Sweet 16!

The biggest news of my day is my alma mater won! KSU beat BYU today, and second biggest news is KU lost. I feel bad for all the legitimate fans, but the worst part of KU's loss is going to be all the wining fans claiming how the refs sucked or how they had the toughest bracket of all the 1 seeds. It's unfortunate but I am sure we'll hear some excuse. I also hope KSU fans don't end up getting big egos and make stupid comments in return. But great news for KSU, first time to the sweet 16 in 22 years!
I've been making really good friends with Toni at work now. I like her company. She keeps it real, and is someone to talk to about all the goofy things that go on at work, who would understand where I'm coming from. She helps remind me that in the end, it's just a job. There's no need for the drama, the stress, the emotional responses that occur too frequently. I can talk to her about things that I just need to get off my chest, and she's becoming a really good friend.
Josh ended up getting denied the apartment where he wanted to move, unfortunately. However, as part of that application rejection, we found out that the last apartment we lived in together had turned us into a collection agency over $60! It was on both of our credits that we had an outstanding debt. Long story short, those idiots at the last apartments told us the wrong amount to pay, less than what we owed. We expected to get a continued bill for what extra, and we got it with a late fee of $120! Ridiculous, since it was their mistake and not ours. So they said because of the confusion they would reduce it down to half that. Still completely unfair, so we didn't pay it and they turned it into a collection agency. This last week I found out, and paid it, plus the collection fee, plus the credit card convenience fee, summing to $110. Almost the original late fee we owed. Sometimes you just can't win, but at least it's going to be off our credit reports.
In other news, this week has calmed down a lot from the stress of the past few weeks. Things seem to be settling, and we are working together efficiently again at work. Not all of my ideas are being heard, but it just doesn't make sense. One moment we're bragging about how good our finished work packet looks, including the request, all of the emails and decisions, the QC checks, the finished product, and the next moment it's just too tough to do all of that in a timely manner. I so want to point out that you can't brag about something you're not willing to do. It's a work in progress I guess.
Go KSU!

Frustration

My week is ending about as fun as it began. That was full of sarcasm, by the way. I suppose it makes sense to end this way... downstairs neighbors playing their ranchero music loud enough for me to hear it. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, it sounds like polka, but with spanish vocals. On top of that, the pipes are still whistling anytime someone showers. So a high pitched squealing noise to add to the polka. You'd think at least one would drown the other out!
It completes a the frustration of K-State losing to Iowa State today, in addition to their loss to Kansas on Wednesday. Even if they run the Big 12 tourney, I doubt they would get a 1 seed now. In fact, probably drop out of the top 10 rankings altogether on Monday.
The week started with some drama at work too. Honestly it seems like it was a pissing contest more than anything. Emotional reactions to something that should have been solved easily by taking a breath, and looking at it from a different viewpoint, then solving it. I guess I was lucky that my supervisor hadn't responded initially when it happened, because while she was offended by it, I saw it as his joking attitude and didn't take any offense to it. I told her I would work with him on the responses and get it fixed, but when another person had filled out the form incorrectly as well, she just 'had' to write an email, thinking it would solve it. Her response was they had done it on purpose to hamper our problem, and I told her again I could try to resolve it myself. But her email went out anyways and was responded back and forth until finally the mid-boss responded with 'this stops now'. Later he called me a trouble maker, jokingly I am sure, but still he had hints of annoyance in his tone. What do you do when your boss won't listen to you? She still thinks she is in the right.. Apparently we get to settle our differences next week. Fun.