Priorities

So, those of you that visit me on IRC (ha, I don’t think any of you do. XD) – you know it’s not been exactly a good week for me so far. I’ve been moody and pissy, generally just not fun to be around.

Or – maybe you just didn’t notice at all. I tend to get like that. All the ‘MEH’ stays inside and things are just ‘fine’. Most of y’all know where I am on this one. I’m sure you do.

But – anyway. I took the day off from IRC, to wallow in my self-pity. Hey. Vacation is over. I’m allowed. Besides, once school starts, I won’t have time. (;

Then, as is bizarrely normal in my life, reality called. No, really. It called me on the phone. In the form of my Sis. Yes, my Sis. I love her to death, but she NEVER calls me. Ever. She rarely sends me an IM. So – getting a phone call from Sis at all was weird.

So – picture this. I’m lounging on the sofa, watching MASH. No, not in my pajamas. I *DID* at least get dressed today. Pffft. As if I’d wallow in self-pity in my pajamas. (Okay, okay. I refuse to go get the mail in my pajamas, so I had to get dressed.) Just lounging around with the cat. Sis calls. And it goes a little something like this.

Me: Hey?
Sis: Hey. So – uh – what are you doing, like, today or tomorrow?
(At this point, I’m wondering if she’s in town and wants food or something. My family does weird stuff like that.)
Me: I don’t know, why?
Sis: Mom got fired.
Me: SAY WHAT?! *eye phone with strange, disbelieving stare*
Sis: Mom got fired from work.
Me: What the hell for?
Sis: Surfing on the internet.
(Okay, let me break in again to say that Mom is not your standard office jockey. She’s not a secretary. She’s an RN/CCRN currently working in an office on OTHER things. I don’t remember the details exactly. I believe she was originally hired to oversee some education classes for the staff.)
Me: You are KIDDING, right?
Sis: No. She was looking up travel stuff for her trip.
Me: Freakin’ Christ.

Anyway. There was more, but – jesus god. If there is ANYTHING I know, it’s that my mother would not need to be FIRED over that. For the love of Christ, she is the hardest working person I know. I mean, you’d think they’d WARN her. When I was working as a temp – a FUCKING TEMP – I got the warning when I got caught. (In my defense, I wasn’t ‘surfing’ so much as trying to get my favorite radio station to stream while I worked. But it’s hard to tell the lady who just tapped on your shoulder that. It creeps you out to get that tap.)

So – those of you who know me well know there’s a trip SOUTH in my immediate future. I don’t think Mom has been fired in her LIFE. Resigned, quit – yes. Fired? Never. (To my knowledge.)

This is not right. Course, they’ve really been looking for a reason to fire her. But – honestly. This has got to be the STUPIDEST thing I have EVER heard in my life. EVERYone should get the ‘dont’ do that at work’ lecture before they get fired. And if it was her LUNCH HOUR – who the FUCK cares? GAH.

So – yeah.

Self-pity: 0
Reality: 40000000000000

Score is exaggerated – but, seriously, when I start to sink into the morass of my petty problems, life generally gives me that kick that says, you IDIOT. Your life is NOT that bad.