Reaping My Whirlwind

 Well, we've arrived. Survived one week at work. Met a few lively sorts (lively, NOT likely). It's a nice town.

I resigned on Tuesday. I've told people. I am packing. Feelings are mixed. Relief, sorrow, disappointment, excitement, uncertainty. Exhaustion!

 I am moving to the tiny town of Theodore. I signed a Letter of Offer today and an immense weight has lifted. Done, Done and DONE! I am going to wait another week before I send in my resignation letter, I have stuff to get done with clients this coming week...

 Not gonna make October. I'm applying for jobs in Queensland. I am done, done, DONE!!! This week, a crime spree saw our office broken into, the work Prado stolen and used to ramraid at least 3 businesses (one of them twice), take out the repeater tower for town (lost all wifi, phones and security cameras) then torched. By teenagers. That is bad enough in itself. What really sucks is the total lack of support and care for clients and staff that has been shown by Head Office (my boss has been FANTASTIC!) The day it happened, there were screams because I cancelled supports. I was doing notifications of cancellation, got rocks thrown at my car (damage was done). I called stumps for the day. Then the pressure for an internal Incident Report started (the police one was done). Along with a Risk Assessment. Because clearly, this will help. I have heard from Head Office exactly twice: once to try to get me to take a crappy car as replacement (no) and once to set up an appointment with a pro...

 Today (July 9th, 2021) I did something either really daft or really smart. I told my immediate boss (my line manager, who is FREAKING AWESOME!!) that I have hit the 'Nah!' line. I am over being understaffed, overworked and under pressure. It's enough. She is the same, she is over the bullshit. And has a lot going on personally as well. So, I am not sure if this was a daft thing to do (she's likely to tell the CEO how close I am to walking) or a smart thing (maybe I will get more support?) But for now, it's lifted a lot of weight off me. I have until October to get my shit together (client has an eye op late August, company gets audited again September, line manager is on leave until mid-October from late August). So, the current plan is: get the training the company are pushing and paying for (which will be handy). Start my Diploma in Tourism Management. Work. Save. Start packing up/cleaning the house. Prepare myself to move to the office and hide the animals if ne...

 My 'problem child' client was not in today so we all had a fairly chilled day - went for morning tea in the bush where I got native 'soap', to taste sap (chewy) and to try 'sweet tree' (I didn't ask). The dog came with us, he was out of sorts this morning, so I took him in with me. He was 'Ehh...' most of the day but came good in the afternoon. I fully expect to get yelled at tomorrow for not answering my phone/waiting around for the 'problem child' client - but the reality is we are not going to sit around waiting for one person who may or may not turn up.