Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Another day gone
Last night, after breaking the news to Stacey, I got really trashed, really early and passed out about 9pm. I had started downstairs at Cheers but wanted to tell Stacey so cut it short and went up to my room to make the call. After I hung up, I polished off the better part of a liter of Vodka. I remember turning on the TV and waiting for a movie that was coming on. I got up to fix another drink and laid down on the bed. The next thing I knew it was about 7am, the TV was still on and the drink was still sitting on the nightstand. I poured it down the sink (now that’s alcohol abuse) and started my day…
OK, one thing for sure, the remainder of my stay here can’t get any worse than yesterday. That was really hitting bottom for me. That’s not to say that thing’s can’t improve and then return to yesterday’s low but couldn’t possibly get any worse, baring of course, serious illness or death or some similar catastrophic event that would make all my whining and bitching seem even more trivial than it already does.
I got an email from my manager apologizing all over the place for what has happened here. I guess I appreciate the gesture, but that doesn’t help my current situation. He did make a few statements about doing better next year when I get ready to go back to work to help “make-up” for the situation he allowed to happen. He is a rookie at the job so it could have been his lack of knowledge of what was happening and believing the GE resource manager was actually being honest with him. He also told me that my relief should be here ASAP and no later than Dec 1st. I’m not going to hold my breath on that one… When I get confirmation that someone is actually making reservations, has a visa and an arrival date, then I’ll start getting excited. When we have to send a driver to pick him up in Visag I will really get excited. Until then I’ll just keep chugging along from day to day waiting to leave and getting as much accomplished as I can here on site in the mean time.
OK, one thing for sure, the remainder of my stay here can’t get any worse than yesterday. That was really hitting bottom for me. That’s not to say that thing’s can’t improve and then return to yesterday’s low but couldn’t possibly get any worse, baring of course, serious illness or death or some similar catastrophic event that would make all my whining and bitching seem even more trivial than it already does.
I got an email from my manager apologizing all over the place for what has happened here. I guess I appreciate the gesture, but that doesn’t help my current situation. He did make a few statements about doing better next year when I get ready to go back to work to help “make-up” for the situation he allowed to happen. He is a rookie at the job so it could have been his lack of knowledge of what was happening and believing the GE resource manager was actually being honest with him. He also told me that my relief should be here ASAP and no later than Dec 1st. I’m not going to hold my breath on that one… When I get confirmation that someone is actually making reservations, has a visa and an arrival date, then I’ll start getting excited. When we have to send a driver to pick him up in Visag I will really get excited. Until then I’ll just keep chugging along from day to day waiting to leave and getting as much accomplished as I can here on site in the mean time.
