Sometimes it’s impossible for me to be unhappy when it’s Fall and the weather is nice and cool and there are big fluffy white clouds set up against a bright blue canvas. Seriously, don’t forget to stop and smell the roses or glance at that pretty sky on days like today!

So even in spite of everything going on; the pain that friends and family are going through, drama online or offline, or just general frustration, there is beauty, there is hope! And that’s enough to keep me going. Yesterday I had high hopes that since work was decent yesterday that it’d be decent the rest of the week and so far that still holds true. I was dreading the morning call because I was worried that with it would come bad news. But I was pleasantly surprised when I got an upbeat voice instead of the same ol’ exhausted one!

I think everyone finally got the hint that I’m not their receptionist. I haven’t been asked to cover the phones once all day. And now it’s 4:00 and that means one more hour! I finished making the charms for the custom Mortal Instruments bracelet I’m making. I’m quite pleased with how they turned out, too. I hope the customer will be pleased. I plan to put the bracelet together tonight (at least most of it!) and hopefully have it sent out before the weekend. She told me part of the excitement was waiting, but I don’t want her to get too anxious and frustrated because I’m taking too long. But I’m glad I took my time because Adri helped me find the correct font and it definitely looks better than it would have otherwise.

In other news the Fall TV schedule has me in a panic. I check the DVR every night to see if there are any conflicts and Mondays and Tuesdays are outrageous. My DVR records two shows at the same time from like 8-10. And I was a bit frustrated because our cable box was reset on Monday AND Tuesday during that time. So I missed half of Gossip Girl as a result and 2-3 mins of the other shows recording when they reset it.

I’ve been going to Christ Notes and reading the daily Bible Verse each day. I find that sometimes it’s exactly what I needed to hear.

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7

So I pretty much failed in posting blogs last week, but that’s okay. Things have been pretty frustrating. Work was amazing for about 2 weeks but last week it went right back to where it was before I wrote a letter to my Dad. And it’s once again gotten to the point where I just don’t even care anymore. Where I dread waking up every morning knowing I have to come in.

Partly, that frustration came as a result of hearing that my step-mother was bashing me to my Dad behind my back. That’s such a pleasant thing to find out especially having forgiven her for all the horrible things she’s done to my family. So that opened up old wounds and I was extremely bitter. Not to mention what she said made me angry because she was being an absolute hypocrite and accusing me of things that she’s far more guilty of than I am.

And I found this out right after I went completely out of my comfort zone to HELP her out at work. We had an emergency situation where it was just her and I in the office and I jumped completely out of my job description and helped answer phones. And of course, as I thought it would, now they expect me to do it on a regular basis. This is the one thing I’m stubborn about and I absolutely will ignore this command. I’m not their receptionist. They can either set up a daytime voice mail or hire a receptionist at minimum wage. But I’m not doing it.

So in an attempt to force me into doing it, once they found out that I was (as I had been telling them all along) capable of answering phones, they decided to create dozens of scenarios where I was the only one here to answer phones. Which I find completely bogus. Because: I can go on lunch runs, no problem. When they used to go out on the lot they’d carry the cordless phone. And three.. since when does anyone need a memo when someone is going to the restroom?

So yeah that plus my anger was just not making for a happy week. But so far today is a much better Tuesday than last Tuesday and I hope that means the rest of the week will be good too. For one, the weather is absolutely gorgeous and that always has me in a better mood.

Other than work, I’ve been pretty much slacking up a storm. I need to finish up a custom bracelet and I have a lot of work that I’ve been meaning to get to on blissmb.net. But it’s Brewfest on World of Warcraft and I needed to grab that achievement so I can get my violet proto-drake. Unfortunately, I would’ve HAD that little beast had I finished ONE Lunar Festival Achievement and one Love Fool Achievement. Just missing one on both. It’s a little aggravating, but at least I’ll have that proto-drake in February! It will be well worth it. Not only is it Violet but it’s 310% speed.

Also finished up all the Pirate Week stuff last week. We held the raffle and 4 prize winners were named. It was pretty successful, but I have a bad taste in my mouth now and probably won’t even have any team-oriented events now. It’s just really frustrating to put a lot of time, effort and money into something and then hearing about people complaining to other members, complaining to me and then taking the team aspect to a whole new level. I mean.. the idea of the teams was just to be a fun and to encourage a little harmless competition on the board. Not to create a complete divide on the board and have one team become a super clique that excludes all other members. It’s just not cool and then I hear that even though I’ve warned against team chats after the event (I mean we have a board chat, don’t encourage cliques and exclusion, use the board chat!) that they’re still happening. Sooo that doesn’t make me very happy. I work my tush off trying to make everyone feel included regardless of how much or how little they post and I don’t want cliques to form because it really makes users uncomfortable and discourages new members from posting as well. Sooo I hope for the good of the board they stop having “team chats”. I’m really so close to banning chats all together except those scheduled ON the board itself.

Anyway.. I better get off here before my boss returns in a whirlwind. I promise I’ll find time to update on a more regular basis again!