Haven't had time to post

I haven't had time to post in the last month. The new job is keeping quite busy and evenings I just seem to forget about posting.

So - the new job is going quite well I think. I'm certainly busy enough - although we seem to have gotten it down to a science and seem to be getting things done in a more timely fashion. We even each got to have extra time off last week because we were so caught up, we didn't have anything else to do. :) We can't be too efficient though - otherwise someone will get their hours cut.

I don't miss my old job at all. Not one bit. It's surprising too - even all the stuff that I had to hand off to others that I so worried about - I don't care about anymore. I could care less if they get the stuff done and get it done correctly. It was definately a good move for me to come to where I am now. I feel much better about myself, my job, the work that I do and when I go home at night, I don't worry about anything. I just do my job and go home and enjoy my life. It's nice for a change. I haven't felt this good about work since about 2002 or so.

Our favorite doggie is now on doggie prozac. Her separation anxiety came to a head after we got her fixed and she decided that she was going to bark at everything no matter if they were near the house or not. She was draining the collar of the cintronella and driving our bitchy neighbor who complains about her all the time - without cause. Granted, she barks at her everytime she comes out of her house - but she goes in and out constantly when she is sunbathing - maybe she should get a job and actually do some work! Just like I need to get to work or I won't get out early next week!

First day of new job

Well, today is the first day of my new job. I survived the last few weeks of my old one. Managed to suffer through the last day. They gave me a party on Wednesday - which was very nice and I will miss working for most of them. Especially the woman that I worked for first. But on to better things!

I got most of the my stuff organized yesterday. After putting in some hours working and getting the stuff ready for today's big push. Nothing like starting on a week where the stuff could hit the fan. I'm a little nervous but will manage to get things done correctly. I need to see how the flow works before suggesting any changes. One women in the department already is thinking of ways that we could be doing more instead of having to forward calls to her all the time. She is very excited that I am coming to the department and I am excited to be working with all of them.

Yesterday was much too humid to even think! It's still 76 degree's out and it's quarter to five in the morning. How do people in the south deal with this? How did people in the past before air conditioning and too many clothes deal with it? I'm very thankful that I live in the age of less clothes and more cold air!

Well, off to the shower to get on with my day. Have a great day everyone!

I found out today who I can trust and who I can't. I innocently pass on some information to a collegue about one of her staff and it comes back to bite me in the ass. I'm waiting now for the inevitable to happen. I only found out what was going on because my access to an outlook calendar had been removed and I had to ask another person who has viewing rights to see if they could still access it. And I'm sure that they will try to get me for breaking confidentiality, but the person who ratted me out went back to the person who told them, therefore breaking my confidentiality and also by placing the information in the calendar for others to see. So really, they did they same that I did. Granted, I did break that confidentiality but to only one person and for a reason that they were trying to keep track of how much time this person spent away from their desk. It wasn't to be malicious or to be sh-- disturbing in any way. But it just goes to show me who I can trust and who I can't and now I'm really glad that I'm leaving the department and going to a totally different one. I'm just hoping that this doesn't screw my chances with the new job.

Rain

I like an occasional rainy day - too much sun bothers me. But this is getting ridiculus. It's been nothing but rain every weekend for weeks. The last weekend with sun was Memorial Day and it was so humid it might as well have been raining. What has happened to the sunshine and 75 degree days that we used to have. And if anyone says this is global warming, I may have to hurt them.

On a better note, I went to Scrapbook Central with my sister-in-law today. I could have spent the better part of the day there and a lot more money! I came home with a good amount of stuff though. Enough to keep me going for awhile. Hopefully, Wednesday, I will be able to go with B to her friend's house who got her into this. It would be great to learn from someone who has been doing it awhile. I am having a good time with it though. I'm glad I was able to get some new stuff though - I was getting tired of using the same stuff over and over.

