Ah, it's a Friday-the-13th today. Not that I've ever noticed anything out of the ordinary on such calendar coincidences, unlike full moons. I've definitely had conversations with my sister where I've complained about the dog being a bit psycho, and she's pointed out lunar cycle as a possible contributing factor ( Read more... )

Day three of being properly employed again, and I'm feeling... tired. Because a social engagement had me up until 1 AM last night (NOT a normal occurrence). But otherwise things seem to be going well. It's a little eerie how little training they bothered to give me before saying "here's some stuff to work through on your own this week, we'll train ( Read more... )

Just accepted a job offer--not full time, but very good hourly rate, and a flexible schedule. Also, I am already very familiar with the organization and the people working there, so I know it will be a good fit ( Read more... )

Man, job-hunting is the pits. Best analogy I can find is shopping for a swim suit--the longer the process goes, the more tempting it is to just hate yourself and give up ( Read more... )

Okay. Just finished doing the last task on the last day at the job I've had since I was 18--no more VPN access, no more work Outlook account. Forgot to send a reminder to remove all my various admin accounts, but I'm done. No more cleaning up other people's messes, at least not for at least 2 months. I haven't had a proper summer vacation since ( Read more... )

Two weeks of employment remaining and I am ... very very ready to be done. I am frantically trying to finish up what was supposed to be a two-person project, going through and verifying 5200+ transcripts (about 10% of them have significant formatting issues) prior to the coming merger with a larger school. As the task was originally divvied up, I'd ( Read more... )

Things I should be doing ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned in a few places by this point, I received confirmation last week that my job will no longer exist after June 30. I am ... mostly at peace about this, given that it's been a strong possibility verging on certainty for a number of months now. Heck, I was supposed to be working only 15 hours a week at this point, but a couple of ( Read more... )

So, the latest news from work is that since my supervisor is leaving, I'll get to stay at my current level of 25 hours per week indefinitely instead of having them gradually cut down to 15 over the next couple of months. Which I'm not complaining about! (They tentatively offered to put me all the way back to 30 hours, but the HR lady and I both ( Read more... )

Last week I said I wouldn't trade my life with anyone's--but I do harbor a few regrets, almost entirely college-related. It's sort of odd the way they still sit at the very back of my thoughts, like small stones polished smooth from much handling.

• That solitary, super-late math essay the end of my sophomore year that almost got me flunked. My very ( Read more... )