(no subject)
I haven't updated in awhile, so let's see if I can keep this brief.
My job has a *slight* problem with understaffing. This means, among other things, that I worked for almost 9 hours straight (no break, no FOOD) on Monday and they were sadly unsympathetic. It also meant I had to miss my evening plans. Bastards. They have assured me that that was a fluke and shouldn't happen again. We'll see.
On the upside, I wasn't the only one bitching about things on Monday. Other people were also complaining, and commiserating. I feel much more comfortable in the presence of people who feel annoyance and express it like human beings. As of now, too, nobody has complained to my manager that I don't play nicely with others. See? It's an Epic thing. It's not me. Epic people are screwed up.
Other than Monday I've had good days at work. The money is pretty decent, and I'm good at what I do. I'm now getting rewarded for interacting well with people. And my coworkers are pretty cool.
School is awesome. I can't express how thrilled I am to be back in classes (especially philosophy). I think I liked the professors at OSU better, which is sad because I don't really want to leave Madison when I go to grad school, but either way, I know that this is what I want to do. It's just a matter of applying for and getting accepted into grad school. The decision for where can be left to later, if there is a choice to be made. (I am applying to both UW and OSU--in addition to others.)
I'm still uncovering Things left behind by Mario, but what with having cleaned (read: scrubbed and sanitized) the fridge and cleared room for my stuff in the pantry it's mostly feeling like my place now. Now if I can just find a sublet... any of you want to move into my old apartment for 9 months? :-)
My job has a *slight* problem with understaffing. This means, among other things, that I worked for almost 9 hours straight (no break, no FOOD) on Monday and they were sadly unsympathetic. It also meant I had to miss my evening plans. Bastards. They have assured me that that was a fluke and shouldn't happen again. We'll see.
On the upside, I wasn't the only one bitching about things on Monday. Other people were also complaining, and commiserating. I feel much more comfortable in the presence of people who feel annoyance and express it like human beings. As of now, too, nobody has complained to my manager that I don't play nicely with others. See? It's an Epic thing. It's not me. Epic people are screwed up.
Other than Monday I've had good days at work. The money is pretty decent, and I'm good at what I do. I'm now getting rewarded for interacting well with people. And my coworkers are pretty cool.
School is awesome. I can't express how thrilled I am to be back in classes (especially philosophy). I think I liked the professors at OSU better, which is sad because I don't really want to leave Madison when I go to grad school, but either way, I know that this is what I want to do. It's just a matter of applying for and getting accepted into grad school. The decision for where can be left to later, if there is a choice to be made. (I am applying to both UW and OSU--in addition to others.)
I'm still uncovering Things left behind by Mario, but what with having cleaned (read: scrubbed and sanitized) the fridge and cleared room for my stuff in the pantry it's mostly feeling like my place now. Now if I can just find a sublet... any of you want to move into my old apartment for 9 months? :-)