Looking back, I didn't realize it at the time, but even as my family and I spent most of our time driving back and forth between relatives and my dad's work engagements. My vacation really was a much needed break from the stress of my everyday life. I wish I had appreciated it more. Because already I've had more stress-inducing events happen to me since arriving home at 2PM yesterday than I can even remember. But just for the sake of this post I will list some examples....
$700 car repair estimate, first mortgage bill came in, signed lease for apartment for another 2.5 months (not by choice), dropped eBay item in parking lot and scratched it, received 587 emails in 3 business days while out, expense department rejected $3500 hotel bill for company mandated trip, company rejected $500 airfare (both for no good reasons) etc...
On my vacation, I temporarily forgot about all these things going on in my life, and at the very least I told myself that I didn't have to do anything about any of it because I was "off the grid." It was great. I ate a lot, slept a lot, and had fun with my family. Life should be more like that. Work and money should not be nearly as prevalent as it became parent over the past couple weeks.
Life is hard. I want to take a break. Where can I file a grievance? I mean there is a lot of exciting stuff going on, like building a house, getting a promotion (supposedly), fixing my motorcycle and the simple fun I have hanging out with my girlfriend. Even with all that, it's hard not to let all this stress bother me. I wish I could just tell the world to stop for a minute so I can catch my breath. My life is going just fine. I just wish I had some sort of personal assistant or more money to throw at everything to make it all go away. No bills would solve so many problems. An assistant would mask a lot of problems, but oh well. I'll just have to keep pushing on. At least Friday is tomorrow.
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That's a such as well written post, I liked it. I'm surprised your work told you that! Perhaps you can convince a college student to be your assistance as part of an unpaid "internship." -Kristin
So do you get reimbursed in any form for your company mandated-but-not-really-mandated trip? Why do you put up with that? You could always join the Army...I hear they offer all expense paid vacations to sandy locations all around the world...
after several emails and re-approval by my manager, they're paying for everything. I think they did it just to give me a headache because they approved the same things 2 years ago.
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