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  • Evamutt
    Evamutt Posts: 2,623 Member
    the "check engine" light came on in my car! my husband, a retired mechanic fixed it over a period of 4 months looking for the problem 1.5yrs ago so I couldn't really drive it around. passed smog & has been good since. UGH
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    RAinWA wrote: »
    I have been recuperating for 2 weeks and needed to get some work done today. Tried to log into work and can't. Apparently only idiots are working today because when I called and said "is the server up and running" the answer was "how can I tell?" Then they tell me "something is beeping" - what is beeping? "I don't know, I think the power strip." WTF? It's just a standard, run of the mill power strip - it CAN'T beep!

    I went and took a nap instead. They can sit and wait for the outside tech guy to come in and restart the server.


    Hope you had a great nap at least!

    I did! And the cat even cooperated and snuggled up with me instead of trying to sleep on my head!
  • TarryTaffy
    TarryTaffy Posts: 883 Member
    I get a few things done, think "whew, I have a break" only to have a bunch of NEW things get piled on top of that. I don't have enough time or resources to get this stuff done, so not sure how it's gonna work out. Even worse? I don't get paid for any of this. It's volunteer work. Bleh.

    Isn't that mentally exhausting? I stopped doing volunteer work for that reason. Instead of being thanked for a full day of service, I'd get pummeled with emails, texts & in person requests for more, more, more. Plus it would cost me $ to volunteer for the types of services I was doing, between parking/carfare & products I needed to supply.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    edited January 2020
    TarryTaffy wrote: »
    I get a few things done, think "whew, I have a break" only to have a bunch of NEW things get piled on top of that. I don't have enough time or resources to get this stuff done, so not sure how it's gonna work out. Even worse? I don't get paid for any of this. It's volunteer work. Bleh.

    Isn't that mentally exhausting? I stopped doing volunteer work for that reason. Instead of being thanked for a full day of service, I'd get pummeled with emails, texts & in person requests for more, more, more. Plus it would cost me $ to volunteer for the types of services I was doing, between parking/carfare & products I needed to supply.

    Yes. Some of the people I work with to make this possible are great, so that makes it doable. But the problem is that there are too few of us to make it all work, we all have our own lives and are busy and there's no way I can dump things on people who are having family emergency issues (we've had a few of those this year) or people who are busy, but.. at the same time, I'm busy, single parenting (for the time being), only have one car and no extra help (friends or family) to help me out, so I am a one woman show at the present.. and I feel like I'm being stretched a bit too thin.

    Honestly, it reminds me a lot of why I left a certain job in my 20s. Everyone would always harass me and ask if I could cover their shift simply because they knew I was reliable, to the point where I had a mental breakdown and wouldn't pick up my phone due to a developed phobia of it ringing and being work all the time.

    At this point, I do it because it benefits my son (this was something he wanted to do) and because it benefits other kids like him. I want to make it a good program for them, but I can't do it alone and it annoys and vexes me that other parents who are involved in this don't want the same for their children, or expect the few of us running this shindig to do all the work with no extra help.

    I will finish out my year (end of school year) and then resign from the position. Partly because I will probably be leaving to a new place anyway, but also because I just can't keep doing it. Volunteering to pet and brush cats at the local shelter is more my speed. :lol:
  • TarryTaffy
    TarryTaffy Posts: 883 Member
    TarryTaffy wrote: »
    I get a few things done, think "whew, I have a break" only to have a bunch of NEW things get piled on top of that. I don't have enough time or resources to get this stuff done, so not sure how it's gonna work out. Even worse? I don't get paid for any of this. It's volunteer work. Bleh.

    Isn't that mentally exhausting? I stopped doing volunteer work for that reason. Instead of being thanked for a full day of service, I'd get pummeled with emails, texts & in person requests for more, more, more. Plus it would cost me $ to volunteer for the types of services I was doing, between parking/carfare & products I needed to supply.

    Yes. Some of the people I work with to make this possible are great, so that makes it doable. But the problem is that there are too few of us to make it all work, we all have our own lives and are busy and there's no way I can dump things on people who are having family emergency issues (we've had a few of those this year) or people who are busy, but.. at the same time, I'm busy, single parenting (for the time being), only have one car and no extra help (friends or family) to help me out, so I am a one woman show at the present.. and I feel like I'm being stretched a bit too thin.

