That Irksome Feeling
Jul. 27th, 2006 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orikesI’m feeling off and I can’t quite put my finger on it.
I think part of it may be a bit of stress from trying to make sure everything works out for Gencon. First, there’s the ride issue. Originally I was going to be renting a car, but a friend offered to carpool. This would be great and save me a couple hundred dollars. But, that leads into the housing issue. Our original housing plans are apparently falling apart, which means we need to get a hotel room on our own. Only problem with that, I was hanging on as long as I could for the original plan and now the GenCon housing block is closed. We’ll have to get something outside of the block.
Part of me is a little irritated about the whole housing issue. The whole idea of going to Gencon was originally sprouted because a couple of friends said they would probably be going and we could room with them. Now they’re probably not getting to room together, so can’t share their room with us. I’m still looking forward to going and getting excited about the whole thing, but feeling that ‘planning stress’. It’ll all work out in the end, I just wish it was worked out right now.
I’m also a touch worried I’m coming down with something. Of course, this might just be the vacation planning stress making me worried about something else. Nothing sucks worse than getting sick right before a vacation. I’ve been known to get sick on holidays ‘just because’ before. It’s probably in my head, but I’ll be keeping up on my sleep and getting Vitamin C anyway.
Work has been a touch irritating too. Lately I’ve had the conflicting emotions of feeling like I’m the only one pulling my weight in my area, as well as being overwhelmed that I don’t know enough. The company’s wifi camera has been selling better, but that means we’re getting more calls on it. Unfortunately, we’re not well equipped enough to handle some of the troubleshooting. I feel like I’m stumbling around in the dark when I get one of those calls.
In addition, I’ve become the primary person to handle the one area I do most of the day. There’s another person who’s been doing it longer and even nominally trained me (consisted of him telling me that if I didn’t feel I was capable, maybe they should get someone else), but he’s been slowly switched back to doing the more basic work. He still does this part of the job for a couple hours a day, though, and he acts like he’s still in charge. I feel like I can’t count on him to do his part. If there’s anything even remotely complicated in our ‘to do’ box, I have to take care of it, or it won’t get taken care of.
Anyway, I shouldn’t rant about that too much. It’s still irritating, but I’m probably blowing it more out of proportion than it is.
I think part of it may be a bit of stress from trying to make sure everything works out for Gencon. First, there’s the ride issue. Originally I was going to be renting a car, but a friend offered to carpool. This would be great and save me a couple hundred dollars. But, that leads into the housing issue. Our original housing plans are apparently falling apart, which means we need to get a hotel room on our own. Only problem with that, I was hanging on as long as I could for the original plan and now the GenCon housing block is closed. We’ll have to get something outside of the block.
Part of me is a little irritated about the whole housing issue. The whole idea of going to Gencon was originally sprouted because a couple of friends said they would probably be going and we could room with them. Now they’re probably not getting to room together, so can’t share their room with us. I’m still looking forward to going and getting excited about the whole thing, but feeling that ‘planning stress’. It’ll all work out in the end, I just wish it was worked out right now.
I’m also a touch worried I’m coming down with something. Of course, this might just be the vacation planning stress making me worried about something else. Nothing sucks worse than getting sick right before a vacation. I’ve been known to get sick on holidays ‘just because’ before. It’s probably in my head, but I’ll be keeping up on my sleep and getting Vitamin C anyway.
Work has been a touch irritating too. Lately I’ve had the conflicting emotions of feeling like I’m the only one pulling my weight in my area, as well as being overwhelmed that I don’t know enough. The company’s wifi camera has been selling better, but that means we’re getting more calls on it. Unfortunately, we’re not well equipped enough to handle some of the troubleshooting. I feel like I’m stumbling around in the dark when I get one of those calls.
In addition, I’ve become the primary person to handle the one area I do most of the day. There’s another person who’s been doing it longer and even nominally trained me (consisted of him telling me that if I didn’t feel I was capable, maybe they should get someone else), but he’s been slowly switched back to doing the more basic work. He still does this part of the job for a couple hours a day, though, and he acts like he’s still in charge. I feel like I can’t count on him to do his part. If there’s anything even remotely complicated in our ‘to do’ box, I have to take care of it, or it won’t get taken care of.
Anyway, I shouldn’t rant about that too much. It’s still irritating, but I’m probably blowing it more out of proportion than it is.