I, your local stress case,

[wrecksahlia]

Okay, so I show up at work today because my boss said that our parent company wasn't taking the day off, and she likes to have our office mirror theirs, even if it's a couple thousand miles away. Still, I was the only one working -- there are just three of us, and my boss is on vacation, while my other co-worker was taking time off for the holidays.

I sit down at my desk, check my work's FB group, and promptly discover that our parent company has shut down their office for the day.

At which point I text my boss something that basically amounts to "uh, is it fine if I leave early" (even on vacation, she's generally pretty alert re: checking texts); a couple hours later, she still hadn't responded, and I'm like, IT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE, OUR PARENT COMPANY ISN'T WORKING, NONE OF OUR UK PARTNERS ARE WORKING, WHY AM I HERE.

So I decide, fuck it, we're never here when our parent company isn't, leave, and then spend the next three and a half hours in an anxiety loop at home about my boss still having not texted me back, because I am who I am.

Happy ending: she texted back twenty minutes ago, told me to go home, and was glad that I had! So now I can properly enjoy my New Year's Eve by playing the new Spider-Man game (I've only just started it, basically, but I would happily just swing between rooftops all day!!!) and also probably watching that Netflix Reputation Stadium Tour deal -- because, again, I am who I am. 

Anyway, I'll probably try to post a thoughtful year in review entry, or something, but for now, this is the rambling you're stuck with!

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"and promptly discover that our parent company has shut down their office for the day" Snerk! I am sorry to hear your day was so stressful and messed up, though.

[wrecksahlia]

Thank you! It only improved from there, so I can’t complain too much. Definitely one of things where it was like — I think I probably made the right call, but I’m still gonna spend the next 4 hours an anxious wreck about it!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oops, I just noticed I'd been stalking your journal without technically subscribing, & then I commented on your personal post like we're talking buddies. :D
(I'm currently trying to keep an eye on a bunch of people that might possibly do something Buffy-related, that's why I lose track.)

[wrecksahlia]

Haha, please, no worries at all! We are officially talking buddies.

(I feel that, though -- I've been keeping my eye on a few blogs as well since joining, for relevant interests purposes. Anyway: Buffy! What a joy, I'm so glad to hear that's our overlap.