She types like the wind!
So! New job!
Well, the same one I started last week, I just haven't had a chance to write about it much. Apparently, I'm very good at it. I did well over 100 forms yesterday (my job is to enter the information found on about five different types of forms into the computer system, which can sometimes take up to five minutes, if it's a mess and confusing, usually takes an average of two minutes and sometimes can take as little as ten seconds, depending on how much information there is), which is apparently a lot. I felt like I was going really slowly, to be honest. I can't do the number pad without looking, so I had to keep looking down and looking up, which wastes SO much time; but apparently, I'm superfast, so imagine how I'll be once I *actually* learn the number pad.
The DE department is decent sized...somewhere around a dozen DE reps, myself included. We've all got cubicles (hee! I have a cubicle!) and generally, everyone keeps to themselves during the day, save for a handful of wanderers. Most people either have headphones or their radio going, though people do stop and chat with each other every once in a while. The dress is business casual, which I can do (khakis in the morning, khakis in the evening, khakis all the time). Granted, it's not as wonderful as "Oh, just wear whatever. No one's going to see you anyway," but they do have casual Fridays, which means jeans and a decent shirt. If I worked Saturdays, I could come in wearing pajamas if I liked...but I do not like. No more Saturdays for me, thank you.
Apparently, the process to get hired can take anywhere from a month to a year, but I'm hoping for something in between. Granted, it'd be nice to get started on my "90 days to health insurance" run, but the good thing about being a temp is that it's acceptable for me to have a week in May to go to the beach with Angela (I hope) and the end of June to go to Texas (no hoping there...I will be in Grapevine June 28-July 4). Once hired, I do get a week's paid vacation, but I have to take it when it's available. I don't need to be paid for those two weeks...I just need to be able to say "Ibrahim, I won't be here these days" and have him say, "Okay, that's fine."
In WoW news, I've cut back a LOT on my playing time. Obviously. Before, I was playing several hours a day, but now, there are days when I don't even sign on (such as last night). The reason for this is threefold.
1. I just don't have time. I don't get home until 9:00 every night, and when I get home, I want to eat supper and chat with Kyle and get done what I've been leaving off all day. Sometimes, I sign on later (usually around 10 or 11) and sometimes not at all. I'm not twitchy about it, largely because I don't have time to be twitchy.
2. It's not as much fun to play without Kyle being on. Now, this wouldn't be a huge problem if he didn't share his account with his brother. As he does, however, and his brother is on pretty much from the time he finishes school right on through the wee hours, Kyle doesn't get as much time as he could. So we sit around and chat on Skype and do other things, but I don't sign on because Kyle > WoW.
3. My characters are stagnant, save for one. RP-wise, that is. All of my Alliance toons are kind of bleh. It's not for lack of plot, either, I'm just bored with playing them. Neryse is my BElf huntress, and she's interesting to play, because she has a BUNCH of backstory and an interesting current story (and also, her boyfriend is Kyle's character >_>). Nalicia, my Tauren huntress, I'm actually enjoying leveling again, and want to get her to 60 before June.
But everyone else?
When I do play, I've managed to get Nalicia up to 51, so she can go to Alterac Valley.
...yeah.
I joined an AV group the other night, and I ended up coming in the middle of the battle. I had no idea what was going on, and since 51 is the lowest level you can be and go to AV, I was dying pretty much every three minutes. Granted, I got some good shots in and a little bit of honor, but I had no idea what was going on, so it was a pretty miserable experience. I'm going to wait until I'm at least 55, or perhaps even 57 before trying again.
I do know that I was utterly amused at being able to collect blood and flesh from my foes. That was disgusting AND hilarious.
I'm having fun with my HP games again, which is always a good sign. Especially since picking up Hannah over at CQ. I feel much better having a character who's actually likeable, rather than just running around with Daphne, who no one likes...except Michael.
And they are cute. They're going to run away to Spain or Argentina, which I find amusing.
HBP is kind of slow of late. I love my Susan there, though. Ashley Davies is the best Susan PB I've ever had, and she's fun to play.
I'm also working my way through an application for Hestia Jones in Memories 1975 (heh, I almost wrote 1875...Hestia's pretty damn old, don't you think?). I need to flesh her out a bit more, but she's a Hufflepuff, and they come naturally to me.
