Ch Ch Changes

Wow! I didn't realize it had been THAT long since my last post. Alot of things have happened, and I don't know where to begin or how much to get into.

I'm no longer at the job I had for nearly 4 years. I knew my time was limited after my boss died, I guess I never imagined it would be AS limited as it was. Seriously, he died on Christmas day and my last day there was January 11. In the grand scheme of things (with days the office was closed for holidays) I worked 11 days after his death. 11 DAYS! That's pathetic. But, not my loss. I started my new job on January 14 at another law firm in a town about 20 miles away.

Sure it sucks that I'm not 3 blocks from home anymore. But the trade-off is tremendous, stress-free work zone with no control freaks or catty-ness. Priceless.

Without getting in to too much detail, there are some really shady things happening out of THAT office. I'm potentially getting screwed and my boss's kids are potentially getting screwed. But, we're working together as a team and together we will NOT allow any of it to happen. Tables are turning, that's all I'm going to say.

Sorry for the vagueness of things. I don't know who is reading this and I don't want to help anyone out who doesn't deserve my help.

Well, for me New Year's came and went more or less unnoticed. I've been sick for over a month with this sinus infection / upper respiratory crap and yesterday was no exception. I went back to the Dr., and actually SAW the Dr., and got some new meds. He was a little put off that I'd waited as long as I had to come back in...but circumstances being what they were it was my first opportunity.

The funny thing about it is the new meds he put me on. It's an antibiotic, not penicillin, but it's commonly used to treat things such as ANTHRAX, LISTERIA, THE PLAGUE, MALARIA, and a host of sexually transmitted diseases. So, I guess I'm taking the position that if it can offer help for THE PLAGUE, it can get rid of this crap I've got.

The funeral for my boss was on Saturday and the church was packed. It was difficult, but I made it through. We were a really good team and I thought of him more as my dad than as my boss. His daughters, who are now more or less my bosses, have been great and want me to stay to help them get through everything in the building and to get clients referred out, etc. They said with him passing away a lot of our clients are going to be frantic and if I'm still there that will give them a sense of security. That's all fine and good, but our partner and I had "the talk" on Friday and his practice isn't strong enough to support two secretaries financially or work wise.

So, I'm officially on the market. I've talked with two young lady attorneys who have practices about 25 minutes away from here and they both think I should have an offer by the end of this week. One of them said that everyone she talked to that showed interest wanted to wait until after the funeral and everything to contact me. I just hope that I can go somewhere where I'll be able to keep doing what I've been doing for the past 3 1/2 years instead of going somewhere where I'm a glorified receptionist. That would be a major downgrade.

So, 2007 was pretty craptastic. Let's hope 2008 is G R E A T