Things that irritate me today...
1. Not having a secretary to handle the admin stuff, but knowing I'm still being judged by my billable time. [Note: Admin functions are not billable]
2. The intern who talks incessantly. Also detracting from my billable time.
3. My obsession with blogs, leading me to check and recheck them every 1/2 hour. Also detracting from my billable time.
4. My bangs being just long enough to constantly be in my eyes. At times, detracting from my productive, billable time.
5. The sky-rocketing price of gasoline, and the fact that my new gas-guzzling SUV costs $37.00 to fill up, a number which keeps growing with each trip to the gas station.
6. The mysterious stains that always seem to appear on my newly dry-cleaned suits the first time I wear them.
7. The fact that certain men always think that they are under more stress than women; even women with equally important jobs; like my job as a lawyer could somehow never be as stressful [god forbid MORE stressful] because I am female. Perhaps my ovaries are supposed to absorb the stress. Or maybe men just think having breasts would be so exciting that they wouldn't care about job stress.
I'm not sure what it is, but apparently I don't work as hard, am not as burdened with stress and my career simply because I am a woman... and yes, my bitterness is also detracting from my billable time as I vent to the blog.