Where fun goes to die

I've had one of those weeks. I know - I seem to have a lot of those, don't I? I'm not sure why. A function of my tendancy to internalize and personalize things, I suppose. I've been kind of stressed, and some of it is from things I can do something about, but most of it is from events or circumstances completely out of my control. Like I was telling a stranger on a message board the other day - we only have so much control over other people and what they believe and the choices they make. Sometimes you just have to let it go. It's a hard lesson for me to follow, even though it seems like one of the most obvious things. But at least with this latest heartburn-inducing project basically off of my plate, I can settle back into the normal swing of things. Whatever the hell that is.

We've had two resignations in as many weeks. It has some people pretty freaked out, especially when I ominously proclaim that these things come in 3s.

There's a party at work this afternoon. Some people are saying that if management put as much effort into training and working on retention issues as was put into planning this party - with its theme, and prizes, and other miscellaneous pointless & meaningless warm fuzzies - this would be a better place to work and people might want to stay longer than six months to a year (or in some cases, three weeks). I know several people who have said they aren't going to bother attending. Personally, I like free food and the chance to win crappy door prizes, so I'm totally there. Who needs morale - just give me a cheap t-shirt and call it a day.

I'm a little ambivalent about the upcoming holidays. The weather has been reminiscent of summer, I've had little time to finish up my shopping, and I'm just really not in the mood this year. Which sucks, since my son is so excited that he's been asking every day "Is it Christmas today?". He woke up the day after we'd put the tree up expecting there to be presents under it. Sometimes I wish I could get that youthful joy back. But how?

Going to go exchange gifts with M this weekend and eat good food and see a (hopefully) good movie. I need a distraction, so this will be good for me.