TWIC - TWIC - TWIC- TWIC !!!! Why should I even blog about this is when all of you dear friends have heard nothing but this nasty four letter word spoken too many times by me? I guess I'm at the point of just venting it out. This four letter word as been so much a part of my life for about a year. So much has lead up to it; there was such a build up to it. We all knew it wasn't going to be pleasant, but than Feb. 28th we went live - and - well - it was anticlimactic. Everything we had prepared ourselves for - all the worst case scenarios that were going to happen....... Nothing really did. Sure you had a couple things go on, but they were nothing compared to what we had all worked up in our minds. I will say that it is an exhausting four letter word. There have been many days, many long days and lots of phone calls when I'm not at work. I know all of us have been doing our best to "do it" right, but there are a handful of people that want to make our jobs difficult. This sounds terrible, but I really want to vent out who the person/people who are doing it.....and feel I can't in case they happen to read my blog and I don't want this certain thing to escalate more than it really needs to be. My big complaint about this particular situation is: if someone had a problem with a particular system in place why didn't they just come to me and see how it could be worked on to improve if needed. Instead they felt they needed to call the Coast Guard (USCG) and make a much bigger deal out of it than it is. We are all doing our best and want to make this an easy procedure to put in place. I just don't get it. I've always believed that if you have a problem with someone/something you go to the source first. 99% of the time it can easily be fixed and everyone walks away happy. In the event it can't be worked out you go to the next "higher" level to resolve the situation. UGH I'm just frustrated with this. It amazes me the maturity level of "these"men who could be my father - that is just my opinion though. After this past week I am convinced that this four letter word (TWIC!) doesn't have to be difficult. There are people that just want to make it difficult. I don't get it. We all knew it was coming; yet some thought it wouldn't really happen and when it did they were not prepared and now have only hurt themselves by waiting until the last minute. I don't think I have ever said the word NO so many times in one hour, one day, one week. It's almost become a reflex. I even found myself not listen to what someone was asking me and just answering NO. It wasn't even a question about TWIC; it wasn't even a yes or no question. It is good that I'm not a parent......my kid/kids wouldn't be allowed to do anything - it would be NO to everything (Mom what time is dinner...NO, Mom can I help you...NO, Mom love you...NO). I've really need to work on it before my Sunday School class.
Anyway, that is my rant - my venting that I just had to get out. All I can look forward to is a TWICless day, and day where I don't get TWICed off; possibly (as my friend said to me) a TWICerific day.
