Friday, October 13, 2006

Drama’s over, we can all go home now…

Right.  So I was feeling pretty dramatic about life the other night.  It had been brewing for awhile, mostly because I have been feeling overwhelmed with everything going on and not allowing myself the time I really needed to get things done.  It’s a reoccurring theme in my life. 
I’ve been rushing around trying to recover from the wedding, which I’ve been told actually takes a year.  I believe it!  The whole name change thing has been a small nightmare.  I took charge of it, got all the paperwork done and thought I was well on my way.  Unfortunately, things don’t always work like we think they should.  My main issue was my social security card.  I thought I did what the site told me, I filled out the forms and mailed it all in.  I waited for two and a half weeks, but no new card.  I was secretly freaking out about it. 
I finally decided to just take the time I needed and went to the SSN office yesterday.  I waited in line for an hour and finally got to talk to someone about it all.  Apparently they only process the mail forms about once a month.  If you are lucky.  She went off to see if she could find my form, but never found anything.  Great.  So, we re-did the paper work and I re-applied for a new card.  She said I should have the new card in 2 to 3 weeks. 
The other thing that was really bugging me was the insurance.  We had agreed to use my insurance company going forward, they give me a great rate and have been very nice.  So it was up to me to add everything to it.  I’d been carrying around the information for over a month with out having a chance to get it taken care of.  I did that yesterday as well.
The last six weeks have been very busy at work.  A person made a significant mistake that caused a two week delay.  I’ve been working to make up the time and fix the continual problems arising from the mistake.  I keep thinking that I am “out of the woods” and then something else comes up that puts me right back.  It’s been trying and frustrating, especially considering how emotional this person is.  It seems every criticism cuts them at a personal level and no “business” conversation can take place.
I’m looking forward to the weekend – we’re heading over to Pullman for homecoming!  I’ve never been to Pullman, but Hubby went to collage at WSU.  I have another friend who decided to go back to school and is living there.  This weekend should be a great one, full of fantastic fun!