Work things.

How can one place stress me out so much? I love working there but I just can't deal with the politics anymore. From what I can gather I'm essentially expected to grovel and come up with a bulletproof plan for my replacement as supervisor.

I want a replacement so I don't have to make the silly plans for them anymore. No other work place would expect you to find the replacement for your position when you move on. Apparently within my company it's the only position with that requirement. More specifically only me - no previous staff have had to. Fun.

I'm also finding I'm far more emotionally attached to some of the critters then I wanted to be. One of our babies was sick this morning, I picked him up and it was like picking up a doll. Awful, just loose and floppy with no reaction. He's ok. He'll pull through - vets fixed him up. I just didn't realise how much of an effect those critters had on me! Apparently not as good at staying emotionally distant from them as I thought I was.

That's the side of the job I love though - not the sickness, but the getting to know each individual and their personality. It's something that I would certainly miss. It'll be hard to take any other kind of job after I've had the chance to work so closely with these animals for so long. I'm not sure another job will cut it, but I didn't spend that long studying to wind up there.

Having said that I have no idea where I want to wind up...it's all still unknown..