The Countdown

The countdown continues.  I have now turned in my resignation for the 11th.  I guess ill have to change the name of this blog when i leave DFCS.

The weeks continue to be stressful.  I want to get everything done and cleaned up but know that it is not really a possiblity.  really then what do I keep working for?  this next week it will be my goal to get all contacts done and all my files filed and up to date.  they want me to have all my august conatacts up to date as well.  i make no promises except that I will keep working until the day i leave.  i dont know what they are going to do with reassigning though.  the new staff are not going to be ready by then.  not that they cant handle it but they wont be certified by then and wont be able to do the necessary things to write up contacts and stuff.  speaking of the new staff number one looks good, like she can handle it.  She's done similar work for another state agency.  Number two though has shown signs of cracking already.  Handling stress is a big part of the job.  Everyone has their trying experience and then its done and you know that nothing can possibly be worse.  Its a powerful feeling.  Ahh well, they'll work out or they wont.  Either way the agency will deal with it.  Thats the fun part for me, the kind of problem solving you have to do when things get rough.  Its stressful but its also fun, pushes the boundaries.  Its a challenge.  Other than that the job is kinda slack in the challenge department.

Well since I called the post the countdown, I had better give the countdown:  13 working days to go.

If you ever!

Man the job is really getting to me.  I am planning now for August 18th to be my last day.  I think i hope I can make it that long.  The last week was one of the most raw stressful weeks I have experienced in some time.  Why, you ask?  

It had to be a combination of little and not so little things:  

Julie is in Africa
I am getting over a cold
End of the month deadlines
I am trying to get more done before I leave than I have been able to do in the past
Several emergencies
Not meeting end of the month deadlines
Julie is in Africa
Several "emergencies" (things that clients think are emergencies but are really not)
More CMs are quitting
Other people are stressed out
Feeling traped in my job
Not laughing as much
Not laughing as much with Julie

I think thats about it