From bad to worse

Yesterday was not a happy day. After the incidences with the building and equipment, we sent out an email reminding people of the "care and feeding of rooms and equipment in Education hall". Still when I went down stairs for lunch, the room was once again sitting wide open with no one in sight. I also had two people come tell me about the OH projector problem. *rolling eyes* No one could tell me how it got into that condition, only that it was in that condition.

Shortly thereafter, I received a page of changes to the schedule of classes for Winter term. Keep in mind that registration starts tomorrow and they've had since JUNE to make changes. Why the hell are they making all of these changes three days before registration? Better yet, why can they not plan ahead for what classes they are going to teach and when? I understand that the "who" isn't quite so easy but "what" should be consistent based on the programs being offered. Checking the changes against what I'd been given recently I discovered so many discrepancies, I was ready to pull my hair out. One person said "We're teaching that on this day at this time;" the next person says "cancel that, we aren't teaching it." Arghhhhhhhh!

Then S. came to me saying that I was doing something wrong in respect to the student database. I tried to explain but I was just so wound up I ended up saying "I can't talk to your right now; just don't talk to me!" Fortunately she understood and didn't take it personally.

From that conversation I went directly into interviews for our accounting tech position. Poor things, I tried to stay tightly controlled and pleasant, but I'm sure some of my stress came through. Unfortunately, no one candidate rose above the rest in a dramatic fashion, so we had to make some tough decisions as well. I'm content with the choice that was made but now we have to justify it to HR and hope they will agree. Boy, the bureaucracy gets tiring.

When I finished with work I didn't want to talk to any one (a rational person would have been acceptable.) I certainly didn't want to go to practice. I was in absolutely no mood to fight. So I immersed myself in a good book and stayed on the couch all evening. I felt much better when I went to bed.