*scream* - the sequal

Another day in hell.

Running 2 groups - both are understaffed. One is staffed with 2 new employees, one who is teminally late and another who is off sick today (I suspect the stress of trying to carry the load single-handedly is affecting his health!) The chain goes: new distributors in training - unable to work - analyst picks up distributor work - manager (me) picks up analyst work - Director does nothing.

Today there is not one person present save me. This is retail - kids wear - Back to school looms large. New projects are incomplete - problems at every turn so we are fighting a raging fire. No one has kept a master list of what it involves, problem tracking and resolution are not noted. We are chasing ourselves in circles.

This is not the way I work normally.

The second group has been badly managed for a long time. Distributors have been stifled - confined to data entry. They are now empowered to do more. Think. But they do not know how to do anything. Another training issue.

Boss man keeps demanding. He is such an ass. My jaw is frozen. TMJ aggravated by grinding my teeth at night. The dentist suggested yoga. hahaha.

Kids are great. 6 LOVES science camp but is so excited at night she cannot sleep. We've discussed Sir Isaac Newton and the law of gravity, the gravitational pull of the earth versus the moon, how stars and planets are created, nebulas, black holes and constellations in the past 2 nights...

I am tired.