You're Fired

Do you ever have those days at work where you feel like you can’t do anything right? I DO!! And yesterday was one of those days. I’ve been sick all week because my allergies have turned into a sinus infection (yet again), so yesterday I was drugged up all day on over-the-counter medication which makes me incredibly drowsy. Not that that’s any excuse, but I do think it contributed to my multiple screw-ups yesterday. These include: sending a very valuable and important package to the wrong address, forgetting to give my boss a message on time, forgetting to remind him about an appointment which he subsequently missed, and giving him a message with the wrong person’s name on it (duh). The package worked out fine, I just called Fed Ex and had it re-routed to the correct address but I still looked like an incompetent moron in the meantime. And all of the other things just highlighted my incompetence throughout the day.

I am so over working. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job a lot and I love the people I work with. I really do have a wonderful boss who’s not too hard on me – even when I probably deserve it. But, I am not a mind-reader and I have become convinced that skill is essential when you’re somebody’s executive assistant. Seeing as how I will probably never become an expert in reading my boss’s mind, I really don’t think I’m cut out for the corporate world. I am always so stressed out at work wondering if I missed any details or if I am doing everything up to my boss’s standards. Sometimes at night, I even have to review the day to make sure I didn’t make an absent-minded mistake or forget to do something important. I hate always being on edge and having to second guess myself. Thus, I'm totally over having a "real job."

I am constantly trying to stave off getting fired for just one more day.