This one is very very late

This day is almost over and I just remembered the blog. I guess my day didn’t start too well, but at least its ending a bit better. I woke up this morning with one of the worst dizzy spells that I have ever had. I had to sit back on my bed and wait for what seemed like hours before I could get up. Work seemed like a bad idea but there was no way I could stay at home, too much to do. In the car I struggled to stay awake and fell asleep twice. Thank goodness I don’t drive!

Once at work I took out all the urgent stuff that I had to do for the day; the most urgent one being a reasonably big spreadsheet that I needed to send to the accountants, like yesterday. I worked on it diligently all morning, avoiding jnf and vomit on msn, haha, and I was finished just before lunchtime. I was ready to email it, when I decided to check that the attachment was correct.

To my horror, it wasn’t. I had forgotten to save it! All the work that I had done this morning WAS ALL GONE!!! All of it! I couldn’t believe it, this was so unlike me! Normally I save something every five minutes just to be safe! What happened today? I knew I should have stayed at home. Several people tried to help me but there was no way to retrieve the file. I felt like slitting my wrists.

Instead I went to Sandton City for a quick shopping spree and that at least bettered my mood a bit. Back in the office, I had my lunch, chatted a bit and then took a deep breath and got started on it again. THIS TIME I saved every second I could, like a paranoid freak. But at least its all there now!

I also signed all my transfer forms today. HR informed me ever so nicely that if I didn’t return my forms by the end of today, I would not get paid this month. That’s enough of a threat for me! The reason I had been stalling on this was due to the great confusion they have caused about our leave balances. In our previous division we had 33 days leave per year – counting Saturdays. In this division, they work on a five day week so our leave had to be reduced. But their calculations are seriously suspicious cause we are all ending up with five days less than we think we should have. Its all still under discussion but I hope I get enough leave this year. I need a loooooooonngggggg break. Today just proved it!!