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How Are You Feeling Right Now?
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Indeed. Of course the family stuff comes first - but it's especially hard because this manager has been more than a manager to me. He has nurtured me, supported me, heard me out, been there through good times and bad, picked up the phone when needed, opened the door when needed. It's perhaps ironic that he feels almost like family himself. I met him not long after my father had suddenly died and then I had to nurse my mum through terminal cancer while losing my business in the space of 18 months back around the financial crash of 2008 (talk about the fates throwing rocks and trapping, my life doesn't do things by halves!). I bounced back and re-trained in what I do now and the manager was a part of that learning and mentoring process and part of my life ever since. I dare say I've seen him as something of a father figure (a lot gentler and more tolerant than my dad was), and I think maybe he eased some of my sense of loss in that regard, and that is now coming back to bite me. I will see if he has time to arrange a private little ending sometime that week, he seemed pressed for time when I contacted him yesterday, no wonder, but will see.
Vindicated and relieved somewhere in the stress. Got an email regarding the work clusterfuck, following external investigation, and the investigator absolved me of any responsibility at all and acknowledged I did everything I could have given the information available to me, just a recommendation to get things cleared in writing in future if in any doubt. Now on to the next new set of problems!
What the absolute fuck. After today was bad enough, 8 hours of laptop troubleshooting/frustration already, I went for my video meeting on the spare laptop, only to find neither of the other attendees turned up on Teams. No explanation. I'm losing the will to live, it's like life is suddenly impossible.
Happy. One of the work supervisors just texted to ask me to pick up the overnight shift after my evening shift today in exchange for being off for my previously-planned evening shift on Thursday. I also don't have to go in til 3 PM now today, so I might go out a little before work. Feels like I have a little more "usable" time doing it this way.
