2009-11-14
11/14/09
Sigh of relief. It's Saturday! We have a good foot of snow outside. The first snow is so beautiful. Everywhere you turn, it looks like a Christmas card.
The aftermath of my friend's termination continues to bring stress and frustration. She was second in command of the district. She was terminated exactly one week prior to our annual audit. A good 75% of what the auditors look at is her work. With her termination, the district has asked for an even deeper audit that usual. Not that they're looking for anything out of the ordinary that she did. Rather, it's to reassure the public that she DID NOT do anything untoward in her position. The auditors have divvied up their questions among the rest of our crew. It's a slow process, because we really don't know what we're doing. ;o)
A few days before she left, we instituted a new fingerprinting procedure. Since I am the Queen of Fingerprinting (I actually get emails addressed to me in that way) I've spent HOURS changing everything fingerprinting related.
In nutshell, the company who was coming in to do our fingerprinting got a little cocky. This year they could only come in on one or two Tuesday mornings per month, and would only print 10 people at a time. Their reject rate from the DOJ went from about 10% to 50%. The company did nothing to help me get these prints processed. They just re-printed (and re-charged us!) the same people over and over.
The final straw was the day the man who did the actual printing said to me after printing SEVEN of the TEN scheduled employees, "These prints are no good. You need to re-schedule all these people to come back." My head exploded.
Now we are sending all employees/subs to the county detention center for fingerprinting. They print EVERY DAY for two hours a day, so the employees can work it in around their schedule. So far, so good.
We're all working OT for the next several weeks. I'm supposed to be at work by 7am. I simply cannot get there before 7:15. No matter how I try, I just can't seem to get there earlier than that. I think it's a subconsious rebellious thing. Either that, or I just move too slowly in the morning to leave my house before 7. ;o)
The high school drama club is performing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" this weekend. Of course, Shelby is singing and acting in it. Last night I took my little neighbor friend (she's in 6th grade) as my date. It's kind of a tradition with us. I always want to see every performance. Bill is happy watching it once. My little neighbor ADORES Shelby and loves going to the plays. We always have a great time togther. Last night as we were sitting there, I leaned over and whispered in her ear "Just think, in three years, that will be you up on the stage."
Today I MUST clean my house. Somehow I managed not to do much of anything last weekend. I had to go into work on Saturday, so that kind of threw me out of kilter. Having to leave earlier every morning this week, the little things I normally do have been ignored. I try to straighten up when I get home from work. But, after working a 10 hour non-stop day...I'm just too tired/lazy to care. Both girls are home today, so we'll give everything a good scrub and call it good.
I asked the superintendent how long we should expect to be working OT. He said "I would guess, at least until Christmas. We should have her replacement by then. Oh! Actually the OT will probably continue for a month or so after that, while we get the new person acclimated."
It's all good. The extra money always comes in handy. I'm so busy that the hours fly by. Bill and the girls have been great about helping out around the house. Except with cooking dinner.
Hmmmmm....I guess we'll be eating a lot of pizza in the next few months.