Thursday, August 21, 2008

Stress

Ok, so I know the meaning of stress. I have for a while. I mean hell, I've been through a divorce (not pretty), watched my mom have a stroke, and lived on nothing but a can of vegetables a night for weeks at a time. I know a little about stress, so why now am I having so much trouble with it?

I guess it would help for me to go back to the beginning. The company I work for has moved me 3 times in 2 years. Not a problem, because once was just 3 hours away from home (thanks mom and dad for helping), the second and third times, they brought someone in to move me so it was gravy. And the third time, I was moving home. The most stressful part of move 2 and 3 was the fact that BF was going to have to find a new job. The move from N. Indiana to PA wasn't too bad, BF found a job in about 3 months, so not much stress there. But, this time, BF didn't even come to the new place when I did, 2 1/2 months apart, only seeing each other once, that was a little stressful, but we made it. The problem arose when BF couldn't find a job once he got here. People would say, you've moved 3 times in 2 years, what's up with that, so he explained that I make more money and we are going to follow whomever's career gives us the best life possible, ie, mine right now. Well, after 6 months of searching, he finally found a job, YAY!, and seemed to enjoy it. That was until a week and a half ago. They moved him to a different "team", one that wouldn't let him do his work w/o someone standing over his shoulder. And then yesterday, they come to him and ask why he's not getting the numbers they want. He explained about the micromanager and said he was having issues with her, but they said they wanted numbers. So, last night when he goes home from work, there's a call from the staffing agency that he's no longer employed with the company he was working for. Great, so, again, no job, no money, and stress like you wouldn't imagine on both our parts.

And work is kicking my butt. There's just too much going on right now and it's going to end up driving me insane.

Ok, sorry for the ranting.

/rant off