I don't honestly know where to begin. The last few days have been fairly uneventful.

Christmas Eve, I worked. Got home about 12:15am. That was fun and interesting.

Christmas Day one of my ex-co-managers came and picked me up, and one of my new co-managers managed to con him into giving me a ride home. Which had me leaving work only 2 and a half hours after I'd gotten there. I felt guilty for leaving early, but knew it was the best option.

When he picked me up, we tried to stop at several stores on the way into work, so that I could buy shoes that had better traction on the ice. Since I was concerned I would be walking at some point, I didn't want to fall repeatedly. I've already fallen a couple of times, and while it wasn't horribly painful or soaking, it was embarrassing. I'd prefer to avoid that again. Well, needless to say, since it was Christmas, everything was closed. So the ride home was welcomed.

He dropped me off, and I spent the rest of the day with my cats. They were high off their new toys, and running around the apartment constantly. It was fun for a little while, until they started running through the kitchen while I was trying to cook. I only tripped over them once, and apparently that was enough for them to learn to stay out of the kitchen. lol

I made a Hamburger Helper I haven't had in a while, which was nice, but was really missing Christmas Dinner. I had Christmas music playing in the background, and enjoyed singing along to it. I think my neighbors did too, as I could hear comments being made outside my front door. *shrug* Whatever.

I had arranged for a ride to work the next morning from one of my ex-agents, who happens to live in the same complex as me, so I knew I needed to go to bed early. This 2pm-11pm shift is going to kill me eventually. Her shift started at 9am, so yesterday I was at work for a little over 14 hours. Funny, I still didn't get anything done.

I spent my morning training one of my agents the processes behind completing the daily reports. She's sharp so picked it up quickly. It's not that hard, so I don't know why my ex-co-manager could never get it.

Anyway, so around 2pm, wandered over to my new team, and started settling in. I don't have a desk in their area yet, so I'm still commuting from one side of the building to the other. My previous boss has said I can stay forever if I want. lol. I'm going to miss working with her.

I am starting to see the benefits to this move, although they are small, and fairly unimportant when it comes to my advancement within this company. I can see that this move has pushed me into a one foot out the door mentality, and that is actually a good thing. I needed to separate myself from my previous team or I would never leave. I find myself hating this company more each day, so the move really just made it easier. When the economy picks up, I'll be looking for a new job. I have already been looking at jobs on the East Coast, but they aren't much better than here, and cost-of-living is a nightmare.

Anyway, my new boss, is someone I am familiar with. Although we've never worked together, we have talked on many occasions, and seem to get along well. I am fully aware of his quirks, and that he likes to take credit for other people's work, as well as throw anyone under the bus if he's feeling threatened. He makes his managers very scared and very defensive. I am not looking forward to that.

So......... This will be an interesting experience for me. It's kill or be killed as far as I can see it, and since he is my boss, the fight will be very difficult.

I did manage to find a ride home last night, which was good. The roads are mostly clear today. I can actually see grass again. But all the drains are full, so there is standing water everywhere. I need to get my car home tonight, or it will be under water tomorrow. My work's parking lot borders a creek, and I have seen it flood before. Not pretty.

My ride will be here soon, so I need to make an effort to get off my butt and start getting ready for work. This will be an interesting day. I am having to train myself on all the tools for this new contract, since my boss has chosen to completely remove himself from the process, but still has expectations that I'll know it all. The other managers have teams to run, and very little time to help me. I'm going to be building excellent relationships with my Seniors(like assistant managers) if this continues.

I am having a friend drive out Sunday/Monday to stay with me. I need the company. We're going to have Christmas Dinner Sunday night, and I am really looking forward to it. I don't know if he knows that yet or not. I want Christmas Dinner, and I don't care if it happens in April, it's going to happen. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to the grocery store tonight.

Hi-ho!