Monday, August 21, 2006
The Eye
Somehow a cyclone has managed to blow right into my life and my guess is that I'm caught within the eye of the storm. Yanno how the eye of a storm is like the calmest part before things are uprooted and thrashed about? Well, all last week had been filled with calm days. I was able to get work done without Mr. Yellow breathing down may back and things were actually pleasant between to the two of us. May and I had our radio appearance last Thursday and even though there was a slight switch in the topic, we handled ourselves accordingly. What baffled me was Mr. Yellow nonchalant attitude as I told him what took place minutes before May and I went on the air as we dealt with the topic change. Mr. Yellow claimed that he didn't listen in, but I still find that hard to believe.
Instead of talking about the magazine and the event connected with it, we had to speak more about the organization the magazine represented since it is the organization that is more of a service to the public. When the callers honed in with their questions, May and I tried to disguise our nervousness and perhaps lack of knowledge of the organization as we only knew the basics. Needless to say, my friends and family seem to think we carried ourselves well.
Then came Friday as it brought me both good and bad news towards the end of the day. The good news was that after spending three months of trying to schedule an interview with Ms. "Former BET," her publicist sent me a message with a confirmed date and time. Naturally this is exciting news as I have always wanted to meet her. The bad news, the lady that I had booked as the main speaker for the upcoming event for the magazine bailed at the last minute. For some reason I was very calm about the bad news, but I did ask if something else could be done such as have a representative of the company come and speak on her behalf. As very irritated I am about the unprofessionalism of this lady and her company, I still figured the event was covered with a speaker since I had also booked two other speakers. I figure the person representing the next big company can serve as the main speaker since she will be speaking about a heavy topic that is vital to the audience.
Well, this morning Mr. Yellow sends me an email to look for a replacemnt and he threw out two names. One of the individuals is currently out of town and the other I was hesitant about calling since he has been over used already with the magazine. It just so happens that May has gotten to know this gentleman on a personal level as well. In speaking with May earlier I put her on alert to go ahead and call the guy since she could get a hold of him faster. When Mr. Yellow called back to the offie to see if contact was made with this gentleman, he scolded me like a child on the phoen because I didn't contact the guy. He figured since he asked me to do it, that I should have done it and not doing it was somewhat disobeying or going against what he asked me to do. When I told him that I figured we would have a better chance of getting hold of him if May contacted him, Mr. Yellow didn't want to hear it. Nevertheless I sucked it up and that same pain in my stomach that I thought I had gotten rid of returned.
For three weeks or so I have been dealing with a nasty indigestion situation along with minor heartburn. Funny, today I didn't feel any of the pain or discomfort that I normally feel in the morning and sometimes throughout the day until I received that phone call from Mr. Yellow. I did manage to enroll in with an individual health care plan with Blue Cross Blue Shield that is affordable. My card is expected on the 1st.
*two min pause*
Now I'm really laughing. My mother just brought me my horoscope for this week, printed in The Washington Informer.
Aquarius: Tempers may flare around you this week but it's nothing personal, so keep your mind on your own work and let others act up. You'll be doing yourself a big favor if you get some exercise this week.
Posted by KomplexPhemale ::
9:37 PM ::
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