New England Eeyore
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I should be watching Grey's right now but I'm taping it because I can't focus. I had a lovely 3 days off from work, a lovely trip down to CT to some scrapping shopping and attend a business meeting and I return home to utter chaos. 
Home - my youngest DSD, 13, (formerly known as "the good one"
) is having some sort of war with her mother and my DH and I are caught in the crossfire. I won't even post the details because it's so insanely bizzare, but she's here for the weekend and we're attempting to broker a ceasefire amongst the parties. Wish us luck.
Work - I got a call from my partner that in my absence one of my staff members, who has been having some attendance and attitude issues, has just not shown up for work the past 2 days. No calls, nothing. We are a bit understaffed to begin with so being down a person creates a disaster. So I am walking back into work tomorrow to utter chaos trying to catch up from the past couple of days, down a person (because even if she shows up, at this point, she's done) and having to figure out how we replace her. I'm the manager of the department but I can't hire or fire anyone, so I need to get my boss to come up with a solution and fast. We had talked about theoretical solutions because she was kind of a chronic problem but now all of a sudden its an emergency. And I only have 4 more work days before my vacation which is a big YAY but I only have 4 more work days to come up with some kind of fix. I have a headache!!!
Thanks for listening. My DH had gone to bed when my partner called and I needed to vent before my head exploded!
But on a good note - for months I was never able to get to the second page of smilies with my computer - I don't know why. I just tried it and tonight I can! I'll take whatever good news I can get right now!
Home - my youngest DSD, 13, (formerly known as "the good one"
) is having some sort of war with her mother and my DH and I are caught in the crossfire. I won't even post the details because it's so insanely bizzare, but she's here for the weekend and we're attempting to broker a ceasefire amongst the parties. Wish us luck.Work - I got a call from my partner that in my absence one of my staff members, who has been having some attendance and attitude issues, has just not shown up for work the past 2 days. No calls, nothing. We are a bit understaffed to begin with so being down a person creates a disaster. So I am walking back into work tomorrow to utter chaos trying to catch up from the past couple of days, down a person (because even if she shows up, at this point, she's done) and having to figure out how we replace her. I'm the manager of the department but I can't hire or fire anyone, so I need to get my boss to come up with a solution and fast. We had talked about theoretical solutions because she was kind of a chronic problem but now all of a sudden its an emergency. And I only have 4 more work days before my vacation which is a big YAY but I only have 4 more work days to come up with some kind of fix. I have a headache!!!
Thanks for listening. My DH had gone to bed when my partner called and I needed to vent before my head exploded!
But on a good note - for months I was never able to get to the second page of smilies with my computer - I don't know why. I just tried it and tonight I can! I'll take whatever good news I can get right now!
We too are in the the middle of a crazy family battle (with my father in law's family) and it is not fun. Hopefully, you'll be able to resolve the issue soon. 
so this is not unfamiliar territory for us. It never gets easy though!
