Every once in awhile my success at convincing others of the fact that I am a functioning adult in a fast paced world come crashing down and I have what I shall refer to as "An Episode"
I had an episode yesterday......
It began with an email addressed to Mr. Lee (who happened to be a woman) - Needless to say Ms. Lee was not impressed with my apology.
It continued with a phone call from Ms. Jenkins, who had been given my business contact information (I'm thinking by someone who must be my worst enemy) because she had a complaint about how the stimulus money was allocated. Now first of all I do not work with the stimulus money. Second of all I am not as up-to-date on politics as I should be.
I always vote, but much to my shame to admit I haven't researched very much on the current issues and allocations of doallars- something I must note will have to be done soon- especially if my greatest enemy is referring calls to me regarding government budgets. Anyway....I digress
So dear Ms. Jenkins was very upset and convinced I was the one to speak with on this issue. In between professional comments from me like "I'm so sorry but I think you were given the wrong contact number" and "I'm not quite sure who to refer you to; but I can take down your name and number.........." Ms. Jenkins however was having none of it. I suppressed the urge to reveal my salary and explain that if I was in fact
a) working for the government-which I am not and
b) involved with something as currently important as the economy and stimulus money..... I would be making a lot more (perhaps my shoes would also be better and I could get a better hair straightener.....again I digress)
I went out to chat with our secretary- who was also having a horrific day as someone had managed to break the individual cup coffee maker (how thats possible, I'm not even going to speculate).
I had this vision that I am not fooling anyone- I am just a teenager that needs to vent to someone, a child that has not been taught how to properly address an email, my interests are across the board..... how am I going to pull off this charade! Like I said above, I was having an episode.
In the evening to calm my nerves I began looking around at other blogs, I needed a focus and my blog would become more streamlined topic wise and so would my life. I would be more chic, more composed, more articulate, more educated........ but I have too many interests, I want to write about too many things, my thoughts are all over the place like my life- am I doomed? It was then I began reading the "About Me" sections on the blogs. To my utter happiness I realized that there are so many others out there with so many interests and the best part is they make it work and their fabulous blogs make it look easy!
I don't think its safe to say my episodes have been cured; but it does give me new hope that I can tackle all my interests at once and be fabulous.
*All names have been changed in this story and picture is courtesy of an Email
