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Today has been quite interesting. First of all I didn't really
accomplish my goals. It was a little frustrating that that happened,
but I had valid reasons for all of them. The problem is for a while
I was pretty pissed off at myself because I had reasons. It
shouldn't be about reasons or excuses or whatnot, I just need to get
the work done. And that goes double with all the news I received
today.
The first big news came early this morning. Gretchen called and
was fed up with DCI because of the way she was treated by she bitch.
She was really pissed off, and after a conversation, we came to the
conclusion that it was time for her to quit. She had worked too long
and too hard for a company that didn't care and wasn't interested in
treating her with respect or paying her what she deserved. Not to
mention the fact that it's the same company that layed me off 6
months ago. She was planning on leaving soon anyways, but this will
be the opportunity for us to work on our company and start our
dreams, just a little bit sooner. So she gave he 2 week notice
today, with the added bonus of only having to work 3 days next week
due to New Years Day, and because she will technically work some of
2003, she'll get her vacation pay for '03 as well.
The second big news was that Gwen called and asked if we'd mind
caring for her cats for another month or so. She'll be sharing her
apt with someone else for a month to help them get started in NYC,
and he's apparently allergic to cats. So we'll keep them until that
time. With Gretchen quiting her job who knows, maybe we'll go to NYC
and drop the cats off, it would be a fun adventure. Also it means we
get more time with Gilda and Smokey which is great because I wasn't
quite ready to get rid of them yet.
So because Gwen wasn't coming to pick up the cats I didn't have to
clean the house. And for a while I couldn't reach Gretchen on the
phone. Because she had asked a few questions to people there about
what she was entitled too upon quitting I was concerned when I
couldn't reach her. I had visions of her in her boss' office getting
chewed out for wanting to quit or something like that, so I had a
hard time focusing on getting my tasks done until I was able to talk
to her. She was outside moving her car so that they could plow when
I called so didn't hear my call, and didn't check for her messages
until after her lunch. Then after all of that commotion I fell and
hit my head on the bathtub, and while it didn't do too much damage
(not that there was a whole lot to damage) it just knocked the
remaining wind out of my sails. I ended up taking a nap and didn't
get the remaining work I wanted to get done done.
Well things look exciting for the future. I won't have the luxury
of the events of today once Gretchen is no longer at work. This
should be a big motivation, but hopefully I won't let it become too
much pressure. Looking forward to tomorrow.