Yes, the burn out factor at my job, and in turn my life to a lesser extent, has been rather large as of late. This year I have drastically improved my output at work; I’m friendlier, I don’t call in as much (3 call in for the whole year and 0 tardies), and I even got accepted into a very special training program offered to the best of the best (only 20 spots for 500 workers). In short I’ve been kickin’ ass and takin’ names at work. This in conjunction with my drastic decrease in chemical mood alterations and the (albeit repeated) attempts to quit smoking (*cigarettes* which I am currently attempting as I type) have filled me with the urge to spoil myself. Thankfully my job offers a “Christmas Bonus” based on worker performance; for those poor dopes who “meet standards” its 500 dollars; for those better dopes that “exceed standards” its 700 dollars; and for the best dopes that show “outstanding standards” it’s a whooping 1000 dollars. Well I’ve got approx. 1,800 dollars worth of property tax due at the first of December; and I’ve saved approx. 1,500 dollars. Now the remaining 300 should be no problem right? I mean I clearly fall into the “Exceeds” or “Outstanding” category right? Well I’ll find out in a few weeks when I get my Eval. but my Supervisor has assured me that I will at least get an “exceeds”. WOO-HOO! That covers my Property Tax the rest of the way and lets me have enough left over to treat myself to some serious spoilage; namely the XBOX 360 (shining light, heavenly choir).

All is right with the world; I am one of the hardest workers in my department; and because of it I get to pay off more of my Condo and treat myself to hours and hours of Mutant Killing, Undead Hacking, Motorcycle Ridin’, Vampire Slaying fun…Right?

WRONG!

Just a little over a week ago Misericordia announced that due to the Budget Crisis (which has affected none of the Administration’s salaries, or prevented Miz from building three new houses on campus, or prevented them from re-paving ALL the roads on campus, or prevented them from holding a Gala Party for the fortieth year anniversary for Sister Rosemary); ALL BONUSES WILL BE CUT THIS YEAR! So not only does Super-Hard Working Gordon get the exact same bonus as the worst employee at Miz (I.E. Nothing); he doesn’t get to treat himself to anything fun and is short 300 bucks on his Property Tax…this equals major BURN-OUT!

My Baby and super empathic Girlfriend, Somnium_Antiu, picked up on this Burn-Out (mostly from all the swearing and continual sighs uttered whenever I talked about work); and she decided to do something about it. Last night she treated me to dinner, home cooked dinner. I grabbed a box of wine and “GI Joe” the movie from Blockbuster (absolutely hilarious, though not for the reasons it was intended; in short the plot of this movie was very nostalgic; because it was about as complex as the 80’s cartoon) and headed over to my Baby’s house (the mere fact that she wanted to watch GI Joe with me speaks volumes to her tolerance). The simple home cooked meal was not simple at all; IT WAS AMAZING!!! First brochette and garlic bread and lovely greek salad; soo good by itself; but then followed by tomato and feta covered chicken (fresh from the Butcher) that was DEVINE (Seriously this chicken goes down in the history of all the chicken I’ve ate in my life, in the top five; seriously amazing chicken). This was in addition to a lovely fettuccini with home-made basil sauce. THIS GIRL CAN COOK!!! So after stuffing myself with super awesome yummy goodness; she brought out desert…Crème Brulee (wait, let me rephrase that, fuckin’ spectacular Crème Brulee).

As I sat there digesting the Burn-out Busting Meal, she gave me a big box wrapped in red paper (with cute drawings all over it *which she had drawn*); it was my present. After all that she had done for me that entire night, she had also got me a present! Unbelievable, but there it was, a big shiny red box. She put it in my lap, it was very heavy, and I slowly peeled back the paper to reveal…

AN XBOX 360!!! (HALLELUJAH CHORUS)

No shit…my Girl bought me a brand spankin’ new XBOX 360!!! Why? Just for bein’ me…words cannot describe how fuckin’ lucky I am to have a Girl this fuckin’ awesome…Burn-Out is gone! I don’t care what happens at work, I don’t care what crazy shit happens in my personal life; I got the coolest Girlfriend in the world and I the rest of the world can go fuck themselves!

MY BABY ROCKS!!!

And I intend to hold on to her tooth and nail.

( (Born with a Tail Lyrics) )