Got to start in my new job yesterday for some overtime. Funny how things just come back like you never left. I completely feel comfortable and actually had fun doing it. I don't remember having fun doing it before, but that doesn't mean anything. Maybe because I felt it was something that was just added to my job rather than it being something that I wanted to do. I hope that I can live up to everyone's expectations but I think I will. I know how to do the job, I'm accurate and fast, pleasant to deal with and don't take it personal when someone screams at me on the phone. :)

Well, off to find out if the indoor BBQ that was supposed to happen is still happening - it's looking like I'm the only one who was going to be able to go. One person wasn't feeling well, another has issues with her husband and if he is feeling up to watching the kids, then she would come. The others I don't know if they were going to go or not. I'm guessing not.

Have a great rainy weekend. :)

Colds.....

I came down with my first cold since last year last night. I made it all the way through the winter without getting sick. Why is it that the immune system just can't stay healthy!?!?

Not much else going on. Work is still pretty slow and I'm just about stir crazy from it. I hate not having anything to do and I don't think that it will be picking up any time soon. The woman who will have to pick up all the work that I do until a replacement is hired is in no way qualified to do it. She gets that deer in headlights look on her face any time I mention something that she is going to have to learn how to do. I don't think that a week is long enough to teach her and I'm sure that there will be lots of phone calls. The question is, how much do I train her and how much will I have to train my replacement. I really shouldn't worry about it too much. I am leaving the department altogether and it shouldn't be my problem of how much work that I do now and what is left for the ones that remain. But I worry about it anyway. I guess that is what makes me a good worker or employee.

Company coming this weekend and will be here for a week. BG and the boys will be here to visit. I hope the damn weather clears up. I can't imagine having the two of them inside all week because of rain.

Well, back to looking busy. I just hope I can maintain this until next Friday.
Ciao!

The Evolution of Dance

A Ghost Story

John Bradford, a Sydney University student, was on the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm. The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.

Suddenly he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door, just to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on!

The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road and saw a Curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before he hit the curve a hand appeared through the window and Turned the wheel, John, paralysed with terror, watched how the hand appeared every time they came to a curve.

John saw the lights of a pub down the road so, gathering strength, jumped out of the car and ran to it. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and asked for two shots of whisky. He then started telling everybody about the horrible experience he went through.A silence enveloped everybody when they realized he was crying and...wasn't drunk.

About 15 minutes later, two guys walked into the same pub. They Were also wet and out of breath. Looking around and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other, "Look, Bruce... Here's the idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it."

Bedtime routine of the dog

The Hubby and I recently adopted a dog - and she is wonderful for the most part. The weird part is when it's time to go to bed. She whines, and has to be on the bed and totally freaks out when she can't be - meaning one of the cats is on there and defending it with their life - and when is up there, she licks us to death and can't get close enough. I know that she was an abused dog and that some of it is just anxiety, but my poor hubby cannot be left alone unless I'm there to play the disciplinarian. I feel so bad for him because he just doesn't have it in his nature to do it. And I feel like the bad mom because I'm the one that scolds her when she needs it.

Hopefully, as time goes on, (we've only had her 3 weeks) she will get better and know that she is ours and we love her.

Work Slowdown

Why is it that when you give your notice at a job, those you work for suddenly start giving you less work? I gave my notice of transfer to a new position in the same company. Last week, I could barely keep up with the work and now I have nothing to do hence this blog. I found a friend through their blog last week that I hadn't spoken to in a long while and found his to be interesting.
I thought that this would be a healthy way for me to get out any frustration and stress and just in general talk about whatever I wanted. :)

So I've given my notice, they have given me the "what will we do without you" routine and now I have to sit here for 2 weeks with nothing to do? Come on! My brain is still functioning. My fingers still fly over the keyboard. Are they already adjusting to life without me? Dang! That was fast. When do I start to train the ones that are left here to do the work until they fill my position even though they don't have the skills to do it? It will take me at least two weeks to train the other women to do some of my stuff and then I'll have to train the one they hire too. Looks like any extra time that I have in my new job will be spent here trying to get them up to speed. Think I'll still get the same rate of pay?

Well, all for now. Gotta run.