Attila and I took a one week vacation from work. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it. I looked forward to it so very much. And now it is over. What did we do during our one week of rest and relaxation. We scraped, power-washed and sanded four layers of exterior paint from our little house in the… Continue reading Easier said than done!
Author: Maggie Turner
Overtime
Here it is almost 5:00 am and I am wide awake! Why? Since 3:00 am this morning I’ve been pondering an incident that occurred at work yesterday. I missed an important call, luckily my supervisor in head office caught it, called me and gave me a heads up. I am responsible for dispatching, among hundreds… Continue reading Overtime
Just when you think…
I have worked the last two Saturdays. On Monday morning I was saying to Attila how glad I was to work only a five-day week this week. By Monday afternoon I had agreed to work this Saturday. Just when I thought I was going to have a few days off, bingo, someone comes along and… Continue reading Just when you think…
Coming up for air…
Before going to work… Lately I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed by the poor management at work, wondering why the supervisor doesn’t just make that return phone call to a customer, show up for that appointment on time etc. At the moment there aren’t any checks and balances taking place on his activities, hope the… Continue reading Coming up for air…
Barely here…
Our Internet connection is abysmal tonight, and has been unreliable and excessively slow all summer. Rogers tells us that there have been no changes, but I know differently. Something has definitely changed. It can take ten minutes for a web page to load, on this high speed connection. Country life, ain’t it grand! We are… Continue reading Barely here…