As I mentioned in my last blog, I have been trying to plan a trip to Italy with my Best Friend. I have been working my REAR END off for the last month trying to put this trip together so I can go.
Yesterday I had my last meeting with the last professor I had to get in contact with regarding my trip. In our meeting he told me that if anything his class is the class I should worry the least about. This means that I have permission from ALL of my professors to go on the trip! So things are finished on that front...
The next hurdle was my passport. When I applied last week, the lady informed me that I may not be eligible for a passport due to my birth certificate. This is a bunch of crap because I am adopted and have never had any other birth certificate. So, for the last week I have been anxiously awaiting my passport status to appear online for whether or not my passport would be processed. Well, after I chatted with my professor I had decided to check online if my passport was going to be processed, and much to my excitement, IT IS GOING THROUGH!! So the last two major hurdles of my trip have been climbed and conquered. BUT, of course when I take one step forward, I end up taking 2-3 back.
When I got to work yesterday I rushed into my bosses office to tell her of my exciting news about my trip because I have been talking about my trip with her for weeks now. Of course, when I talk to her she informs me that the main secretary, Mary, is going out of town during that same time and that I have to talk to her about my trip. This is CRAP. I talked to her over a month ago about my trip and asked her specifically if Mary was going to be going out of town in December, and my boss told me, "No she's not, she's going out of town in March for her son's wedding." So based on what she told me, I planned my trip. There is NO way I am going to just cancel my trip after all of that hard work and time I have put into my trip so that the main secretary can go out of town, when she went out of town last week! AND I won't even get paid for my time off, and she will.
So I sat for the 3 hours at work yesterday just trying not to cry because of how angry/upset I was. So, after I got off of work, I decided that there is no way my work is going to stop me from going on my trip. So I called Danielle, my other best friend, and talked to her about my trip. She told me that I am only responsible for my hours, and that as far as she is concerned, my hours are going to be covered. So she is going to take my week night shifts, and I am trading my weekend day with the other secretary, so I CAN GO ON MY TRIP!!
I have decided that if my boss tries to tell me that I can't go, that I will just plan on putting my 2 weeks in 2 weeks before I leave for my trip.
I think planning this trip has definitely helped me to learn how to manage my stress, and not let the worry get too overwhelming as well. I think too it has really opened my eyes as to what I can really accomplish, and what I can do with enough dedication.
This is definitely a LONG post, and I really have to study for the GRE (EWWWW)
Arrivederci per Ora <3
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