This morning I went into work and I was in a fine mood. I worked for 90 minutes before the other woman in the office came in. She didn’t even say hello. This first words out of her mouth were, “I’m on the war path, are you ready to take notes?” I was so taken aback I asked her to repeat herself. This time she narrowed her eyes, began burning a hole in my heart and repeated her statement with venom. So I grabbed a notebook. And I wrote down the names of some books that she wanted to order for the company. And I spent the next two hours trying to find both the English and Spanish translations of these books. FYI - if you don’t speak Spanish, you shouldn’t ever be in charge of buying books in Spanish. You will never feel POSITIVE you’ve bought the right ones.

For some reason, she was super bossy with me all day long. And quite honestly, I didn’t know how to react. I know that I shouldn’t think this way, but when she decided to have a meeting with the owners (my friends, mind you) she barked… yes, I do mean BARKED, for me to order lunch and go pick it up for them. I was so irritated. I only stayed for 5 and a half hours. I just needed to get away.

And now I remember why I like science and research so much. You collaborate, but you don’t have to take anybody’s shit. Was it worth the ten years in school? The five bazillion dollars in debt? I am beginning to think so.

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