Day six!

Day six: a photo of someone you love.

My mom and on on Christmas. 2010. <3

Today was a day that I feel like I need to pretend didn't happen. Actually, this week feels like a week I need to pretend didn't happen. I don't know why I've been struggling so much. I feel so off kilter and don't know what's up and what's down anymore. I want something to look forward to. Maybe a vacation day in the near future is necessary...a day to relax and do whatever I want with no job or commitments standing in my way!

I need a trip to New York very soon.

I also need a trip to Washington D.C. to see Colleen. My best friend has lived there for almost three years now and I've gone to see her never. When she lived in Providence for college I went to see her twice. TWICE! And they barely even counted! It was an hour away! I'm a bad friend. Washington or bust!

I've started logging sentences that people say to me at work that make no sense so I can put them all together and publish a book about "stupid things people say..." so the world can see that they need to take time to fully think out their thoughts before they speak them. Sometimes people say the silliest things to me when they call in, and I think-did you really think about what you were going to say before you said it? No. I don't think you did! It baffles me the amount of people who seem to have no disregard to the mystery person on the other end of the phone who really, honestly, is getting paid to help YOU. You're my #1 priority, I have to help you, I get paid to do so! Let me help you! Don't walk all over me or not even let me get my name out before you start biting my head off! Some days I find people to be actually pretty bearable. I enjoy talking to random strangers at length about medical things that make me sound intelligent. I can pronounce words like "omeprazole" and "psychopharmacologist" and talk about the difference between formulary and non-formulary drugs. I can help old ladies with things they could never figure out themselves and they're so appreciative, you would've thought I'd handed them a million dollars. But! Then it never fails to get some awful, impatient woman who is highly demanding and wants so much of you with no time for you to do it and responds with moans and groans and "Ugh...I have a meeting to get to, cant you hurry up!" or "Honestly, what is so hard about this?" Those people need a dose of reality. Our fast-paced world is no match for member services. We need time, people!

Alright, now that I've gotten it all out I'm going to make dinner and take a bubble bath and watch 19 Kids and Countingre-runs until my eyes close!