Ok, guess it’s time to blog again. So, after being away for a week I should be focusing more on work, but that’s always hard - especially after an exhausting vacation like the one I just had. Before I left there was already a bit of local drama.. and now that I returned there’s more.
First off, have a friend who’s got some tough decisions ahead and is stressed about them. Strangely enough, by being more “involved” in the convo about the decisions and such I am not stressed as bad as I’d be if I didn’t know what’s going on.
Secondly, there’s another person who I’ve been helping out, but their amount of stress they’re going through is the one that I think is getting to me a bit. Their stress isn’t completely brought on by their own decisions, but the decisions have made it worse. Silly things like not faxing a paper when it should be which they KNOW will lead to a backlash from other people and will cause more stress. Just one of a few examples that come to mind. On the good side, I think this will be taken care of within a week so this will be gone soon.
Work itself would be #3 on the list.. yes, I get paid well for having little to do, but the real issue here is that I don’t know enough about how to do things within my department and internal documentation is a pain to find (or not written). This in itself makes me feel like a newbie in this department even after being on board for over a year. The optimistic part on this is the new rollout we are doing which I know more about.. so the old stuff will soon be forgotten anyway.
Time zones really aren’t stressing me - just are annoying. The time spent online/phoning each day works well IMO, so that’s “a good thing”.
I’ll try to blog again someday soon 
Time zones will always be more of a frustration than anything else
nothing that can be fixed immediately or quickly, but will be well worth the wait. The time we spend is precious and under the circumstances we make things work to our advantage. *kisses*
October 23rd, 2003, at 6:38 am #