I'm really burnt out at work. We've been short staffed since October, and two months ago we finally were up to full staff, except the two new staff members had to be trained and are finally getting to a point where they are able to work a bit more independently. It's not that our environment is a hard one to learn, there is just a lot to learn about how the processes work etc. Last week, my boss gave his two weeks notice (which really ends up being one week becuase he is taking days off including a bunch this week....) and we are stupid busy. Morale is really low, and we are all stressed out.
We leave for Mexico in 16 days and I cannot wait. I'm sad about leaving Jones and George behind, but Austin's sister plans to stay at the house and watch over them so I feel a bit better knowing they won't be home alone the whole time. They are very social cats and so they love human contact. And they really like Laura. But still, I absolutely adore my cats, so while I am really looking forward to going away, a bit part of me wishes I could bring them with me (yep, I am a crazy cat lady).
I have beeen officially burnt out for a good one to two months now. Unfortunately it has resulted in me not enjoying my job very much, which is sad because I really liked it before that time. It's hard to talk about it, becuase I haven't enjoyed many of the other jobs I have had in the past, so my fear is that peopel will just say that I just hate all jobs. Which isn't true, I just have gotten myself into situations that were't great for my personaility etc. So we'll see. I think the full week off will do me some good, will do me a LOT of good actually.
It is absolutely beautiful in Denver, it's spring time, everything is blooming, the trees are growing leaves, the flowers are out, and the grass is turning green. I love this time of year. It's a comfortable temperature during the day and it's cool at night so we can leave the windows open to sleep. Love it!
