today? will it be today?

[susandennis]

I'm not sure why but delaying a project day to day seems a lot more stressful than it would have been on Monday to say - we're moving it to next Monday. That would have pissed me off a little maybe but have been a lot easier to deal with I think.

It's kind of like walking into the water slowly or just jumping in all at once. I'm very much a jumping in person and this walking in slowly is working me over.

So I'm trying to distract myself.

Work helped yesterday. It was a busy and stressful day work wise. But, at the end of the day I was all caught up. I've been at this project now nearly 6 months and finally, last night, I figured out a new scheme for keeping it organized in Outlook. I had the bits of it in order for a while but it was still a struggle until I connected that last dot. Now I truly have 'at a glance' status. Whew. And nice.

And the rest of this week should be rather quiet with little or no actual work to do other than just standing by being ready just in case.

I'm also chasing down a prescription refill. I asked my doctor's office to move one from the pharmacy I hate to the mail order place. They didn't. I'm trying again today. This time via the online thing. The mail order place is not very customer friendly. They have email and web forms but using them for communications is a giant fail whale so I have to call and their telephone tree if from the 80's and is very annoying to deal with. Once everything is set up, it's a breeze but setting up a new prescription is a PIA - especially with the doctor's office not cooperating.

Waking up to static instead of radio isn't helping either. howeird solved the radio problem for me. My new radio should arrive today. I say 'should' because it's coming via OnTrac which is always a dicey proposition.

No word from Sheri. Her note yesterday said they would start at 11:30 today which could very well mean that I won't hear that we've postponed again for several hours. If they do come, it also means I'll likely miss swimming today.

I need to find my inner Little Mary Sunshine.

Comments

[viridescence13]

I think many people believe that when you work from home, you "don't care" as much about things like scheduling or being on time. You're home anyway, right? They don't realize that you do in fact have a schedule and/or routine. I have learned not to say "I'm flexible" because so many times people think that means "whenever, I don't care." Having this project be day-to-day means that everyday tou're wondering if your schedule will be disrupted. I'm just thinking she may not do it that way if you weren't at home.

[earthmother45.livejournal.com]

I very much understand what you are talking about . . . the day to day "put offs" are stressful each day because you have to keep rescheduling your own stuff, plus the anticipation of something being done, and then delayed--over and over. Sorry you are going through this. I totally agree with your friend etantvert, because I work at home, and people are always assuming I don't ever have plans outside and so I can just wait around forever for them. It used to be when Pete would set things up, I used to overhear him say, "Oh, my wife will be here all day, so it doesn't matter . . ." I put a stop to that real quick!

Anyways, good luck with your new redesign, etc. I can't wait to see it when it is all done. And your new stained glass windows will be the crowning touch to complete it all.