A coworker told me that the PM approached her today saying she would be laid off because she was "the low man on the totem pole". My friend is the latest person to become regular in our rural office. She was told that because of FSS (new flat sorting?), her route would be taken away by the person it used to belong to since HIS route is the smallest (hers is one of the biggest), and his tiny route would be disbursed amongst the rest of us, and she would have no job. She was told this by the PM.

What's going on?

I'm due for a rambling, so here it goes:

Let's see, the jeep guy just called and said he had a drop off in Raleigh and in Fayetteville tonight so he can be here as early as I want tomorrow...I told him whenever is fine, just call and I'll leave work to come sign for it (I'm only 10 minutes from work, I'll mark it up as lunch break). I can't wait to get it! Meanwhile, my old jeep looks like a landfill inside, I haven't made a single effort to clean the forsaken thing...

My dryer decided it would die on me on Sunday...full of wet clothes. I had to go to my mom's anyway for her and my brother's birthday party that evening so the clothes came with me. All I could worry about for two days is "where on earth am I going to get money for a new dryer?!" I have to come up with a check for a few thousand dollars tomorrow morning, and my washing machine is already rigged beyond belief to keep IT alive (they are ten years old). I got home on Tuesday and it was raining and cold and yucky, Richard was home early because they got rained out at work, and I said "Let's go to the liquor store, the chinese takeout, and blockbuster!" On the way there he told me he fixed the dryer. SOMEHOW, a pair of panties got through TWO filters and caught around the engine. I think the sock eating monster realized he had the wrong item and dropped it in mid-escape.

My mom emailed the next day telling me her kitty died, and I felt really bad all day...He was only 4 and had to be put to sleep, the past week he has been very ill (anemic and sickly). Felt so bad for her...I'm glad I gave kitty some love on Sunday when I was there.

Work as been alright I guess...same old crap as usual every week...same fights, same aggravations, same pissed off people. It's actually gotten worse in some aspects. Someone didn't deliver an express on time (he has been at the PO 20 years) and got chewed out for it. Keep in mind, we have a tiny office and you only get chewed out if you aren't up the PM's butt. She said he falsified documents (he scanned it attempted to stop the clock on it) and he said she falsifies documents all the time, etc etc....and honestly, everything he accused her of was true. She literally called him an "@ss" in front of everyone during the loud argument and it got nasty. Since then he hasn't spoken ONE syllable to anyone for ANY reason the past week and a half. To make matters worse, we have a bad problem with equipment (BMC's, cages, carts) being left in the parking lot and the truck driver not taking them back to the plant. So we have to park around 20+ pieces of equipment out there. We have exactly enough spaces for the employees. We squeeze together when the carts are there to give other employees room...anyway...there was NO room this morning. So here is how he decided he would park...behind me. INSTEAD of the empty parking spot on the other side. He INSISTS we have assigned spaces...it's not written in stone, but we DO park in the same spots everyday. So he REFUSES to take another empty spot since he couldn't have his, and this is what he did:

Lucky for him, he left first for once today. I had my fighting match planned out in my head all morning. I knew if I asked him politely to move so I could get out, he would start screaming (literally) at me.

It's getting old, the same thing everyday :(  This is nothing new.

Have you guys looked at my photos yet on www.myspace.com/fablerose of my vacation? I had a good lighthouse one in there that I thought came out good....it was super faraway, i was surprised how well the camera zoomed in...

Speaking of vacation, my sub is a sweetie, but dang it I wanted to whoop her the Tuesday I came back...look how much mail I picked up after her:

Took me an hour to go through that mess....That's not including the 100+ pieces she sent to CFS that were NOT in forwarding but either still living there or expired forward and even mail that should have been endorsed as VAC or NMR. I tell her over and over and over again DO NOT SEND IT TO CFS if it is NOT on the pink card! So simple...I even have a note taped to the desk saying as much. Yet it still ends up going to CFS, and I spend half hour the next day peeling yellow labels off returned CFS. I hate to even bring it up to her (and I do it nicely) because she seems to take it so personally. I don't think she understands just how hard I work sometimes cleaning up after my day off. She mentioned how awful it was when I was on vacation and how hard it was and made me feel bad for taking time off. I don't know if she'd made it full time.

Oh, btw, when do I get an increase on my annual leave? Is it after 3 or 5 years? I only have 5 days left this year...debating how many I want to roll over...I'd really like to take off day after Thanksgiving since I have that Saturday off.

Got my dental/vision insurance plan book in the mail. The vision plans didn't look too expensive. I have BCBS and Aflac and neither of them pay for my eye exams and contacts. Got to sign up for something this week but I'm so bad at making decisions on insurance...it's like greek to me sometimes =/

Twilight is coming out November 21st in theaters, so there are about 5 or so of us going to see that...someone has to get tickets early before they sell out, and I'm the only one not taking off work that day lol, so it won't be me. Can't wait to see it! I just dread an audience full of 13 year old girls making a bunch of racket while I'm trying to get the full effect of the movie in SILENCE.

I went to get my MRI for my back a week ago...not too bad, just hold really still for 20 minutes...kept my eyes shut to keep from going nuts in that tiny hole. He showed me pics of my xrays, really neat stuff...never realized what all my organs looked like. I guess they'll call me one day when someone finally looks at them and sends me to the specialist FINALLY. The muscle relaxers I was given really suck...know what has been working wonders though? Pamprin! Just don't think it's safe to take that stuff everyday though...well nothing is safe it seems, especially everyday, but still....

Speaking of pills, I got Richard that Melatonin, but it's not helping. I wish he'd see a doctor...he is making me crazy, he's just not the same without his sleep. It's not healthy.

Curves sent me a postcard today that they missed me, hehe...I haven't been in a MONTH. Saddens me, because that's $30 down the drain. I didn't go the two weeks before my cruise because I hurt so much, and then the cruise week, then the week after the cruise which was CRAZY busy with political mail and doctors appointments...I'll go next week :P

Have I rambled enough yet? I think I'm going to heat up some chinese food now...I'll ramble more soon enough!

I've HAD it already with the election mail. It took me THREE HOURS on Tuesday to case my election mail and I'm a fast caser!! You know, after casing all that crap, I couldn't tell you ONE thing I read on the front of them. It's so satisfying (I say that with a thick coat of sarcasm) to know that they'll all be read top to bottom and not dropped in the dumpster on the way back up the sidewalk.

Haven't gotten out before 11:15 all week :(

It's taken me a few days just to get all my photos up on myspace, let alone starting to do so here. Check out my pics there at www.myspace.com/fablerose

I found a great program that catches video stills (snapshots) of every millisecond of my video footage on the slides and stuff, so too funny!!