I've nothing fun or interesting to discuss lately. My husband is getting to the end of his rope at work - he is just miserable there.

No, his job is not in jeopardy. Things have been hectic and nutso for some time, but its just been getting progessively worse for him. He got a promotion in December - and of course the new salary doesn't kick in untl APRIL which STINKS! Yeah, he's basically doing double work (new job responsibilities plus tying up the end of his current project) and isn't getting paid for it. Typical corporate BS.

He's putting in about 10-12 hours per day. Yesterday he went into work at 7am and got home at 10:15 pm - and its only a 20 minute commute! Friday night we were sound asleep on to be awakend at 12:05 am by the phone - from work, naturally, letting him know a certain process was finished and was ready for him to work with. He's not a friggin' OB/Gyne waiting for a baby to arrive in the middle of the night! He's an IT manager!!! If he had been expecting a call like that (Honey, programmer X may be calling me sometime tonight or tomorrow morning to let me know that yadda yadda yadda...) I wouldn't have been so angry. Maybe he did know and forgot to tell me?

When I was a kid my dad was frequently "on call" - especially during bad weather. He worked for a public utility and naturally, if service was interupted he needed to be in work to get it restored. That was part of the business. It was hard on my mom, being home sometimes for DAYS on end with three little kids and no dad (plus, she didn't drive at the time) but we got through it.

This situation though, somehow seems different. When my pop would jump into the trenches and figure out a way, with a crew, to stop a gas main explosion from destroying a neighborhood, naturally he felt GOOD. My husband is getting little to no satisfaction from his projects and their frantic pace, even though his individual contributions are often recognized and complimetned by those higher-up in the organization.

So I've taken time out of my daily job search and resume-updating for him to vent my frustrations here in blogville. We are scrambling together to find something else for him in the area. I am somewhat saddened about the prospect of change because he gets over 3 weeks of vacation with his current company since he has been there so long. But vacation time is pretty useless if you can never use it, I guess.