At the hospital

Duly stolen.

Sending good vibes your way from Houston, LSL. Hope everything turns out ok.

Hi LSL,

I hope your hubby feels better soon. Just donated some gas money. Hope it helps a small bit. Both of you are in our prayers.

Just finished working 10.5 hours and have to run over to the hospital now. I was hoping to go over at a reasonable hour today (since I was there till 1:30 am last night) but these work projects are nuts and the clients demand everything right away.

My boss "in the nicest possible way" asked me if I would work this weekend because we have to bid on another project. I told her No I couldn't work this weekend, that I had to do things -- I didn't mention they were catch up on sleep, spend time at the hospital, run errands, do housework, all these fun things -- she doesn't need to know, but I just don't want to work this weekend. We're salaried so it doesn't affect my pay. She backed off and said, oh of course, you have other things to deal with. ... Ya think?

/end rant

Sorry about that. It's been a long day and I haven't even been able to get my fix of the hampur today. 


Just dropped in to post this, and off I go to the hospital.

Thanks for the info! My company is so small (about 10 people; owned by a bigger company in India) and most of us work from home, so if one person is out, then it really screws up the projects. But at least I can take off during the day and they don't know, and generally they've been good about my taking time to bring my husband to doctor's appts without it counting as vacation days.

I just think that right now, my boss is trying to impress her boss, because another person between them hierarchically left the company. So she's pushing to get things done that she needs to show her boss, which is what she wanted me to work on this weekend. It's weird because the work will get done on Monday so I don't know why she was acting that way.

Heck with work, I'm going to enjoy the nice weather today and head over to the hospital shortly.

I don't agree here, and no I am not in her boss's position. Her boss has every right to ask, boss has a company to run and  she is responsible to satisfy the customer/client, LSL also has every right to say no. I am of the opinion that what makes the boss is how he/she reacts to LSL after the fact. A boss can't or should not hold it against an employee, especially one in the situation LSL is in. The fact that someone is salaried does not simply say you are 9-5, you are responsible to get the job done, regardless of hours, but you have also understand when and where you are being taken advantage of. If my boss told me we would generate 2mil a month more in sales if the front of the building was re-painted, I would be the first one out there with a brush. I must say though, I have great boss's and they work with us on just about everything, and this is because we work with them. I know when I need to come in on a Saturday and I don't wait to be asked and it's not taken advantage of. I think I end up coming in 2-3 Saturdays a year.



As for the FLA, I believe in it but I also think it is taken advantage of, I would never use this like I see people using it. LSL, you are certainly in a position where you need some time, I hope your boss is working with you in a fair way and I hope when you say you can't work Saturday you boss understands. Listen if I where your boss and you where not a slacker and with you going through what you are, you could tell me no because your exhausted and simply need some rest, I would be completely ok with that, and 10hr days tells me your no slacker. 

I don't know, just my thoughts. 

So, I'm pretty stressed out right now. We were told that my husband is being discharged tomorrow. They were going to do it today, with absolutely no warning. F'kn non-communicative idiots!

Maybe I wouldn't mind so much, but he's not better yet. He will need 8 to 12 more weeks to heal and they won't keep him in the hospital that long. They could do surgery to try to fix the obstruction, but he's too sick for that and it's too risky right now. Maybe in 8-12 weeks, he would be healed enough for surgery. Of course, the hope is that he heals completely on his own and doesn't need any more surgery.

He's still not allowed to drink or eat anything and will be on an IV for nutrition, and maybe other stuff I don't know, when he comes home. So I'm going over there shortly to learn how to administer an IV. (Jworks--where the hell are you when we need you? )