work-wise, the past two weeks was my personal hell. prepping myself for the worst-case scenario was not even enough for the deluge of calls i took. even putting on a plastic smile while talking to an idiotic person did not help. this is one of those defining moments that make me  _HATE_ being in the GY shift. add that to the fact that your break and lunch skeds are going to be delayed, just so we can lessen the abandoned calls, and then having to deal with ASPECT (that's a work terminology. don't even ask me to explain.) at the end of each day, all you would want to do is get the heck out of there and not stay a single minute more. good thing i'm not the type who brings issues/pent-up-rage/what-have-you from work to home and vice-versa. fortunately, i'm still able to separate home from work. but i digress. back to my rant then...

now don't get me wrong. i still like my work. it's just that those past two weeks, it felt like i had been brought back to just taking calls, whereas i should be processing emails as my priority. this client of ours really sucks at getting their priorities straight. but i'm digressing again, as that should be another rant for another time.

and so, just so i could make it though my shift, i began to take it one day at a time. you know, pace mysef so as not to burn myself out with all the idiocy that surrounds me. also, having one of my teammates asking for a permanent swap of sked _REALLY_ helped. *wide-ass grin* you see, before the new shift was effective, the said teammate approached me and had asked if he can take my shift instead 'coz of personal issues. now who the heck am i to refuse such a wonderful offer!?! screw the additional money from night diff or hazard pay, i want my (erstwhile non-existant social) life back! i already know that coming from the morning shift, then going back to the GY shift will mess you up. (been there, been that)

long story short, i made it through the two weeks. it would've been just one week, if it weren't for the stupid myrpime shit... (again, a work terminology, and again, don't dare to ask what it is) and i'm back in my first-ever sked when i started here about three years and some months ago. this sked of mine has some additional perks too! one thing that is definite is that i will _NOT_ spend Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at work. yay~