I am SO ridiculously in love, it's not even funny. Kyle's pretty much everything I never realized I wanted or needed PLUS everything I knew I wanted and needed in a guy, all put into one person and left on my doorstep with a "For Abby" tag. I keep telling him that he's beyond what I ever could've imagined as far as the perfect guy for me went. There are really two things above anything else, though...
1. He's strong where I'm not. On several occasions when he was up here, we had the opportunity to sleep together, but even though I wanted to and even though he wanted to (and believe me, he wanted to...you really can't fake that if you're a guy), he told me that he wanted to wait. "If it's worth doing, it's worth waiting for," he said, and even though at the moment, it made me go, "AW COME ONNNNN!!!" I really really really love and respect him for it. I mean, it wasn't something done out of fear of what might happen if we did sleep together, but out of respect for me, and that's awesome.
2. He looks at me "that way" and I look at him "that way." I've always said that a guy looking at you "that way" means nothing if the feeling isn't mutual, but here, the feelings are 100% mutual and it's absolutely incredible. I'm just not used to having someone who makes me this gaga be gaga over me, too. Usually, I'm crazy in love and the guy's using that to press his advantage OR the guy's crazy in love and I'm running the other way and fast, but in this, I don't have to be afraid to admit how strongly I feel for Kyle, because he feels the same way.
It's a total surprise. I mean, on the outside, he's not the type I'd go flirting with in a bar, which is why I think it's awesome that we met through WoW and the internet and got to know each other that way instead of meeting in person first. And now that we've met, I'm in love with his smile and his scent and his hands and his arms and his eyes and his hair and...everything.
...I disgust myself, but I don't care.
In other news, my sister had to stay up all night last night for an EEG this morning, and she decided that she was going to get up in time to watch The Price is Right. She went to sleep at 9 and just got up now. She's like the waking dead, but she set her alarm, so there was no way that she would sleep through The Price is Right. Personally, I think she's crazy. I also told her that she should watch her show upstairs so that she can fall asleep on my parents' bed if she wants, but she's adamant about watching down here so that she can eat while she watches if she wants.
...she's drooling.
Oy.
~Abby~
Well, the same one I started last week, I just haven't had a chance to write about it much. Apparently, I'm very good at it. I did well over 100 forms yesterday (my job is to enter the information found on about five different types of forms into the computer system, which can sometimes take up to five minutes, if it's a mess and confusing, usually takes an average of two minutes and sometimes can take as little as ten seconds, depending on how much information there is), which is apparently a lot. I felt like I was going really slowly, to be honest. I can't do the number pad without looking, so I had to keep looking down and looking up, which wastes SO much time; but apparently, I'm superfast, so imagine how I'll be once I *actually* learn the number pad.
The DE department is decent sized...somewhere around a dozen DE reps, myself included. We've all got cubicles (hee! I have a cubicle!) and generally, everyone keeps to themselves during the day, save for a handful of wanderers. Most people either have headphones or their radio going, though people do stop and chat with each other every once in a while. The dress is business casual, which I can do (khakis in the morning, khakis in the evening, khakis all the time). Granted, it's not as wonderful as "Oh, just wear whatever. No one's going to see you anyway," but they do have casual Fridays, which means jeans and a decent shirt. If I worked Saturdays, I could come in wearing pajamas if I liked...but I do not like. No more Saturdays for me, thank you.
Apparently, the process to get hired can take anywhere from a month to a year, but I'm hoping for something in between. Granted, it'd be nice to get started on my "90 days to health insurance" run, but the good thing about being a temp is that it's acceptable for me to have a week in May to go to the beach with Angela (I hope) and the end of June to go to Texas (no hoping there...I will be in Grapevine June 28-July 4). Once hired, I do get a week's paid vacation, but I have to take it when it's available. I don't need to be paid for those two weeks...I just need to be able to say "Ibrahim, I won't be here these days" and have him say, "Okay, that's fine."
In WoW news, I've cut back a LOT on my playing time. Obviously. Before, I was playing several hours a day, but now, there are days when I don't even sign on (such as last night). The reason for this is threefold.
1. I just don't have time. I don't get home until 9:00 every night, and when I get home, I want to eat supper and chat with Kyle and get done what I've been leaving off all day. Sometimes, I sign on later (usually around 10 or 11) and sometimes not at all. I'm not twitchy about it, largely because I don't have time to be twitchy.
