I just don't want to turn your entries into a pity party. That is what my own journal is for :) I'm glad that I do have someone else ouside of family to vent to, so thanks!
Yeah, the proving yourself thing. I should be used to it by now. I've been in almost 9 years, but it still can be frustrating. Thankfully, the group of people I work with every day are good. They realize it's going to take me a few weeks to truly get into the swing of things. And are willing to help me out. Even though I'm close to being the lowest-ranking person on the floor @ E5. Most are O's, but they are good O's, not dicks.
I do feel you on the lack of a "real" vacation though. When I took leave last month, most of it was spent on base. I looked at my leave days count the other day...63.5 I think was the count. I'm not going to be taking any leave for the next 4 months, and we get 2.5 days a month. So, yeah. But like you, we have a "use or lose" thing too. The upped the number to 70 days. I think it used to be 60 or something like that.
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Yeah, the proving yourself thing. I should be used to it by now. I've been in almost 9 years, but it still can be frustrating. Thankfully, the group of people I work with every day are good. They realize it's going to take me a few weeks to truly get into the swing of things. And are willing to help me out. Even though I'm close to being the lowest-ranking person on the floor @ E5. Most are O's, but they are good O's, not dicks.
I do feel you on the lack of a "real" vacation though. When I took leave last month, most of it was spent on base. I looked at my leave days count the other day...63.5 I think was the count. I'm not going to be taking any leave for the next 4 months, and we get 2.5 days a month. So, yeah. But like you, we have a "use or lose" thing too. The upped the number to 70 days. I think it used to be 60 or something like that.
Again, thanks for the place to vent!