Time for a Mental Break... down. Just kidding.

I am about to lose my mind, so before I do that, I need to write some things out. My head is swimming with numbers right now. One of the agents decided to clone a property 8 times today, so I've had to go into two systems and update all of the information for each one. This has taken me since noon, and with the exception of my hour lunch break, I have been working on it. I may be done with it by 7 if I'm lucky. Nonetheless, I needed a mental break before I have a mental breakdown.

The phone has been ringing off the hook. One guy got mad at me because I had to give him directions to our office and I didn't know them off the top of my head. Sorry, buddy... I'm not from here. If you'd like to give me a minute while I Google Map your location, that would be great, because all of the questions you are asking me are not going to get answers until I can find where you are. And the more attitude you cop with me, the longer it's going to take to get you here. And the longer you spend sighing loudly into the phone, the more gas money you waste. So shut up and let me find you and get you here correctly. Idiot.

If someone could give me a large baseball bat or firearm of some kind, that would be wonderful. Of course I'm just kidding, so please no one panic. My brain goes to these extremes when there's this much going on, so I say it outloud or write it down and laugh. I won't go postal on anyone. I do think that I may have a few gray hairs after today, though.

This week has definitely been Hell Week, and I think I am officially glad that I do not work full-time right now. If there is any luck in the world, the other part-timer will be able to work from 4-7 pm tomorrow night and I'll be out of here at 5:00... but I will not hold my breath. She was jealous that she had to be here until 7 on Tuesday and I got to leave at 5. It was my first time leaving at 5 since I started in February, and since she only works two days a week, I felt no simpathy for her. Again, I will not hold my breath about her working tomorrow afternoon, and I'll plan on staying here until 7 again. Whatever... more money for me I guess.

I think I'm done bitching now. Blogging is like the Recycle Bin for my brain... if I let it out, I can regroup and start again on the rest of the work. Deep breaths... deep breaths.

Thanks for 'listening'... back to work for me.

Love,

Ashley

Decisions.

I'm trying to decide if I should take a summer class for Photography. On one hand, it would be nice to get another credit hour out of the way, and it would be a fun one to take; it's called Travel Photography and we'd go on a lot of field trips. The downside is that we would have to drive ourselves. I'm not sure if the VW would be up for that. Most of the trips are to downtown Chicago. It's one Wednesdays mornings, and work said that would be okay, but I'm just held back by my car right now. Hmmm..

Speaking of work, I'm happy to say that the Week from Hell is half-way over! I am working full-time hours this week. I even worked on Tuesday before and after class. I can't wait for the weekend!!! Today was one of those Brick Wall days where I felt like a) I either couldn't answer anyone's questions, b) the phone was ringing off the hook, or c) both. It was either really quiet or really busy. I've gotten an hour lunch break each day and have taken full advantage of it. Today I came home and ate some leftovers from dinner last night, hung out with the dog, did some work for one of my old bosses at USC, and looked into summer school. It sounds a lot more productive than it has been (see Brick Wall comment) but I still managed to get more done today than normal.

I'm glad Mom's doing better this week. It was nice to be home for four days last week and help out. I got to hang out with my parents, bond with their dog (who seemed to have a love/hate relationship with me!), see friends, and go to a family reunion! I got to see relatives I didn't even know I had. :) It seems like the cousins who are all around my age have all gotten married and had at least one child in the last 4-5 years. I'll post a picture that my cousin Brad took.

Other than that, life's just flying by. It's already the 2nd week of May. I just hope this week goes a little bit faster, then the weekend can take all the time it wants.

I'll write again soon!

Love,

Ash