2. It's not as much fun to play without Kyle being on. Now, this wouldn't be a huge problem if he didn't share his account with his brother. As he does, however, and his brother is on pretty much from the time he finishes school right on through the wee hours, Kyle doesn't get as much time as he could. So we sit around and chat on Skype and do other things, but I don't sign on because Kyle > WoW.
3. My characters are stagnant, save for one. RP-wise, that is. All of my Alliance toons are kind of bleh. It's not for lack of plot, either, I'm just bored with playing them. Neryse is my BElf huntress, and she's interesting to play, because she has a BUNCH of backstory and an interesting current story (and also, her boyfriend is Kyle's character >_>). Nalicia, my Tauren huntress, I'm actually enjoying leveling again, and want to get her to 60 before June.
But everyone else?
When I do play, I've managed to get Nalicia up to 51, so she can go to Alterac Valley.
...yeah.
I joined an AV group the other night, and I ended up coming in the middle of the battle. I had no idea what was going on, and since 51 is the lowest level you can be and go to AV, I was dying pretty much every three minutes. Granted, I got some good shots in and a little bit of honor, but I had no idea what was going on, so it was a pretty miserable experience. I'm going to wait until I'm at least 55, or perhaps even 57 before trying again.
I do know that I was utterly amused at being able to collect blood and flesh from my foes. That was disgusting AND hilarious.
I'm having fun with my HP games again, which is always a good sign. Especially since picking up Hannah over at CQ. I feel much better having a character who's actually likeable, rather than just running around with Daphne, who no one likes...except Michael.
And they are cute. They're going to run away to Spain or Argentina, which I find amusing.
HBP is kind of slow of late. I love my Susan there, though. Ashley Davies is the best Susan PB I've ever had, and she's fun to play.
I'm also working my way through an application for Hestia Jones in Memories 1975 (heh, I almost wrote 1875...Hestia's pretty damn old, don't you think?). I need to flesh her out a bit more, but she's a Hufflepuff, and they come naturally to me.
I am SO ridiculously in love, it's not even funny. Kyle's pretty much everything I never realized I wanted or needed PLUS everything I knew I wanted and needed in a guy, all put into one person and left on my doorstep with a "For Abby" tag. I keep telling him that he's beyond what I ever could've imagined as far as the perfect guy for me went. There are really two things above anything else, though...
1. He's strong where I'm not. On several occasions when he was up here, we had the opportunity to sleep together, but even though I wanted to and even though he wanted to (and believe me, he wanted to...you really can't fake that if you're a guy), he told me that he wanted to wait. "If it's worth doing, it's worth waiting for," he said, and even though at the moment, it made me go, "AW COME ONNNNN!!!" I really really really love and respect him for it. I mean, it wasn't something done out of fear of what might happen if we did sleep together, but out of respect for me, and that's awesome.
2. He looks at me "that way" and I look at him "that way." I've always said that a guy looking at you "that way" means nothing if the feeling isn't mutual, but here, the feelings are 100% mutual and it's absolutely incredible. I'm just not used to having someone who makes me this gaga be gaga over me, too. Usually, I'm crazy in love and the guy's using that to press his advantage OR the guy's crazy in love and I'm running the other way and fast, but in this, I don't have to be afraid to admit how strongly I feel for Kyle, because he feels the same way.
It's a total surprise. I mean, on the outside, he's not the type I'd go flirting with in a bar, which is why I think it's awesome that we met through WoW and the internet and got to know each other that way instead of meeting in person first. And now that we've met, I'm in love with his smile and his scent and his hands and his arms and his eyes and his hair and...everything.
...I disgust myself, but I don't care.
In other news, my sister had to stay up all night last night for an EEG this morning, and she decided that she was going to get up in time to watch The Price is Right. She went to sleep at 9 and just got up now. She's like the waking dead, but she set her alarm, so there was no way that she would sleep through The Price is Right. Personally, I think she's crazy. I also told her that she should watch her show upstairs so that she can fall asleep on my parents' bed if she wants, but she's adamant about watching down here so that she can eat while she watches if she wants.
...she's drooling.
Oy.
~Abby~