Thursday, April 30, 2009

Workin' 9-5 (really 8ish-4ish)

So I thought I would give you an idea of the type of day I'm having so far and let you in on the type of days work that I have.
-Running late this morning, (since Drew and I don't ride together anymore, I've been running late all week)
-7:45a dropped Emrie off at school, told teacher that she needs bug spray on if they go and play outside, she had whelps on her body from the darn mosquitos from yesterday.
-run by McDonald's to get a sausage biscuit and hash brown=$1.14
-8:15a arrive at work. Loads of papers on my desk from yesterday afternoon, all invoices that need approval and that are to be paid by Friday (my thought, why are these just now being put on my desk)
-grab a bottled water and notice that someone brought donuts, that were in the conference room (my thought, ummm can I eat a donut and sausage biscuit?) grab a donut and stuffed myself for breakfast.
-9:00a my boss arrives, signs all the invoices and comes to put back on my desk. I look at them and notice they aren't all signed in the right place, 3 more invoices come in for my approval. HELP, I can't find my approval stamp. Boss finally figures out what I'm asking him, and he wants me to reprint all the copies of the invoices, even though he was the one that messed up! (my thought, where is a secretary when we need her? )
-9:15ish 3 contracts hit my desk that need to be typed and sent out by 10:00a HOLY COW!
ok, whew, I found my stamp, get the invoices approved and sent out. Darn, someone is on the scanner, I NEED HELP!
-9:30a get some more water, try to calm myself down before I go into labor :)
-10:00a did not get the contracts done, I guess I'll have to send tomorrow.......
-10:30a one of the guys answers his phone, "hello"
person on the phone, "is Jim there"
my coworker, "hold please" "Patti can you see who is on my phone, he wants a Jim, and there is no Jim here"
my thought, "do I look like a receptionist or secretary?"
I pick up the phone, "sir, who are you holding for"
person on the phone, "JIM"
me, "there is no one here by that name, can I help you with something"
person on the phone, "yes, I'm trying to sell life insurance, I need to sell 4 more policies today or I'm fired"
me, "I'm sorry sir, this is a business, you have the wrong number"
person, "can you ask anyone at your business if they need life insurance"
I hang up the phone and tell my co worker not to ever have me answer his phone again!
-11:00a thinking I really need to leave to go to the bank and run errands. It's been a crazy morning, I'm leaving for lunch....
-12:30p got back from lunch, went to Subway and was reading the news, this Swine Flu is really starting to freak me out! Now, I'm trying to get all my paperwork done from this morning, my fax machine has papers literally flying off of it, it's so full!
-1:30p meeting called from 2:00-4:00 :( I like leaving by 4:00 because of traffic and now I have a meeting until then...... what a boring afternoon!

Hopefully this evening will be a little more laid back, Emrie and I can just relax together :) I'm ready for maternity leave!

1 comments:

Bill and Mel said...

Holy crap! I really hope your job doesn't put you into preterm labor. Talk about intense. Is every day like that?!