I know I was going to post more. But I have good reasons. It has been a really bad month - a suck ass month to be honest.
I'll start with the illness. Around Jan 27th or 28th I started feeling like I was getting a sinus infection. Runny nose, sneezing, etc. By the 29th I noticed a bump inside one nostril and it HURT. By the next day my entire nose HURT. I couldn't touch it. If I blew it (and I had too - runny nose) I thought I would die. It was bad and getting worse. By Saturday evening I had a red lump on the outside of my nose. And it was swollen. On Sunday I went to a clinic that was open and was told it looked like a staph infection but would need blood tests to confirm. They did not do the blood test but proceeded to treat it as staph. The doctor was pretty concerned and wanted to see me the next day. Even though seh was so flippling concerned she made me beg for something for pain....which I did and got some crap that didn't work.
So on Monday, Feb 2nd, since I am SUCH A DEDICATED employee and knew payroll had to be done as well as multiple urgent items for month end I went to work. It was a bitch. I was in PAIN, PAIN, PAIN. I left work an hour early and went to the doctor to be re-checked. Since she could see my nose obviously swollen and the red lump getting worse she sent me to the ER.
I had an absolute lovely time at the ER. They said it was the busiest night they had ever had. Lucky me. Finally I was seen and got an IV for antibiotics and pain medication. After and hour or so I felt pretty freaking good! Too bad I couldn't take that IV with me....
It was confirmed that I had a staph infection in my nose as well as facial cellulitis. If you google these things you will find they can be very dangerous. If not treated they can lead to brain swelling, meningitis, etc. Serious shit. Got more antibiotics to take, a cream, and finally some real pain pills. I was told to go home and go to bed. And boy did I! I went home and slept for 3 days.
By Wednesday I was getting worse. Marissa bumped into my nose and I thought it fell off. Trust me, when your nose is swollen to double it's size.....it sucks!
By Thursday when I woke up it was even worse! My nose was swelling into the corners of my eyes andI was having a mental breakdown.
Finally by Thursday night the swelling began to subside and the pain was not nearly as intense. So stupid me went to work Friday. I had to after missing 3 days at month end. As you know I am completely and stupidly dedicated to this lousy job and the bitchy ass client........
Then comes Monday - Feb 9th. After busting my ass all day I was called into my boss' office at the end of the day. Her boss was there. Her boss is even more of a bitch than my boss. Lots of bitchiness there. They were re-structuring the office and eliminating my position. After almost 8 years of total dedication to this effed up place they were letting me go. Little do they know that their problem started a year and a half ago when the Ops Manager who knew the business inside and out left due to the client and their absolute disregard for us period......and they brought in the new idiot who knew NOTHING and pissed off every employee there and made a multitude of excellent people leave.......and then did NOTHING about her once they brought in upper management and found out that she was an idiot.
So I now have no job. I must say that when you remove the money part that I am actually glad and relieved to be out of there. I have been unhappy for a long time. I reached out for help a year ago because I saw the office going down due to our new idiot Ops Manager, and they did nothing to help. Now they will be losing their client in 60 days and there will be 65 employees losing their job. It is very sad. I hope I can find a job soon and hire some of the good, dedicated employees who deserve to work in a friendly atmosphere again.
So here I am job hunting. I had a great interview last week and was told I would be called in for a 2nd interview. I thought that would have already happened but here I sit......waiting, waiting, waiting. I have applied for over 23 jobs nad heard from one. It's a tough damn time to be looking for a job.
God this month has sucked!