ups and downs

The good news - email from Bosslady:
Hi all,

Just heard from Dan. Elaine just came out of surgery and is in recovery. Everything went well and the surgeon was able to use minimally invasive surgery. He thinks he removed everything necessary. She may be able to go home this weekend.

I am very relieved!

I am relieved as well, but to be honest, I'm sure Bosslady is more relieved that she won't have to try to vamp very long when it comes to things that are part of Elaine's job. I was concerned that she would try to saddle me with learning her job too but fortunately - so far - that hasn't happened.

In depressing news, my annual evaluation was today. I was told how wonderful I was and valuable and shit. Yeah, lip service. There's absolutely no prospects for ever getting any assistance or any possibility of upgrades. As I told halfmoon_mollie this was the gist of today's bullshit:
Her - Oh, you're so valuable and needed and everything! You do everything so well! Is there anything else?
Me - Well, my job is a lot and very tiring doing it all solo (note, for the last NINE years and the previous person that did it had an associate director title and I was HER assistant...anyway...). Also, as we saw with Elaine, we have shortages of staff and contingency plans
Her - Yep, well we're going to get Elaine some more staff. That's a priority
Me - And for me?
Her - Oh, you'll have to write up everything about your job so if something happens to you, we'll be fine

Yeah, seriously. Just disrespect all around. And if she thinks I'm taking any time to write up my entire complicated job, she can kiss my ass.