The soul has greater need of the ideal than the real for it is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sometimes the Gods smile upon me

And smile they have.

HGF has been decided by the Hot Hunky Gods.

I can't wait. I'm almost speechless.

Almost.


Perhaps it's the effort required not to drown when I'm salivating so much.

Back to reality

Had a meeting yesterday with someone more in the know on the grapevine than I am. After that I'm pretty sure that July 1 is going to be a bloodbath around here. It amazes me the number of people who are interested in stirring up trouble at a time when one should be keeping their head down and their mouth shut. Alas, there are those who fly in the face of reality like I mentioned the other day.

The meeting, which I could not believe, was about the stupid Issue I think I've mentioned here before. The extremely simple job that has been turned into a THING THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY. I'm stupified over it all.

The person in the know assured me that I was not one of those on the chopping block. Yet! I don't believe her. Not that she isn't sincere and wouldn't tell me anything she knows, but that there is something more nefarious going on around here than we're aware of, and we won't really know until July 1.

I keep mentioning that date but in reality I'm thinking that ther is some law that requires they give 60 days notice to people getting laid off and info about those getting laid off with them. So that moves the date back to May 1, when I would know for sure.

One of the many things I find interesting is that we've always operated 18months ahead on our budget AND with a slush fund to cover contingencies. All that is gone now apparently. This tells me that someone has done something ever so slightly illegal in moving those funds from our budget to that of the larger agency that we operate under. But no matter, I'm not a crusader against graft in one of the most graft-laden municipalities in the country. Let someone else take up that mantle.

I'm hoping not to be working at a convenience store by the end of the summer. I bet they'd make little use of my Master's degree.

But here's something to cheer you. At least it did me.




why so serious...