I'm still alive?...

[floatingleaf]

First and foremost, warm thanks to everyone for the comments to my previous post (you lovely people know who you are :). Some of them (the ones that appeared before I left for work this morning) gave me the strength and courage I needed to face my boss about the whole me-not-being-right-for-the-job issue. And actually, she was very understanding and courteous about it, admitting that not everyone is suited for that type of environment and suggesting I should go to the HR and inquire about other positions within the company that might fit me better (actually, I was kind of amazed at how mature and professional we both acted during the whole conversation... lol). Since it seemed like a sensible thing to do, instead of just quitting at once (however tempting that might have been in my current state of mind), I think I'm going to grin and bear it for another week or so and see if anything works out. It wasn't so bad today, actually; I did make a couple of stupid errors, due mainly to not having slept for over 24 hours, but didn't get stabbed with any murderous looks for it. Or maybe I was just too exhausted to notice... lol.

On a side note... homeopathic sleeping pills Calms FORTE. HA HA HA. What utterly useless crap. I took THREE, and didn't as much as doze off all night. Didn't even feel my eyelids getting heavy, lol. I guess I need some hardcore chemical tranquilizers, like the ones they give to raving lunatics at mental institutions, to put me to sleep when I am in my full angst mode... *sigh*

Of course, the best natural sleep aid is sheer physical/mental exhaustion, and it's definitely at work right now.:) Actually, I took a longish nap already right after coming home this afternoon... and now all I feel like is brushing my teeth and going back to bed. I still have well over 100 unread emails, not to mention the unanswered comments... but hopefully I'll deal with that over the weekend. Ahh, the weekend - my only light in the deep, dark tunnel.;P *scurries off before her face hits the keyboard*

Comments

[slesia.livejournal.com]

Eeheeeh
Remember a song by Sting called An English Man in NY? There he said "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien..." referring to this. I suppose, for some Americans (thank God not to all!) whatever is not like them is kinda alien... oops, sorry, I let a bit of venom out, should keep better care of my fangs *g*

I'm glad that at least the residence thing is not an issue for you :) 'cos that would have added extra stress to the job problem :)
xxxS.

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Remember a song by Sting called An English Man in NY? There he said "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien..."

Oh yeah. That song rules. It was playing in my head all the time when I filled out my immigration papers...:D

I suppose, for some Americans (thank God not to all!) whatever is not like them is kinda alien...

You're absolutely right, and I don't mind your fangs.;) Of course this remark does not apply to the Americans on my flist, who are a bunch of extremely sweet, open minded people - otherwise they wouldn't have friended an alien like me.:;P But one of the women I tried (quite unsuccesfully) to date here said to me once: "You're SO European" - and it didn't sound like a compliment... LOL.

*hugs to you and all fellow-Europeans who might happen to be around* :D