My Wednesday turned Upside Down!

That little comment at the beginning of my last post came back to bite me.

Wednesday night after work I was out with Sean grabbing dinner and my Mom called to let me know that had admitted my Grandpa to the hospital. He was having a lot of stomach pain and they feared he might have pancreatic cancer. Of course, I had a good cry- then I calmed down and called my Grandma. First, you should know that he has severe emphysema. She said that he was having trouble eating and keeping food in him, then with the pain he was having trouble walking, etc. I decided I needed to go.

I left first thing (5 am) Friday morning. I drove 10 hours by myself. It was a long trip. By Friday afternoon when I got there they had decided it wasn't pancreatic cancer, that he was just having a bad reaction from another on of his medications and it was creating a 'heart burn' type feeling. However, they we're monitoring his breathing due to his emphysema. He was wheezing a lot. I spent the whole weekend with him and on Sunday when I left to come home, he was feeling better. I talked to him yesterday at Noon and they had released him. :)

I was worried about him. I was also feeling a bit guilty. When I went up in the beginning of March to see Josh I didn't get to see my Grandparents because they don't exactly see eye to eye with Josh. I was without a vehicle and I didn't want to put anyone in an uncomfortable situation. I'm just glad he's home, feeling better and back to his old self.

On another note, after visiting hours were over at the hospital on Friday, I was supposed to meet Josh for dinner. I called him when I left and told him I had to change, then I would be ready to go somewhere. He gave me instructions to call him when I was ready and we'd figure out where we were meeting. I got ready and called him, no answer. I didn't hear from him all weekend. Can you say SHIT LIST?

Being up there all weekend made me grateful for my friends back here. Sean and Chad called/texted me virtually all weekend, they certainly missed me. Scott and Karrie drove up on Friday after work, so I had them there with me and we got to celebrate Easter with Karrie's family and my Grandma even came along.

All things considered, it was a great Easter and I'm so glad I got to spend it with people I love.

On the job front....my boss is driving me insane. He's got it in his head that I'm going to get this new position. Yesterday, he started off my Monday horribly. He called me in his office and told me that he would like more then 2 weeks notice. The nerve! 2 weeks is all I owe him and I'm not giving him another day...if I even get the job. He said he was going to "see what he could do about keeping me here longer then 2 weeks." If he does that, I'm going to go off....after 2 weeks I should be making a new rate of pay, unless he tries to keep me here longer...then I will be ticked. He also has me making a binder of the office procedures, apparently he wants me to make sure the new person does the job just like me. I appreciate the fact that he values me, but he obviously doesn't value me enough. If he valued me as much as he should, he would have got me more money when I asked for it months ago. He could have upgraded my position, but he choose to put that task on the back burner and now I've found a new job. The stressful part is that I haven't got the other job yet, and his acting like a total jerk all the time is not helping my stress level.

Everything else is just peachy! This week is pretty smooth sailing as far as school and work, especially since the boss won't be here Thursday or Friday. :)

~Ash