in the apple
WORK
Work has been going well. The company I work for produces safety signage (you know: DANGER: Don't touch this or you will DIE; or CAUTION: Wet floor - those types of things) and they had a couple of people out for various reasons, so all of their orders were backed up. So for the past two weeks, I've been helping the production department with orders. It's a bit brain numbing, but hopefully this week I'll actually get to design some stuff for my department.
The only thing I don't like is that there seems to be some weird stigma about leaving right at 5 PM. I'm paid a flat annual salary, so I'm not compensated for overtime or staying late or anything, even if I do need to stay past 5 and finish up a project (yes, that sucks, but in this economy I took what I could get). People like to linger around after 5 - the other designer in the department always stays way after 5 (usually 6 or 7), which I don't understand. People kind of look at you funny if you bolt out the door right at 5.
I asked my boss about this and she agreed with me. She said, "Yeah, people are always looking to see who leaves first, but I have absolutely no problem being the first one out that door." I'm glad she doesn't have an issue with leaving when I'm actually supposed to leave. I like the people at work and everything, but when it's 5, I want to go home. No way I'm staying longer if I don't need to.
WEEKEND
This Saturday Kyle and I were lazy and just stayed home all day, which was nice as we haven't been able to do that for a couple of weeks.
Today, we took Mercury to the dog park. This time we went to a different one in a park in an area called Barrington, which is a swanky neighborhood in Rhode Island. The park was a lot bigger than the one we normally go to and had quite a few more dogs, so Mercury was able to run around and play a lot.
We normally see a lot of pitbulls and pitbull mixes at our usual dog park, but here there were mostly purebreds. We talked to a nice couple with a Welsh Corgi, saw a Great Dane that only wanted to chill out by her owners, Beagles, a Bloodhound, a chocolate Lab, an Irish Wolfhound, some German Sherperds, and more that I can't remember. It was kind of cool to see all the different breeds.
Mercury seems to have somehow caught some tapeworms, so we went to the pet store to pick up some dewormer. In the parking lot we saw this cute cute cute Newfoundland puppy - so fluffy! He was really well behaved too. So cute!
GAMES
We (meaning Kyle, I pretty much watched most of the time) "finished" Star Ocean 4. It was good, there's a lot of depth to the game. Kyle is going back now and doing all of the endgame stuff. The story was ok - there weren't any major plot twists that you couldn't figure out way ahead of time, but I liked most of the characters. Minus Sarah.
Right now I'm playing Mirror's Edge while Kyle is doing all the rest of the Star Oceans stuff. Mirror's Edge is pretty fun, though frustrating at times. It's hard because they don't give you all the rules to begin with, so you don't know exactly what you can and cannot do.
I was a little hesitant to try the game since the reviews I read were mixed, but I really enjoy the visual style and the challenging puzzles.
I haven't gotten much of a chance to play my DS at work, but when I do I try to work my way though some Mario Kart, which I haven't touched at all really.
Work has been going well. The company I work for produces safety signage (you know: DANGER: Don't touch this or you will DIE; or CAUTION: Wet floor - those types of things) and they had a couple of people out for various reasons, so all of their orders were backed up. So for the past two weeks, I've been helping the production department with orders. It's a bit brain numbing, but hopefully this week I'll actually get to design some stuff for my department.
The only thing I don't like is that there seems to be some weird stigma about leaving right at 5 PM. I'm paid a flat annual salary, so I'm not compensated for overtime or staying late or anything, even if I do need to stay past 5 and finish up a project (yes, that sucks, but in this economy I took what I could get). People like to linger around after 5 - the other designer in the department always stays way after 5 (usually 6 or 7), which I don't understand. People kind of look at you funny if you bolt out the door right at 5.
I asked my boss about this and she agreed with me. She said, "Yeah, people are always looking to see who leaves first, but I have absolutely no problem being the first one out that door." I'm glad she doesn't have an issue with leaving when I'm actually supposed to leave. I like the people at work and everything, but when it's 5, I want to go home. No way I'm staying longer if I don't need to.
WEEKEND
This Saturday Kyle and I were lazy and just stayed home all day, which was nice as we haven't been able to do that for a couple of weeks.
Today, we took Mercury to the dog park. This time we went to a different one in a park in an area called Barrington, which is a swanky neighborhood in Rhode Island. The park was a lot bigger than the one we normally go to and had quite a few more dogs, so Mercury was able to run around and play a lot.
We normally see a lot of pitbulls and pitbull mixes at our usual dog park, but here there were mostly purebreds. We talked to a nice couple with a Welsh Corgi, saw a Great Dane that only wanted to chill out by her owners, Beagles, a Bloodhound, a chocolate Lab, an Irish Wolfhound, some German Sherperds, and more that I can't remember. It was kind of cool to see all the different breeds.
Mercury seems to have somehow caught some tapeworms, so we went to the pet store to pick up some dewormer. In the parking lot we saw this cute cute cute Newfoundland puppy - so fluffy! He was really well behaved too. So cute!
GAMES
We (meaning Kyle, I pretty much watched most of the time) "finished" Star Ocean 4. It was good, there's a lot of depth to the game. Kyle is going back now and doing all of the endgame stuff. The story was ok - there weren't any major plot twists that you couldn't figure out way ahead of time, but I liked most of the characters. Minus Sarah.
Right now I'm playing Mirror's Edge while Kyle is doing all the rest of the Star Oceans stuff. Mirror's Edge is pretty fun, though frustrating at times. It's hard because they don't give you all the rules to begin with, so you don't know exactly what you can and cannot do.
I was a little hesitant to try the game since the reviews I read were mixed, but I really enjoy the visual style and the challenging puzzles.
I haven't gotten much of a chance to play my DS at work, but when I do I try to work my way though some Mario Kart, which I haven't touched at all really.