I am so mad I could spit!!!!!!
Mood:  irritated
We got word about a month ago that my boss and I would have to have budget training. It was understood that the class would be offered twice. One session would be in the district office and the other would be here at my lake. Great!!! I wouldn't have to travel anywhere. They then announced it would be held the week after Thanksgiving. Not all that happy about that part but hey it would be in my office so not really a big deal.

Well my boss comes out this morning from his weekly conference call and says that they have decided to hold only one session and it will be in Wilmington and it will be 3 days long starting the Monday after Thanksgiving. WTF!?!

Okay, normally I don't mind going to Wilmington but here is the thing. I am going home to WV for Thanksgiving and I have hired a pet sitter to watch the cat while I am gone. I know you are saying, "it is a cat...they can take care of themselves." Not this cat...he would destroy the apartment. The bird incidentally will be going home with me. The pet sitting expense will be just over $102. I planned for this and budgeted for it. Now because some idiot in the District has the planning abilities of a gnat, I have to some how come up with $74.

I flat out told my boss that I couldn't go. I can't afford it. He just gave me a look. Which for some reason sent me into a rage and I went off about how they, especially him, make WAY more money than I do. How they all have significant others to share the financial burdened. The money I make has to be budgeted carefully or I can't pay my rent or afford to buy food. I am in essence a single mother. I know to most of you my pets don't compare to children but in my eyes they do. I took on the responsibility for caring for them. They depend on me for food, shelter, and love. Don't children require the same? My boss looked at me and said, "don't worry...we will figure this out." Which did nothing to calm me down. I don't know what I expected him to say or even why I blew up at him. I guess because he was an easy target. I guess I hoped that he would have fought harder to change the training class. To explain to the District that it would be cheaper to have the session at Falls because you wouldn't have so many people on TDY. But he said nothing. He just excepted it. I love my boss to death but this is one aspect in which we are very different. He excepts things the way they are...I fight to change things to suit my needs.

I emailed the person putting on the training and he said so far I am the only one to complain. I am actually not the only one to complain, just no one else has voiced there complaints to him. Within 10 minutes of finding out that we had to go to Wilmington, I got 10 emails from fellow rangers complaining.

*sigh* it is days like this that I wish I was back working for the park service. We never had any money so they never sent us anywhere. All training was done online.

I need a beer!!!!