New Year, another update
Well, 2007 came and went, nothing spectacular happened over here.
FC 2008 is coming quickly, and David and I are so looking forward to packing up and leaving for a week. It'll be good to get out of town, see friends and have some fucking fun for a while. Charlotte is super dulls-ville. My roomie situation is still a little strange. Since I booked my hotel room, I was operating under the assumption that my "friend" Vincent an his buddy Rope would be rooming with us. It wasn't till about a month ago that things with Vincent kinda went down hill. Till then, he never mentioned to me that he'd only planned to stay the weekend of the con, not the entire 5 days. That sucked for me, cause he didn't want to pay the entire room fee split 4 ways. I tried on more than once occasion to get in touch with him. All I got was his voice mail and no returned calls. Hey Vincent, thanks for being a stand-up guy and letting me know you were going to fag out on me! Pardon my French, but seems to me, if you're someone's friend you should at least have the decency to let them know if you've changed your mind about something this important. So, that left me with less than a few weeks to find two more roomies. I've got one, granted I know little about him, it still helps with the room price. I'm still looking for another, but I won't hold my breath about finding one so close to the con.
Work is still work. I can't believe I've been doing the same boring work for over 8 years. I think after I get back from vacation and get my taxes all situated I'll begin looking for another job. There has to be something out there in town that a college graduate with 8 years of retail experience can do. I don't know why its taken me so long to even think about getting another job. It's not like Harris Teeter is the best and most awesome place to work. Sure the pay is decent and the benefits are good. But what do you get besides that? Thanks? No. Sure a customer may thank you for providing a recommendation about a product but in the end, their thanks means little to me. I get no measure of satisfaction from my job. I just go in and do the same thing day after day and year after year. Management is tighter here than at any other store I've ever worked at. The only reason for that is because the president and vice-president of my company both shop there. So, you can imagine how up-tight our store manager can be when it comes to product level and presentation. My department manager, JR, has really gotten on my nerves the last few weeks. I've busted my ass every single day since I've been there to the tune of his constant insults (in a playful yet assholish way) and his sour, yes SOUR, attitude. To make things short, if my situation at work doesn't improve soon I will be looking for a new job. Hopefully I can find one I will be good at. I try to be the best at whatever I do, and it scares me to think that I won't ever be as good doing something else as I am at HT.
I love my kitty very much, and it grows stronger with each passing day. I hope this new year finds us moving out of this apartment and into a real home. But, wherever we are, I'll be happy as long as we have each others.
This is lil red, signing out. Look for my post-FC post :-p
FC 2008 is coming quickly, and David and I are so looking forward to packing up and leaving for a week. It'll be good to get out of town, see friends and have some fucking fun for a while. Charlotte is super dulls-ville. My roomie situation is still a little strange. Since I booked my hotel room, I was operating under the assumption that my "friend" Vincent an his buddy Rope would be rooming with us. It wasn't till about a month ago that things with Vincent kinda went down hill. Till then, he never mentioned to me that he'd only planned to stay the weekend of the con, not the entire 5 days. That sucked for me, cause he didn't want to pay the entire room fee split 4 ways. I tried on more than once occasion to get in touch with him. All I got was his voice mail and no returned calls. Hey Vincent, thanks for being a stand-up guy and letting me know you were going to fag out on me! Pardon my French, but seems to me, if you're someone's friend you should at least have the decency to let them know if you've changed your mind about something this important. So, that left me with less than a few weeks to find two more roomies. I've got one, granted I know little about him, it still helps with the room price. I'm still looking for another, but I won't hold my breath about finding one so close to the con.
Work is still work. I can't believe I've been doing the same boring work for over 8 years. I think after I get back from vacation and get my taxes all situated I'll begin looking for another job. There has to be something out there in town that a college graduate with 8 years of retail experience can do. I don't know why its taken me so long to even think about getting another job. It's not like Harris Teeter is the best and most awesome place to work. Sure the pay is decent and the benefits are good. But what do you get besides that? Thanks? No. Sure a customer may thank you for providing a recommendation about a product but in the end, their thanks means little to me. I get no measure of satisfaction from my job. I just go in and do the same thing day after day and year after year. Management is tighter here than at any other store I've ever worked at. The only reason for that is because the president and vice-president of my company both shop there. So, you can imagine how up-tight our store manager can be when it comes to product level and presentation. My department manager, JR, has really gotten on my nerves the last few weeks. I've busted my ass every single day since I've been there to the tune of his constant insults (in a playful yet assholish way) and his sour, yes SOUR, attitude. To make things short, if my situation at work doesn't improve soon I will be looking for a new job. Hopefully I can find one I will be good at. I try to be the best at whatever I do, and it scares me to think that I won't ever be as good doing something else as I am at HT.
I love my kitty very much, and it grows stronger with each passing day. I hope this new year finds us moving out of this apartment and into a real home. But, wherever we are, I'll be happy as long as we have each others.
This is lil red, signing out. Look for my post-FC post :-p