Wanna Limbo?

I am feeling a little frustrated about this whole work thing. While I know I am soo lucky still be getting a paycheck, in most ways I am just wishing I could get on with my life. I feel a little like my life is in limbo right now, and I am the type of person that thinks she has to plan everything! So for me not to know what might be next, I would just rather get on with it so I can move to the next chapter.

I have pretty much accepted the fact that once this job ends, I will be without one for a while. So I have been planning things to do around the house, like some MAJOR spring cleaning and organization! I started this weekend with the hall linen closet and a plan for the laundry room witch I will execute next weekend.

My son starts soccer today, so I get to look forward to being a soccer mom this season! YEAH! I think getting back to things that make me truely happy will put things in perspective.

Happy Monday!

Grocery Store Rage

So I was grocery shopping with my 4 year old last night after work, just the usual weekly trip. We had been there about 30 minutes and almost finished, I was headed to the meat and frozen dept. for the the last ticket items. It was little crowded and the older gentleman in front of me was going a little slow, I was being the kind considerate human being and waiting patiently behind him walking just as slow. The lady behind me hits me with her cart, says "EXCUSE ME!" whips around me and squeezes in between us! These are not large isles in this store either, this is not the freeway people(which is a whole other issue)! I said "that was rude" under my breath to my son sittung in the basket. Then he starts saying VERY LOUDLY "what's rude mommy?" "who is being rude?" I don't know if she heard him or not she was on a mission! I explained to him what I was talking about and thought that was a good leasson in manners for my 4 yr old. I had stopped at the meat dept, when I guess she was in "such a hurry" she passed what she needed and came right back up behind us. I saw her out of the corner of my eye and proceeded to take my sweet time chuckling under my breath, when I hear my son say "mommmy there is the rude lady!" I turned around and she was looking right at me! I went on about my buisiness, maybe it made her stop and think? Most likely not!

A little mid-week humor for ya! Lord know we all need it right now!

A dreary depressed day

So here I sit in an empty office all day long. The other designer was let go on Friday. I figure I have another 30-60 days max! Then who knows what.......unemployment I guess. I have been on the job hunt for about 3 months now and it is just getting worse.

I just read this book about how to survive the recession, but it made things seem a little worse than I thought. I guess I want to be prepared, but knowing what I know now is a little more scary. This makes me think of stories I was told by my grandparents and the great depression. I hope it doesn't get that bad!

I know my new years resolution was to slow down, but that was for me personally, not the entire world! You know that saying "Watch what you wish for, you just might get it!" Well I am x3!

It is times like these we just need to get back to the basics of life. Sorry to bring you down!

It's time for the COO-COO Clock!

OH MY GOODNESS!! My boss is a looney bird! So yes the company is in financial distress so she is trying to be "creative" and think of ways to cut back. So as of this week, we can no longer send any FedEx or use our company credit cards without "permssion". Okay that seems resonsable. Then get this she asks me if we unplug the 2 phones that are not being used from the wall how much do I think that will cut our phone bill? What?! Are you kidding me! She really thinks that if you just unplug the phone your phone bill goes down? I had to explain to her that it wouldn't matter if thay are plugged in or not, it is the total amount of phones lines hse is paying for, not the actual phone set being plugged in. And yes, she is the owner of the company people!

Next, she proceeds to tell me that she is going to take these wooden paintbrush's to the showroom and try to sell them to get some extra cash. I had to call a previous designer on this one because she was here when my boss purchased these and I remembered her saying that she paid thousands of dollars for them and thought they were antique. We found them in an online catalog for a couple hundred dollars and most likely imported from China. To make the story even better she is trying to sell them to the same place she bought them from and doesn't even remember that is where she got them. They are going to take one look at those and die laughing.

I heard her on the phone the other day when her personal shopper from Neimans called in. She was asking if she could return a handbag? She thought that is was a little much with the dress, fur, and tote bag! WHAT!!! If you are soo broke why are you buying ANOTHER FUR! HELLO!!! At the end her shopper talked her into keeping the tote too. I know I am bad for evesdropping but I can't resist, in an office this small you know EVERYTHING that goes on!

Maybe once this job is all said and done, I can take this blog and write a book or movie. This has sooo surpassed The Devil Wears Prada a long time ago! I think I will call it Cruella Does Neimans!

Well.....Well.....Well......

Update on the workfront. So my boss took the other last designer and I out to lunch yesterday for a so called celebration because it looks like as of now the residential client is happy again. You know it is bad when you have to almost be drug kicking and screaming to a free lunch with wine!

So we start our lunch and the small talk, then about half way through the meal the bomb drops. She starts in on how we are barely making it and so on, then looks over at the other designer and says "So you know your next"
then pauses for a moment and says "I mean not to be laid off, but to have your hours cut" then the table had an awkward silence before we grabbed our purses and said, "Well I guess we should go now"

So just as one more pay period passes since our last lay off, looks like another is headed this way before the end of the short month of Feb. This is not a big company folks (we are down to 2 of us, it was 4 when then all started in Nov)! If she can't even make it for even 30 days without a layoff in a company this small we are in some serious trouble!

We had our presentation for the Marriott project, a project my boss has been taking the lead on, this was my first time to present this project. She has been working on it for over a year! Let's just say I am going to basically take the driver seat going forward because she has absolutely NO CLUE! I need to get this done and get it done quick! The project is already under construction and has gotten no where with her making the decisions.

So tell me how do I take control of this project and move forward without including her? Since she has no company money for her to go shopping to Neimans she is here everyday, so it's not as easy as it was before to run things without her knowledge. I am going banana's with her here everyday trung to run things! Doesn't she know we can do it without her, but she cannot do it without us! She needs to sit back and shut up and let us get this done before she can't afford to pay us to finish it!