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It's my birthday, and a most depressing one
14 years ago
ruffeWell, I've quite gotten used to my birthdays being nothing more then a date on the calendar. Can't even remember the last time I did something out of the ordinary to actually celebrate it. Not to say that it's always passed unnoticed, just seems the notice for it each year gets smaller and smaller. I mean, I really didn't do anything to celebrate it this year. Just did some obligatory thank yous to family and friends for their "Happy Birthday" on Facebook. Though I did get a nice text message from someone, and that really did mean something that they remembered.
Another thing is for a week, I have been having to deal with a mice infestation. It isn't going well for me, but I have made some progress and did manage to nullify two mice this week, but there are still some of the little jerks running around. I didn't really want to kill them, but until I can find all the way they are getting into my apartment, I have to take steps to reduce their presence and one of those way is with traps (and I could only afford the lethal kind sadly). The main problem is that they are getting onto the kitchen counter and surfaces where I prepare and cook my food and which is also where I clean dishes as well. I have found their feces from the counter, to the sink, the stove, and even in the drying rack for my dishes. I have manage to block off one entrance hole, and located another. Just not sure how I'm going to block that last one off. If I could afford it, I would get a cat, but it's just not a feasible investment when my financial future is in doubt.
Things at my job started out bad, and just got worse from there. The client whose business keeps my job going is unhappy that we don't have data for them the same day they release samples for testing. To be brief, they expect us to get done in 24 hours what actually takes close to 37 hours just to prepare for analysis. There is no way to actually do that, and they are threatening to cut sampling to us by 1/2 if our turn around time doesn't improve (which is close to impossible, as we are already beating previous numbers for samples prepared in a week or a day). So yeah, everyone is stressed at work. They are hiring a couple more people and ordering more supplies for us, but still, it takes time to actually get things implemented. So till then, it's pretty stressful around work. It has even been rumored that mandatory weekend work could be expected (hell, we might even be forced to work on Monday, July 4th, if things don't get done quickly enough the next couple of days). Then to top it off, found out that the official transcript from my college to my employer was never received. Haven't yet figured out what happened or if I'll have to pay for another one to be sent.
About the only good thing today besides the unexpected text was that an item I've been wanting for a months came in today, so that was nice.
Another thing is for a week, I have been having to deal with a mice infestation. It isn't going well for me, but I have made some progress and did manage to nullify two mice this week, but there are still some of the little jerks running around. I didn't really want to kill them, but until I can find all the way they are getting into my apartment, I have to take steps to reduce their presence and one of those way is with traps (and I could only afford the lethal kind sadly). The main problem is that they are getting onto the kitchen counter and surfaces where I prepare and cook my food and which is also where I clean dishes as well. I have found their feces from the counter, to the sink, the stove, and even in the drying rack for my dishes. I have manage to block off one entrance hole, and located another. Just not sure how I'm going to block that last one off. If I could afford it, I would get a cat, but it's just not a feasible investment when my financial future is in doubt.
Things at my job started out bad, and just got worse from there. The client whose business keeps my job going is unhappy that we don't have data for them the same day they release samples for testing. To be brief, they expect us to get done in 24 hours what actually takes close to 37 hours just to prepare for analysis. There is no way to actually do that, and they are threatening to cut sampling to us by 1/2 if our turn around time doesn't improve (which is close to impossible, as we are already beating previous numbers for samples prepared in a week or a day). So yeah, everyone is stressed at work. They are hiring a couple more people and ordering more supplies for us, but still, it takes time to actually get things implemented. So till then, it's pretty stressful around work. It has even been rumored that mandatory weekend work could be expected (hell, we might even be forced to work on Monday, July 4th, if things don't get done quickly enough the next couple of days). Then to top it off, found out that the official transcript from my college to my employer was never received. Haven't yet figured out what happened or if I'll have to pay for another one to be sent.
About the only good thing today besides the unexpected text was that an item I've been wanting for a months came in today, so that was nice.
