a little better

Today has been (so far) not quite as bad as yesterday. For one thing, I'm not all alone. Which comes in handy when I have to run to the ladies room. I also got a fairly decent night's sleep last night, for the first time in a few days. I'm still pretty tired, but not as much as yesterday.

This morning, I sat in on a conference call for this new service we're getting called AdMall. It's pretty nifty, actually: we can find out about co-op dollars available to our advertisers, and a whole lot of other information about potential advertisers. I suspect it will be more useful to our outside sales staff than it will be for me, but I also suspect they won't get nearly as much out of it as I could. Such is life. I'm sure I'll have fun tooling around the site, making reports. Hey, it's something to do when I'm stuck out here alone!

The thing I hate most about Diane being on vacation is that I have to deal with the reader ads. I had one lady on the phone for about 15 minutes yesterday before I figured out what it was that she wanted (this is the one I was talking to while I was chatting with you, resourceress). She called back later to actually place the ad, and there were two messages from her on voicemail when I came in this morning. I now know way too much about her (and her family). Like: she's 86 years old, and her son threw his back out (hence having to sell the a/c unit). Sheesh. Also: dealing with the political ads. Someone messed up last week, and an ad didn't appear. Oy. As much as she drives me nuts, I'll be glad when she's back so she can deal with these people.

I'm still feeling ambivalent about the family reunion this weekend. I feel like I'm going because I have to, not because I want to. I should want to. I think part of it is that I'll have to deal with my mother the whole weekend, without my aunt & uncle and cousins as buffers. She does drive me batty sometimes, in that special way that only mothers can. I'm forseeing a lot of walks in my near future.

a little better

Today has been (so far) not quite as bad as yesterday. For one thing, I'm not all alone. Which comes in handy when I have to run to the ladies room. I also got a fairly decent night's sleep last night, for the first time in a few days. I'm still pretty tired, but not as much as yesterday.

This morning, I sat in on a conference call for this new service we're getting called AdMall. It's pretty nifty, actually: we can find out about co-op dollars available to our advertisers, and a whole lot of other information about potential advertisers. I suspect it will be more useful to our outside sales staff than it will be for me, but I also suspect they won't get nearly as much out of it as I could. Such is life. I'm sure I'll have fun tooling around the site, making reports. Hey, it's something to do when I'm stuck out here alone!

The thing I hate most about Diane being on vacation is that I have to deal with the reader ads. I had one lady on the phone for about 15 minutes yesterday before I figured out what it was that she wanted (this is the one I was talking to while I was chatting with you, resourceress). She called back later to actually place the ad, and there were two messages from her on voicemail when I came in this morning. I now know way too much about her (and her family). Like: she's 86 years old, and her son threw his back out (hence having to sell the a/c unit). Sheesh. Also: dealing with the political ads. Someone messed up last week, and an ad didn't appear. Oy. As much as she drives me nuts, I'll be glad when she's back so she can deal with these people.

I'm still feeling ambivalent about the family reunion this weekend. I feel like I'm going because I have to, not because I want to. I should want to. I think part of it is that I'll have to deal with my mother the whole weekend, without my aunt & uncle and cousins as buffers. She does drive me batty sometimes, in that special way that only mothers can. I'm forseeing a lot of walks in my near future.