A mixed bag

This week started off terribly. Big boss and other senior people came back from the corporate retreat on Monday, and man was he in a FOUL mood. Turns out there was a big fat load of drama. One of the pregnant associates had a miscarriage scare Monday morning. Boss thought it was NBD (probably a misunderstanding) so he didn't want to give the associate time off, which led to a huge row, slamming doors, associate storming off sobbing, the whole nine yards. All this and more led to a huge bitching session at lunch the next day when he was away. It was kind of eye-opening to me. I had no idea that there were so much criticism and unhappiness among the coworkers.

Then, the week took a turn for the worse on Wednesday when a coworker came up to me, acted like she was trying to help me, but actually said all these things that made me feel like I didn't have a future at this place. She was so passive aggressive about it, like everything she said had a double meaning. I left work that day completely drained from all the BS drama at the office. I didn't sleep well that night, and kept playing back in my head what she said and other conversations I've had with people, to make sure I didn't say anything they can use against me. Definitely can't trust anyone here, which is a depressing thought since I was hoping they'd be cool enough to be my friends.

After that low point on Wednesday, I guess there was no way to go but up. I finally spoke to the boss about evaluations and future plans when he was in a good mood (thankfully). I am going back to the States in a month for swear-in! And taking a week long vacation on the side. Woot! So excited to see everyone, eat, shop, hang out, just like old times. It is definitely fuel to keep me going for the rest of the month. Other than that, I got very positive feedback from the boss, so that made me very happy. I feel like I have finally learned how to work with him and anticipate what he wants. He has been giving me more work recently, and staffed me on a deal for our biggest client. I'm excited. It's been a dead tiring week, but I am just happy that it ended on a good note.

Oh and that case of pinot I stress ordered from the wine bar owner on Wednesday should be arriving soon =) The owner's actually kind of cute. And he owns a wine bar. Hmm...