Takin' what they're givin'

A woman at my office quit last week. I am now doing much of her job on top of my whole job. It sucks. I can't get to NH fast enough. This work load was dropped on me as a surprise on Friday, hence I have been MIA on the internet. I have to work for one more financial planner now (bringing the grand total up to 7). I didn't mind sitting down with the woman who left (who is awesome by the by) and the new-to-me planner and sorting through open cases. I didn't mind getting a list in my inbox on Monday morning of new-to-me clients and their status with their insurance and accounts, etc. I do greatly mind the two manila folders bursting at the seams of filing that she just "didn't get to" dating back to mid 2004. Super.

The worst part is that she left her employers in a lurch because she didn't like the way she was treated. Instead of them bucking up and figuring out how to process business themselves (as MANY planners here do) and/or learning a lesson they turned around and dumped all of her shit onto other assistants. I'm one of 3 people who is now doing a job.3(repeating). One poor other woman was only doing marketing materials part-time for planners and started 2 months ago. She has NO idea what's going on, but that doesn't concern the "higher ups" at all. Of course not - it is cheaper to have present employees do more work (and not get paid more, mind you) than to hire a new person. The planners I have been working for actually pay less for me now that I've been roped in to help this new guy. It's absolutely terrible, but it makes complete monetary sense, which means this is how it will stay until soemone else (me) leaves.

My only hope is that this will all pay off around Christmas time when I'll get presents from 7 men that I know make good money, hopefully some sort of bonus, and some peace and quiet when they're off galavanting in their Time Shares/vacation homes.

-Other news -

Running is going well, went 6 miles on Sunday. It was much more tolerable than I expected, but my iPod keeps slipping out of my holder thing, which was just annoying, and will get more annoying as the runs get longer.

I'll be running a 5k race this sunday in celebration of it being Half Way to St. Patty's Day, sponsored by an Irish Pub in Manchester, NH.

I left my cell phone AND my lunch at home today, and got stuck in traffic behind a four-car pile up on the way to work. Weather said it was going to be cloudy and 72, it is definitley rainy and 60-ish now. LIARS. Boo X 3.

The supermarkets have huge crates full of pumpkins, candy corn is everywhere and the leaves are changing. Yay X 3.