Yeah. It's on my shoulders and in my jaw. If I were a drinker, I would probably have knocked back a few by now.
The kids have been fighting over one stupid spot on the couch....Katherine slept there last night, so I let her keep it. Nicholas can't have his way on everything...and shouldn't!!
Craig just heaped a TON of stuff in my head. i.e.: The future of "Rudy's Apartment"...being made into a nice bedroom and all the work it will entail - I also just sat for about a 1/2 hour while Craig complained about Donnie, (Who is a complete moron if you ask me) and about how Donnie treats Craig as if he's a five-year-old and can get away with it.
On numerous occasions, Craig has requested of Donnie some help from one of the other employees. It has nothing to do with being alone - it's just difficult trying to set a pedestal sink by oneself. Donnie has thrown him a bone by saying, "Oh...I'll send Austin to help you." Austin may help for about five minutes, then run outside to play on the tractor. Does Donnie give a crap? Uhhh nuh. Craig has sat down with Donnie a few times to let him know how he feels with this treatment...his response: "You'll be okay." What?!
He's been working off and on for Donnie and for Mid-Coast; it's an obvious choice where he wants to be, however; there are certain things he wants to discuss with the chief about how to save money for the company, utilize the crew, materials, deliveries. He IS knowledgeable with that sort of thing. That's where his trash-picking skills come in handy. So, "we" are putting together an epistle for MCES.
Donnie's book keeper who has the personality of a shrub and the personality skills to match it called me when I was at my sister's last week. "I need Craig's hours" This is something I fax in and honestly don't mind doing. In June (before we left for Mass) I had stopped at the office to see if we had any paychecks...they don't mail them or anything. Donnie said, "I don't think we have anything" Sure enough, there was no check. I had left a message for the shrub to call me and let me know what hours she needed.... You know what hours she needed? THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE!! I have one fax that I sent in TWICE - not including the re-send from yesterday!! So, re-fax on all of the hours for June I did.... I called the shrub after I faxed them and out to make sure they came through...for the 200th time:
Me (in my nice voice) "Hello? I was just calling to see if the faxes finally came through?"
Shrub: (in a dry voice) "Yes"
Me: "There should be 4 pages"
Shrub: "Yes"
Me: "Okay...well...I just wanted to make sure that you all got them this time..."
Shrub: "Yup"
Of course, when I hung up I had to do my imitation of her in my best baby-of-the-family-mocking-someone-voice: "Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup." As awful as this sounds... the woman has the mullet looking "feathered" hair....she's stuck. Well, I shouldn't talk - I'm not out there changing my hair every 5 minutes to keep up with fashion.
So, the long and the short of it is:
- Donnie is disrespectful. He thinks Craig is a pee-on ignorant loser.
- He and his book keeper have their heads up their -----.
- Craig doesn't want to go to work in the morning because of all this crap.
- He really wants to go to MCES because he'll have help which Donnie doesn't want to give.
- MCES has health insurance & I believe dental? That would be a good expense cut.
I was just about done with my rant, but I have another thought:
One of Craig's "best friends" is in the Gideons with us. Craig had shared his WWII hobby with him & this guy "got into" this hobby as well. I know that sounds like one of those, "He's copying me!!" Things, but it's true. So, in the past Craig had gone with his friend to WWII shows to buy patches & look at all things WWII. Within the past couple of years, this friend has gone off to these shows alone - which is kind of one of those, "Gee, thanks friend - I'm glad that you thought of me - you know - the person who has been serious about this hobby since I was 11 (That's not an exaggeration)." Now, the actual kick in the groin: This "best friend" has (within the past few years) become VERY good friends with Donnie. Donnie unknowing how annoyed this has made Craig has mentioned what great friends they have become & how they go out to eat all the time, etc etc. One of their daughters is getting married this Summer - has his "best friend" been invited?? What do you think?
Being a back-up friend is so fun!! I've had too much experience there.
Nicholas has a birthday party to go to today. This should be fun for him (I hope) The last time we went to a party, he didn't interact with the other children at all. In all honesty, I think I understand why now... there was so much noise and so much confusion that it was just too much over-stimulation. We've discovered that is something that Nicholas is learning how to deal with. ie; VBS week.
That was my vent for the day - now I need to go and chew some gum to get the stress off my jaw!!
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