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[arontius]

.....I'm getting to have way too intimate a relationship with my desk at work. I sat down to it at 5:50AM this morning and left it at about 6:20PM this evening. I'd be more O.K. with that if I actually received payment for a twelve hour day. But officially, I only worked eight hours today, with the rest being a nice, fat donation to our beloved government. Yuck!

.....I think the part that is most frustrating is that when we took on a new manager a couple of months ago the workload was supposed to drop off as he took more on to his own plate. Unfortunately, we've just discovered that he is taking on everything that we've been avoiding over the past couple of years. And what he picks up the rest of us have to scramble to provide additional support of our own.

.....And I'm rather disgusted as part of the reason I ended up staying so late was that I ended up having to re-write part of my self-assessment for the NSPS Personnel System. The more I deal with that Bush-Cheney monstrosity, the more I hate it. I have spent dozens and dozens of hours, a lot of it on actual government time, writing about what a wonderful asset I am to the Federal Government. I submitted it to the online system earlier this week and washed my hands of it. Only to have the Mid-Level Boss send it back to me earlier day because he felt that I did not adequately portray my actions of the past year in my assessment. What's worse is that the reason he sent it back is that the review of my assessment would reflect, either for the good or the bad, on his own self-assessment as my supervisor, and that he felt that I needed to beef it up more. Holy Crap! How in the world is this overhaul of the government ratings system going to bring about more efficiency or a better workforce. I'm starting to count the days when the current regime leaves office!

.....Sigh! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, and a little frustrated. But I'm managing to hang on for the moment. I'd feel a lot worse except that I'm actually learning a lot in a short space of time. There is also that part of me that is just too damned stubborn to actual give up and take an easier way out. I'd just feel bad.

.....TBT made up for things though. :-) She called me up to check up on me and then took me out to dinner when I finally made it home. She listened to me whine until I was tired of whining, without telling me to shut up, or even sighing in boredom. She's a way cool lady. :-)

.....I struggled through my e-mail and now I'm in a zombie like state, watching in morbid curiosity one of the finale episodes of Project Runway. Hey, it's brainless.

.....It's time for bed! ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

[centaur11.livejournal.com]

Kenley drives me nuts!!! And she made it into the final three... I'm rooting for Leanne.

[gwen-the-potter.livejournal.com]

The problem is she's got talent, the guy really screwed up his dress.

I can't stand Kenley's voice, but I think they choose people who will grate on your nerves just so you get a reaction...

[centaur11.livejournal.com]

Whiny voice aside, Kenley is also RUDE and I can't imagine her moving forward as a dress designer where she'd have to work with "people." But yes, she has talent. Jerrel did well sometimes but you're right, his wedding and bridesmaid dresses were downright ugly! And why did he put flowers growing out of the top of his model's head? Huh?