    Honestly, it reminds me a lot of why I left a certain job in my 20s. Everyone would always harass me and ask if I could cover their shift simply because they knew I was reliable, to the point where I had a mental breakdown and wouldn't pick up my phone due to a developed phobia of it ringing and being work all the time.

    At this point, I do it because it benefits my son (this was something he wanted to do) and because it benefits other kids like him. I want to make it a good program for them, but I can't do it alone and it annoys and vexes me that other parents who are involved in this don't want the same for their children, or expect the few of us running this shindig to do all the work with no extra help.

    I will finish out my year (end of school year) and then resign from the position. Partly because I will probably be leaving to a new place anyway, but also because I just can't keep doing it. Volunteering to pet and brush cats at the local shelter is more my speed. :lol:

    Well, it's good that you have an exit plan.

    I've had that same issue at jobs... being the reliable one, who worked all the OT for the dept 'til I collapsed. I'd never work those many hours again & recently quit a job after 1-mo for that reason.

    When I complained to my brother about it, thinking he'd commend me for working so hard, his only response was a shrug & saying, "Your issue isn't being overworked. It's about not being able to say no." He was right.

    I agree on the kitten brushing... but, it breaks my heart that I want to take them all home.

    Good luck on your goals. Sounds like you're on top of it.
  • mommabear4315
    mommabear4315 Posts: 3,424 Member
    My day went well over all. Recovery is hard for me because I am a person who is always on the go. This past week has really put things in perspective and that I need to slow down. Right now the hardest thing for me is sleeping. Even though my meds usually knock me out. I hate not having a schedule.
  • laprimaJenny
    laprimaJenny Posts: 1,495 Member
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  • bojack5
    bojack5 Posts: 2,859 Member
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    Uh oh.....
  • mommabear4315
    mommabear4315 Posts: 3,424 Member
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    Oh that does not look good. Hope you got it fixed fast.
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    Or.. let me go find something to be disgruntled about.
    If a pig has its voice box removed, is it disgruntled?

    Sorry, I just made that up and couldn't help myself.
  • mommabear4315
    mommabear4315 Posts: 3,424 Member
    Today was a rough day physically and mentally. Got in a fight with my business partner and best friend hate that. Physically my Doctor got after me for being so active after major surgery and I feel like crap. Oh and i made an employee cry his eyes outs I’m such an grasshole who speaks the through and numbers never lie. On the bright side. Every fight there’s a solution. Physically at least everything still is healthy and not infected and the employee seems to have stepped it up.
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    Woman plowed into us and pushed us right into the guy ahead of us. Don’t know if the car is salvageable at this point due to frame damage, and because we couldn’t make it in to work Hubby & I both lose our attendance bonuses at the end of the year. 😢 Only good thing now is that I can use up my sick days this year if the heat gets too bad in the summer.
  • mommabear4315
    mommabear4315 Posts: 3,424 Member
    Woman plowed into us and pushed us right into the guy ahead of us. Don’t know if the car is salvageable at this point due to frame damage, and because we couldn’t make it in to work Hubby & I both lose our attendance bonuses at the end of the year. 😢 Only good thing now is that I can use up my sick days this year if the heat gets too bad in the summer.

    Hope you all are ok nothing broken. Hope things get better.
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    Woman plowed into us and pushed us right into the guy ahead of us. Don’t know if the car is salvageable at this point due to frame damage, and because we couldn’t make it in to work Hubby & I both lose our attendance bonuses at the end of the year. 😢 Only good thing now is that I can use up my sick days this year if the heat gets too bad in the summer.

    Hope you all are ok nothing broken. Hope things get better.

    Thanks Momma. Neck is pretty stiff/sore so waiting for a call back from my doc, but no other signs of injury as of yet.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,370 Member
    My boyfriend dumped me last night.

    I'm sorry :(
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    My boyfriend dumped me last night.

    That really sucks! 🙁 *hug*
  • johnbtay3
    johnbtay3 Posts: 170 Member
    My elf on the shelf stole my stocking full of Reese's...and I'm still pissed