yea they'll have to wait until next thursday. i told my boss in a message what was going on and she called me from her vacation and said they were probably trying to sabotage her and get me to say she isn't helping me enough ( i guess someone here is out to get her ) so i am going to defer until she's back. the woman was like "FOILED AGAIN!" practically when i called and said 'well, i've been advised to just wait until deb gets back and we'll see what's up then...'
also, my boss said she'd make up some elaborate scheme of me having 'personal family problems' that she is dealing with extensively for me and helping me with. thus, end of matter.