Later, Calmer
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waitingmanFair-weather friends admonished... in fact 'castigated' would be a good word ~ rhymes with 'castrated', which also crossed my mind...
So, to sum up: a bit of a disappointing weekend, really. The Hands & Feet session was okay... still productive, but I'm still frustrated by the lack of full-attendance rehearsals, since we have enough material ready to move to the next stages, we just all need to be in the same place & time to play it!!
The work Christmas party was a nightmare. I didn't want to go, but was talked into attending by Mrs "MD"/CN, who seemed blindly optimistic that all would work out. It didn't... culminating in the events chronicled (much) earlier today.
After ignoring a couple of the inevitable calls from work on my Sunday, I received a text from the Hobbit asking me to come down to work to meet with him. When I eventually sauntered in 3 hours later, after a leisurely coffee at the local (can't quite afford breakfast this week), the gist was that he can't/won't pay me what I need, but wants me to stay 'til I've officially found a new job. An attack of accursed pragmatism made me acquiesce, but by the time I'd walked back to OBLuV8 I was kicking myself for letting go of the prospect of 3 weeks holiday (pay!!) over Christmas & New Year... like normal people have.
Sent off an application today for my dream job of 20 years ~ Account Manager for a major music label ~ I don't mind being open about this one, because the one thing about dreams is they don't come true. In a lot of cases... certainly in a lot of my dreams, this is a good thing... the world would be a very strange place. However, the onus is on me to get out of the Hellhole either by my original plan of leaving in 2 weeks time, or by finding a job back on my proper career path & rubbing my $75K package in the Hobbit's hairy little face... preferably some time in the next 2 weeks.
Some nice company this afternoon, some long & overdue conversations this evening & now the whole sorry mess from the last 64 hours is fast catching up with me. I think I'll race it to bed.
So, to sum up: a bit of a disappointing weekend, really. The Hands & Feet session was okay... still productive, but I'm still frustrated by the lack of full-attendance rehearsals, since we have enough material ready to move to the next stages, we just all need to be in the same place & time to play it!!
The work Christmas party was a nightmare. I didn't want to go, but was talked into attending by Mrs "MD"/CN, who seemed blindly optimistic that all would work out. It didn't... culminating in the events chronicled (much) earlier today.
After ignoring a couple of the inevitable calls from work on my Sunday, I received a text from the Hobbit asking me to come down to work to meet with him. When I eventually sauntered in 3 hours later, after a leisurely coffee at the local (can't quite afford breakfast this week), the gist was that he can't/won't pay me what I need, but wants me to stay 'til I've officially found a new job. An attack of accursed pragmatism made me acquiesce, but by the time I'd walked back to OBLuV8 I was kicking myself for letting go of the prospect of 3 weeks holiday (pay!!) over Christmas & New Year... like normal people have.
Sent off an application today for my dream job of 20 years ~ Account Manager for a major music label ~ I don't mind being open about this one, because the one thing about dreams is they don't come true. In a lot of cases... certainly in a lot of my dreams, this is a good thing... the world would be a very strange place. However, the onus is on me to get out of the Hellhole either by my original plan of leaving in 2 weeks time, or by finding a job back on my proper career path & rubbing my $75K package in the Hobbit's hairy little face... preferably some time in the next 2 weeks.
Some nice company this afternoon, some long & overdue conversations this evening & now the whole sorry mess from the last 64 hours is fast catching up with me. I think I'll race it to bed.
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