Most wickedly I did, as I sailed...
Yesterday, after my boss threw a mammoth spreadsheet at me with absolutely no instruction or direction on what I was supposed to do with it, I toiled with it for about 2 hours trying to figure out what each of the numbers meant. I didn't even know what it was or what each number was representing. So I somehow made some calculations, and I warned him that I am dreadful with both Excel and math, but he didn't seem to care as he was anxious to pass this job off to anyone but himself. Btw, this was one of those projects that *he* should have been taking care of, and at least if he wanted me to do it, give me a little more instruction than just "update these numbers for year 2". Obviously I made countless errors, having to re-do the whole thing once he finally realized that I wasn't going to figure out by myself and actually gave me some proper instruction. So I continued to work on it this morning, and after an incident with the photocopier that included half a bag of toner, a kettle full of water, an entire roll of paper towel and 90 minutes of my day, he finally decided to look over my numbers. Told me which ones were wrong (clearly, a lot) and then told me "oh you forgot to do this line and increase this row by $10,000." Um, no, I did not forget, he just decided to not tell me that part as well. Incidentally, making these two corrections will subsequently change every other number on the spreadsheet. So now I'm here, my hands are black and I have toner stains all over my pants (which won't come out), re-doing this god damn spreadsheet that I want nothing to do with other than perhaps to set on fire. Also, he has this incredibly annoying tendency to say "Yeah, we'll need to take care of that photocopier..." when he really means "You get to take care of it, while I check my emails and browse Ebay.", and then going on the phone to his friend David and saying something along the lines of "Oh you won't believe the shit I've had to go through with this photocopier today...". Every time he speaks, my blood begins to boil. I apologize about the endless updates on how my job happens to be pissing me off at a particular moment, but if I don't vent using this, I may do something drastic. Like smack my boss, cuss him out, or quit my job.
On a much lighter, happier note, we finally have a house!! Officially, the extremely nice landlord recieved our signed lease and my cheque's are in the mail! If you want to see our beautiful new apartment, go to www.oxfordrentals.ca and click on "Your Apartment" and scroll down for pictures. It's completely brand new, hardwood floors throughout, dishwasher, dryer, washing machine, microwave, and fridge all brand new. The bedrooms are all equal size, bright, and have locks on the doors. There are 2 full bathrooms for four people, or in our case...three people. The lady and her husband built the 2 houses specifically to be for students, so there are 3 levels to each place and each one is identical to the other. Because we have the lowest unit (which doesn't even feel like a basement because it's raised), we get our utilities included and it's cheaper than the upper apartments. There are 2 cars for each apartment, a private entrance. It's near downtown and on a lot of bus routes that go directly to campus. Yoga, Ceeps, Quizno's, Wendy's are only a block away. And - my favourite feature - the very first thing you see when you walk out the front door is a beautiful big Tim Horton's! Needless to say that we are extremely happy and relieved, after four months of searching and being let down, we found the perfect place. Anyways, I think that is enough updating for one day. I'm off to correct a spreadsheet that is currently my worst enemy.
On a much lighter, happier note, we finally have a house!! Officially, the extremely nice landlord recieved our signed lease and my cheque's are in the mail! If you want to see our beautiful new apartment, go to www.oxfordrentals.ca and click on "Your Apartment" and scroll down for pictures. It's completely brand new, hardwood floors throughout, dishwasher, dryer, washing machine, microwave, and fridge all brand new. The bedrooms are all equal size, bright, and have locks on the doors. There are 2 full bathrooms for four people, or in our case...three people. The lady and her husband built the 2 houses specifically to be for students, so there are 3 levels to each place and each one is identical to the other. Because we have the lowest unit (which doesn't even feel like a basement because it's raised), we get our utilities included and it's cheaper than the upper apartments. There are 2 cars for each apartment, a private entrance. It's near downtown and on a lot of bus routes that go directly to campus. Yoga, Ceeps, Quizno's, Wendy's are only a block away. And - my favourite feature - the very first thing you see when you walk out the front door is a beautiful big Tim Horton's! Needless to say that we are extremely happy and relieved, after four months of searching and being let down, we found the perfect place. Anyways, I think that is enough updating for one day. I'm off to correct a spreadsheet that is currently my worst enemy.