Friday

I did not get much sleep during the night, I woke up numerous times throughout. As a result, I woke up late - it took Mewthos sirening right in my ear to wake me up! I was just a few minutes late to work, though.

The past few weeks at work have been unpleasant. For me, personally, it also felt like nothing I've done has any value - it didn't prevent the retrenchment. It's also somewhat demotivating that nothing I do is of any interest to management. I often feel like I'm just 'left to play' in the store. When we receive a new purchase order, raw materials are ordered - with no reference to stock. Oh, they'll check the raw material stock, but all that Work-In-Progress I've been cataloging?  Who cares? I do my best to reduce it, by issuing it to production whenever possible ... only to receive 'fresh' load back. As if nobody grasps just what a financial drain 'overstock' really is - they actually think of it as 'buffer' stock! Items, which have not moved in 6, 9, even 12 months are NOT safety or buffer stock!

I've tried to explain, and I've tried to somehow raise awareness ... and all I got was shouted at for 'always coming to me with THINGS'! I've tried adopting the standard attitude to work, which is to do only the absolute bare minimum, and do it slap-dash, just enough to cover my rear ... and that just depressed me even more! It's just not in me to treat my work like a distraction.

So now, I'm going back to the optimistic working on my systems. Working in isolation, with all departments interacting working against the systems I'm designing, is a little frustrating, but it's not as depressing as 'joining the herd'.

I think that's enough about work for today. I'm much happier when I'm busy making progress. That's it.

With the lack of sleep last night, I was not up to the trip to get groceries, not even the short one. No worries, though. On the way home, I stopped to get milk, but it appeared that nobody was home - as I had driven back to the tar road, I saw someone come out, in my rear mirror. I chose not to turn around, though.

At home, as I tried to open the gate, it came off the hinges! I told my landlord and he went to repair it right away! What a difference to all the past landlords I've had, eh? It's all fixed and ready to be used again! Of course, I'll only use it on Wednesday - but still. It's just awesome!

Mippies roamed outside and I finally made myself a milkshake! Just plain ice cream, milk and some cocoa. Lovely, though! I'm too drained to do much else, so I'll make it an early night and hope to get up early tomorrow.

Ginger showed up again, Tynx ran to him happily, Mewthos went to let him know he's not welcome here - I could see the chance of trouble to get them in, so I called them a little early. They all came inside - Janey a little late, but not much. Gave them their treat, after getting my Mew-Mew kisses, then I sat down to write my blog ...

... after a while, I noticed how quiet it seemed - nobody mipped at me for attention? I looked around and found no cat in sight! And then I realised: the kitchen window! I had left that open! Oh, gosh! What a silly thing to do! Well, I went and sat by the door, some of my mips were around, but none wanted to come inside. I wrote some more, sat by the door again ... and eventually they came inside. This time I had shut the kitchen window!

And the mipping began! Ha Ha! I've cuddled, scratched ears, given another treat, added more kibbles, scratched more ears, kissed tummies, kissed noses, tickled tummies ... 

Tynx is still not being accepted by my other ladies - but it is too darling to watch her following Lady Jane when she goes for a walk! They are like a tandem cat, trotting off - one behind the other - happy to explore! Funny thing I watched earlier: Ziva took a hissy swat at Tynx, when Tynx got too close - and Tynx hissy swatted right back at Ziva! Mewthos is more tolerant, but no more forthcoming, either. I've also watched each of my ladies walk up to Tynx to sniff her, so: progress is being made!

Oh, only thing I didn't do? Cook myself dinner. Frankly, I'm not hungry. I am tired, though, so I hope for a night's sleep tonight!