Burned out.. Whew.

Between stress and mind-numbing repetition at work and home, I've been a tad bit (aka whole lot) burned out. I'm tired. I'm caaah-ranky. Irritable. Worn out. Tired. Pooped. Beat down. Mentally exhausted. Blah. I muddle through part of the never ending laundry but loath finishing it. I have no problem putting it in the washer. Adding soap. Starting it up and... After that? Eh. That's where the fun ends. Yay. The saying where someone turns on the drier several times? Yup. That's me. Putting it away? Nevah! Lol. Only when I have to. Dishes are easier. The dishwasher in our house is no longer me. I still load and unload more than my fair share. Cleaning? Bah. We have magic fairies who do that. Alright. So they don't do such a thorough job, but with three dogs, two cats and a husband, they are a little mad at me. They refuse to finish every job in the house. Who could blame them? I wouldn't wanna do it dell either. I think they need a pay raise. Apparently they don't think dust bunnies are an acceptable method of payment. Might hafta bump it up to some pocket lint and a few cheerios that rolled under the fridge. Work schmurk. I'm considering sub-letting my QA job out. Lol. Think they will let me pay someone to do my job? No? Are ya sure? Positive? Yeah. You're probably right. Still. After two years in the department, I am severely burned out. It's just eval after eval after eval after... Yeah. It's just that exciting. Stress schmess. Big changes are just around the corner at work. On June 29th, we will no longer be ADT employees. The decision was made to split ADT and it's parent company Tyco. We will become Tyco Integrated Security. We will help our Aurora, CO and Toronto, Canada centers monitor commercial, national, government and abused men and women accounts. We may all be required to become DOD (Dept of Defense) certified, which is a huge 100+ page, in-depth background check accounting for every aspect of the past ten years of our lives. Whew. That's crazy. I'm hoping I can skip it. Not so sure I can. Especially when it comes to the QA dept. Soo. Yeah. Between work, home, puppies who font listen, cranky spouses who had their business / aka personal semi truck stolen, dealing with non-interested authorities and slow moving insurance claims, cleaning and cooking for a party, picking up debris from the aforementioned party, eval after eval after eval after eval, it's been a little stressful lately. Still. I know I have friends who have gone through worse circumstances than I have. We have a manager who was inexplicably, horribly and unnecessarily murdered over two years ago and his death has never been solved. We lost a material item. Our truck will eventually be replaced. My eval will eventually slow down with the customer / operator focus that is coming our way. They lost a family member. I will not complain about my life. We have a house to live in, vehicles to drive (even if they aren't Saab's), puppies who love us unconditionally and tons of friends who keep us sane and in touch with what is really important. My stress will pass. I am grateful to those who support those around them. If I've talked to ya within the past few years, you are appreciated. No matter how stressed I get, I can still laugh and have fun. That's what is important. All I want is a life filled with laughter. And magic cleaning fairies.