Tomorrow at work, there's a big kickoff deal for the new school year. It's this big deal the marketing department puts on, and as a marketing flunky I need to attend. It'll be a long day. I have to get to the banquet hall around 7:00 AM to help set up stuff. I'll need to be in a suit and tie, schmooz, and hand out little doodads and ( Read more... )

Man, it's taking me a long time to get back into the swing of things. I've still not caught up on sleep. Last night, I got home and promptly fell asleep for three hours, and had dreams about trying to get into bars that were closed, and being forced to play a game of golf I didn't want to play. Gee, you think that might be interpreted as a ( Read more... )

I've nearly completed my first week at my new work location, and I have to say I like it. I like it a lot. It's funky, unconventional, isolated and non-corporate. I'm away from the big bosses in Woodbury. Plus it's a shorter commute, and the nearby gas station has gas for about a dime less than the gas stations near my home. We're right next ( Read more... )

Well, pending the formality of the actual job interview, I'm hired permanently at the Minnesota School of Business. The boss wanted my official start date to be July 1st, but I asked to have it moved to July 15th, because it felt kind of sleazy to get hired and then instantly take two days off for CONvergence. Also, starting Monday I'll be ( Read more... )

One of the nice and not-so-nice things about working for a business that's closely tied to the school year is that work slows down basically to nothing during the holidays. All the students are on winter break. So, on mutual agreement between myself and my boss, I'm not going in tomorrow. No pay of course, but fighting the predicted lousy ( Read more... )

It's been a pretty easy week. As my job is largely tied to the state high school schedule, work has been rather undemanding, as the kids either are out of school or too busy doing finals. And somehow I got all my Christmas shopping done a couple days ago. I'm still unsure how I managed that. If it's not a personal record, it's close ( Read more... )

Unscheduled break, as my supervisors scramble for stuff for me to do. It happens. Sometimes there's a lull in leads, when someone has a meeting or an appointment or something. But this is getting a tad long, over a half hour now. It's making me nervous. But I'm not getting lectured about keeping busy or other invented concerns, which is ( Read more... )

Hey, guess who's still at work! Yep, it's me! Party time! Break out the hats and hooters ( Read more... )

I think it's finally happened. I've run out of things to say ( Read more... )

Yesterday at work, I finally got a real cube. I had been jammed into sort of a study carrel space, which was intended for business visitors who needed a laptop connection for a couple hours, and not a temp who was going to be around for months. It's like a really for real cube, with full-size walls and a nameplate with my name on it. And it's ( Read more... )