The more things change...they more they don't, really.

I just got the strangest news. My boss just told me that our department has absorbed another group of operational units within the company, so we've now more than doubled in size as far as personnel. I was told that I won't be handling budgets and administrative work for the newly acquired units, since they bring with them their own support. This reorganization isn't a surprise, and this department once encompassed all of these other areas in the past (before my time), so it really doesn't seem like that big of a deal. But for right now I'm being told that it's kind of a secret, since most of the employees we're bringing into the fold aren't aware of this yet.

I have been nursing a headache for most of the day. Nothing I've taken is helping. I've been getting upset stomachs and really vicious heartburn, again, also. Earlier I had to (gently...ever so gently, for the umpteenth time) remind a supervisor that her work is not my priority - as I do not directly or exclusively work for her operational units - and she cannot expect to monopolize my time with her projects, no matter how important they may seem to her. Not to mention being dragged into passive-agressive jockeying and communication issues between her and the boss's assistant. I swear, we're going to drive the man to drink. Apparently he's been getting very severe headaches and has generally not been feeling well, too. I can sympathize, since I've been suffering the same. And it just reinforces the idea that my job is going to cause my brain to eventually rupture. Good luck getting the custodians to clean that up. Bad enough that during the last week they've been called out to clean up vomit in the halls twice (no - it wasn't me!).