it can. me and timing never havign seen eye t eye, stuff
falling everywhere in the life of the too busy ones doing the job of who knows hwo many by
now. Sttopped counting.


Anyway. It is department policy to archive things and delete thenm properly, and I plan on
doijg exactl that. IF time left asI tld them, will revise. But I am supposed to be given that
time. Know better than to argue and get the panicking one on my back. Will take docs and will
work on my stuff, then if time left....do docs.

Heck just Friday emailmus have come in to make more to deal with of course, and so it will be
until I leave --and betch it still fills up after I do leave.

Gotta let everyoen know in address book that will no longer be at that work addie.

Time consuming stuff....

Anyway.

For now, laundry, cat pans...bin.

Same old same.

Hopeyou ahve a more peaceful spring!

Lookng forward to holidays, one week after the start date at new place.
If they do not play trics on that too, of course....

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sorry to hear your e-mail isn't working

[Beaver_Fever]

On May 20, 1:35 pm, bc...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Eleonore Beaudoin)
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Wow, you are still here.