worth on the planet?

it’s been one of those plug-in the headphones and work like crazy days. there is something about reformatting 100-page reports for the internet that depresses the hell out of me… my temperment is not so suited to tedious monkey-work, and after a day of it i start to wonder about my worth on the planet. i really am thinking that the minute a union communications position comes up i should get the hell out of here…. i mean, if i am going to stay in communications work i’d like to get back into regular strategic communications and out of technology project management. as long as i stay at fisheries i’ve been pigeon-holed as a geek and that’s probably the role i will stay in…..

there’s a lot of pressure here at work right now to assume a larger supervisory role for communications-technology work across the region – but with only a single person working for me now i’m afraid of overloading both her and i without getting the functional resources we need. it wouldn’t be so bad if everyone used the same systems – but unfortunately we have the most chaotic server and systems set up i have ever even heard of – which means having to navigate multiple environments to complete essentially the same tasks. i’m supposed to be working on an integration project when we move to the new internet server but since this is the busy time of year for us – i’m not getting to what i have to do on that yet.

i have a union meeting tonight and am meeting jess later for drinks – this should all make me feel more sane — for the meantime i think i might steal a little time at the end of the day to work on my book….. useful yes?