What's the Dealio, Yo?

My second blog is just a ranting session regarding the last few weeks of life outside of a new baby in the house. I started a philosophy course that I ended up postponing due to Jasper's arrival. It was just too much at one time, and the text is sooooooo dry. I hope I pull this off next week. Lots of reading to do. My wife's family has been in a bit of a soap opera due to a few simple statements being very misconstrued and blown out of proportion. It makes life very difficult here because my wife is concerned, and human nature is to want to fix everything. She has been out of the loop, and the fact that she was somehow dragged into this mess in the first place leaves a sour taste in my mouth. There a few people that just need to chilax, remember what's most important, stop with the word vomit, get over it, grow a set, learn how to deal with conflict, and learn when selective reporting is the best method. It looks like we will not be going to San Diego this summer, which is kind of a bummer, but it may be for the best.
Work is just a chaotic mess of crap all the time. I cannot believe the amount of stress I allow it to cause me, even when I have so many wonderful things going on in my life right now. There is a promotional opportunity at work, an associate director position, and I have applied for it. I am sure interviews will start sometime this week. I am very interested to see the outcome. Of course, being completely bias, I feel I am the best candidate for the job and I will probably provide more success than Victoria. She has started a rumor, denied it, lied to me about the simplest things, and is now attempting to work with my employees on everything. I am getting so sick of it! The only way I will truly get this job is if my supervisor can really tell what is going on and knows how Victoria operates. I question whether she knows what's going on or not. I am also supposed to be hiring two more people for this position that no one really knows about because we are piloting the position. We have three folks coming up here from the Springs this week, and my boss will be out for three of the five days. I go through all of these scenarios in my head, how I am going to react, what could make or break the situation the last few days, what my family and I are going to do if this does not pan out well, and finally, even if this does pan out well to where I get the job, how to I handle Victoria under me? My team is doing fairly well, but all of my attention seems to be focused on getting this silly job. I will keep you posted.