I love my job... YAWN.. :O

Okay, I'm not complaining...BUT

I'm so bored at work!!  (No, I'm not writing this at work.) 

No, I really shouldn't complain.  I have a good job.  I sit in a somewhat comfortable office.  I have a big desk, a nice chair, a nice computer with internet access and a nice phone that I can take and receive personal calls.  I basically don't really share an office; there is a door between mine and my supervisors.  Even with her door closed, however, I can still hear the office politics.  My supervisor also lets me privy to all that goes on, so I guess you can say I work in a very safe area.  I also have a very flexible schedule.  I can take my lunch at 12 or 12:30 or 2:30..  I can come in at 8 or 8:30...or 8:45..  Yes..  I know I'm lucky... 

BUT..

I'm so incredibly bored most of the time.  There are days where I just sit there, and look for things to do.  I have been working in this same position for....um..over 15 years or so, so...let's just say I KNOW MY JOB a little too well.  I think I could do it blind folded.  I go to get a file, and my hands magically go to that particular file.  If someone comes or call with a question, I "amaze" them with my answers. 

"I can't find a file!  It goes to court tomorrow morning!  Can you help me?!" 

Tap..tap..tap...I go on the computer. 

 "Gee..  According to this last chrono, this file is with so and so..." 

"Oh thank you, Julie...thank you!!" 

Then they leave, all appreciative.  I sit there and watch them leave, and I wonder why that was so easy.  Can't these people read their chronos?  I sit there in wonder and amazement.  That was just too easy.  I've been here too long.  I really am robbing the county.  I need something else to do to make me feel worthy of being here. 

I got my evaluation today.  The supervisor that did the evaluation is another supervisor that I don't share an office with.  He apologized up and down for not having it done sooner, because it was about 6 months late.  No worries I told him..  It's not like I was waiting for a raise or anything.  I'm on my last step in this position so the only raises I get are those little "cost of living" raises we get every 2 years or so.  Well, as predicted, he gave me an outstanding evaluation citing, that I always do my job on time, and I do it well, and I always take on any new projects that are given to me, and I never complain, and I'm always there, and I'm a real team player...etc...  I don't think he knows exactly what I do, but he wrote me a very kind evaluation. 

He asked me if there was anything he could do to make my job more interesting.  Hmm...  I just smiled, and told him that I was very happy and comfortable.  What was I going to say?!  "Oh, please, I want to help the probation officers on the field and help with their searchs, and I also want to help with the pee testing!!  Please, oh pretty please?!"  I did tell him, that in few years I am probably going to have to start looking for employment in San Jose--where I live.  Nick will be starting kindergarten, and my older son will be starting high school near home..and there is no way I'm going to wake up my 5 year old at 5 am to get him to kindergarten in another town almost an hour away when there is an elementary school just down the street. 

Supervisor man, understood, and even told me that he would inform his wife that I may need a job in Santa Clara County, but he hopes I'll stay, and possibly move back over to Santa Cruz.  How amusing is that?  Well, if I win the lottery I told him, perhaps I'll move back.  He said he hopes I do win the lottery.  But, I told him back, "I don't think I'll stay working HERE if I did win the lottery.."  Seriously...  I don't love this job that much!

I later asked my other supervisor--the one I share an office with--how long you had to work as a county employee to get longevity pay.  "Twenty-five years!" was her reply.  Hell no...  25 years?!  Two more years will mark 20 years as a county employee.  I don't know if I'm ready for another 5 on top of that one. 

So, what did I do for the rest of the afternoon?  I applied for another position for another county online.  Am I evil or what?

Thank yo Missie for this tag!! :)