The Nest is Empty.
Busy week last week. Packing and sorting the life of an 18 year old. All of it fit into the small SUV. And away he went. This year it is planned, no school to arrange, destination is known, faces are familiar. That is a relief. But just like that, the house was quiet and big.
The day before was the "Goodbye Tour" of the siblings and the friends and the girlfriend. The last 6 months have been very difficult to navigate. Transferring back to the city school, getting classes synched and adding 2 cyber classes, finishing and catching up with in person classes, graduating, getting a job and working erratic shifts, finding a vehicle, trying to plan for the future. He still managed to have great marks and be in the "great distinction" group so I was very proud of him! We hosted a party at our house, sadly the weather didn't cooperate so that we could enjoy the yard, but we had 20 guests for evening drinks and appies. It was a lot of fun. I haven't hosted a big gathering like that in many many years. Having a pile of guests is a great reason to deep clean the house. So it still looks pretty good 2 months later!
I have my retirement documents all sorted out. My HR department is staffed by imbecilic asses, and so I have to wait for them to do their jobs. The person supposed to process my information mixed me up with another staff member and sent me all of her information! She thought that our names were the same. Think Jackie Smith and Jean O'Connell (not my name or hers but similar) Only the first letter is the same! "Oh I thought you were Jean" "The names are similar and I got you mixed up". No our names are not the same at all. You didn't bother to take 5 seconds to read and pay attention to information. You would think that that would be the reason that someone would be put on probation, or looses their job. NOPE! Incompetence is celebrated and she will likely be promoted. I reported her to her director with copies of all her errors, which I initially tried to patiently clarify with her and get her to answer simple questions. She tripled down on her insistence that I was "Jean" in emails. So it finally ended with a phone call that I called her an idiot and she apologized for wasting my time, but not for sending information to the wrong person!
I can't be rid of my employer soon enough. Today I went through all of my cleaned out desk items that I brought home. I have a small folder to give to my old coworker and the rest is in the shredder. The dh will be pleased that he has a corner of the office back. It was a bit congested for the last 3 months :)
I slept for 8 hours last night. I had breakfast and coffee outside on the deck. I watered the flowers and did a load of laundry. I'm hoping that my book is in the library soon today and I will walk over. My app tells me that I am at 15 books read so far this year. I will have lots of time to enjoy this new one as dh is away all weekend. Nice and peaceful.
Enjoy the start of Fall!
