Late Update...

Hey folks.

Ok, so I sorta got side-tracked by my other post and completely forgot to post a wrap-up of last week. Woops. So let's just get to it.

The week was a pretty stressful one for me. While I can somewhat reasonably tolerate my job, there are parts of it that just drive me insane. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot I can do about it. Namely, it's the fact that my job has a HUGE learning curve. They say it takes about 3 years to get to a point where I know the basics of my job. Excuse me, the *basics* of my job? In 3 years? What kind of insanity is this? Granted, I understand that some aspects of payroll can be complicated, but still, this is a bit ridiculous. I will say that the management is somewhat flexible on this and can allow me some wiggle room, but you can tell that they don't want to and that really frustrates me. Yes, I understand it's so I can learn things more accurately, but sometimes I just don't do well with being patient.

So yes, a frustrating-ish week there since it seems like there's more complicated stuff coming my way lately. I'm sure it's just a random fluke in the system, but it still gets to me. Thankfully, it's just my own sense of frustration with my pace and not with the company itself. Hopefully I can overcome this and make next week a good -not to mention much less frustrating- week.

On the homefront, it was a good week. Most of it was spent relaxing and trying to figure out what was left to get for The Gentlemen before they start school next Tuesday. It still sorta flips me out that I help care for two school-age kids, especially when one of them is fast-approaching his 10th birthday and is now starting 4th grade. For a person who spent so much time saying "I'll never have kids," this is a rather... interesting turnaround.

In other news, The Mother has stated that her contract in Tacoma won't start until 1 October instead of 15 September. It sorta bums me out since I really want to show her around the area, but waiting gives me extra time to plan out some really fun stuff, so it's not that big a deal really.

And that's about it for the week. I'll be sure to kick out an update on time for Monday's weekend wrapup (although, in theory, I should do it on Tuesday...). Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Most of y'all have 10 fingers and 10 toes. Let's bring em all back home.

Have fun!