I apologize now for any contact anyone may have had with me this week, and will go ahead and preemptively apologize for any contact someone may have with me in the near future.

I am just a grouch as of late.

There is no reason.  Okay, work has been stressing me out this week.  But it’s nothing we haven’t seen before.  And the baby?  He’s perfect.  Happy, so much fun, and a great little bundle of boy.  My marriage?  Awesome.  Couldn’t be better.

THEN WHY IN THE HELL DO I KEEP SNAPPING PEOPLE’S HEADS OFF?

Now, I’ve done what I can.. I know myself well enough to figure that I’m acting this way and the best defense is a good offense, so to speak.  I’m staying to myself.  I’m not really conversing.  I’m trying my best to just get by.

BUT PEOPLE KEEP TALKING TO ME.

I confessed all of this to Bryan last night, and all he had was that maybe it’s a touch of post-partum depression.  This pissed me off. (What hasn’t, as of late?) But to say it’s something as blanketed as that is like saying any woman who is upset MUST be PMSing.

Case-in-point: (more…)

One thing I very much suck at.. like, VERY MUCH.. ask my friends and they will tell you how true it is.. is using the phone.  My new cell phone, which is a fantabulous Valentine’s Day present from Bryan, serves as a alphanumeric pager that is equipped with a camera.  I’m HORRIBLE about answering the phone.

When I came in this morning, my voicemail light on my desk phone is on.  I AM TERRIFIED TO CHECK THE VOICEMAIL.  Why am I so illogical?

If you’ve called me at work today, I’m sorry.  It doesn’t look probable that I’ll return your call.

Tomorrow is not looking good, either.

Because I typically follow the law of Dooce, I don’t blog about work.  I try not too.  Sometimes, I will be so riled up however, that I cannot help myself.

Like today.

SO.  I returned to work on 01/21.  My doctor’s office faxed in a hand-written note from the doctor THAT day, and I also called my company’s leave management department to verify that I had returned.  Tuesday, they said they had received it and all was well.

Wednesday (the 23rd) I tried to access an online system I use for my job and it wouldn’t let me in.  Said I wasn’t an “ACTIVE” employee.  So I called Leave Management.  They said they hadn’t received anything from my doctor.

But the note? I asked.

Not official, they said.

So my doctor’s office faxed over the company’s OFFICIAL RETURN TO WORK form on Thursday.  I called on Friday morning and they said, “Well, it takes 24 to 48 hours to register in the system.”

So I waited. (more…)