Weary Days and Sleepless Nights
I have been so very busy lately that I just haven't made the time for an update to the LJ--I'm not really sure who all aside from my mother even reads this still--but on the off chance that you are out there reading me right now, I might as well keep you in the loop.
Managing the ER is taking a lot more time and energy than I thought it would. I'm debating dropping all my UDS shifts... but I don't like the idea of trying to live off $100 a month that I get for being an RA.... I don't unfortunately get paid extra for all the EXTRA duties I'm doing now. I am simply in it for teh resume builder and reference later. Anyhow, I had to make my first administrative decision last week; one of the 3 people I hired was already over a week behind with paperwork and kept making excuses about not wanting to have her SS card sent to her and said she needed another week at least ... I said screw it and told her I needed someone who was responsible and ready to work. So I rescinded her offer and hired an alternate choice who is going to be ready this week! I didn't want to have to make that decision, especially since the girl was the only "person of color" chosen and I don't want anyone thinking I made the choice because of her ethnicity. So yeah.... yay affirmative action *sarcasm*.... I am going to get my staff started next week and hopefully have them in a routine schedule by the week after!
Apparently, the superiors are really pleased with my work, and have been wanting me to take on more... obviously, housing is important to me, and I want the chance to prove myself so that when DSM hiring comes along for the opening that will occur for spring, I'll have a better chance at it! I need to show them that, although MoT didn't like me, I'm still a more than competent supervisor. It turns out that later in the year I'll be auditing
I totally just lost my train of thought because I'm on duty and the desk worker called with a pot complaint. Unfortunately it was unfounded, I could track the smell outside the building which is not within my jurisdiction, in addition, my second pass of the same area yielded only a bath of dryer sheet fragrance in the air... I surmise someone was probably toking it up in the bushes and ran off when they heard me rummaging around, either that, or it was a room and they decided to spray febreze out their window to throw me off... heh... never any fun on Sunday nights!
Now where was I... Hm... well I'm trying to stay caught up on homework, but as the subject of my message implies, I haven't had a lot of time for it. I'm staying within expectations but I'd like to be ahead... that would be nice.... but I haven't even had enough time to get a lot of sleep so how can I make time to get ahead? Oh but alas, only a year and I'm done! Exciting!
Linda, a former co-worker from last year, visited not long ago and mentioned that she was looking to buy a condo in Minneapolis and rent out the extra room(s) at about the same time that I'd be looking for a place to live. This would be a great fit so I'm going to be hoping that it pans out, I'd totally get along living with Linda!
I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on all my efforts as of late and feel that the sacrifice of sleep and sanity will be well worth it in the end... what I do here and now will make or break my career possibilities in the future--thus, it is important that I do well! The career fest is coming up Oct 9-11th so that'll be my big chance to score a job, or at least a good possibility of what types of jobs / companies I'll be looking for. I will of course be exploring options other than just Tech Writing since the field and demand is somewhat smaller than it ought to be. I do have my HR minor to fall back on after all.
I think that's really all for now that's of any importance... oh wait... actually, I am deleting my MySpace account.... or rather, trying to anyway! Those bastards want me to confirm an e-mail when I cancel my account but the address I signed up with is from charter and we don't have access to any of those addresses anymore. So naturally, I can't confirm. I've sent quite a few very heated e-mails to them insisting they shut my account down... but to no avail. I have even put a picture with the same request on my profile--no luck! Grrr...
Okay, now, that is all!
Managing the ER is taking a lot more time and energy than I thought it would. I'm debating dropping all my UDS shifts... but I don't like the idea of trying to live off $100 a month that I get for being an RA.... I don't unfortunately get paid extra for all the EXTRA duties I'm doing now. I am simply in it for teh resume builder and reference later. Anyhow, I had to make my first administrative decision last week; one of the 3 people I hired was already over a week behind with paperwork and kept making excuses about not wanting to have her SS card sent to her and said she needed another week at least ... I said screw it and told her I needed someone who was responsible and ready to work. So I rescinded her offer and hired an alternate choice who is going to be ready this week! I didn't want to have to make that decision, especially since the girl was the only "person of color" chosen and I don't want anyone thinking I made the choice because of her ethnicity. So yeah.... yay affirmative action *sarcasm*.... I am going to get my staff started next week and hopefully have them in a routine schedule by the week after!
Apparently, the superiors are really pleased with my work, and have been wanting me to take on more... obviously, housing is important to me, and I want the chance to prove myself so that when DSM hiring comes along for the opening that will occur for spring, I'll have a better chance at it! I need to show them that, although MoT didn't like me, I'm still a more than competent supervisor. It turns out that later in the year I'll be auditing
I totally just lost my train of thought because I'm on duty and the desk worker called with a pot complaint. Unfortunately it was unfounded, I could track the smell outside the building which is not within my jurisdiction, in addition, my second pass of the same area yielded only a bath of dryer sheet fragrance in the air... I surmise someone was probably toking it up in the bushes and ran off when they heard me rummaging around, either that, or it was a room and they decided to spray febreze out their window to throw me off... heh... never any fun on Sunday nights!
Now where was I... Hm... well I'm trying to stay caught up on homework, but as the subject of my message implies, I haven't had a lot of time for it. I'm staying within expectations but I'd like to be ahead... that would be nice.... but I haven't even had enough time to get a lot of sleep so how can I make time to get ahead? Oh but alas, only a year and I'm done! Exciting!
Linda, a former co-worker from last year, visited not long ago and mentioned that she was looking to buy a condo in Minneapolis and rent out the extra room(s) at about the same time that I'd be looking for a place to live. This would be a great fit so I'm going to be hoping that it pans out, I'd totally get along living with Linda!
I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on all my efforts as of late and feel that the sacrifice of sleep and sanity will be well worth it in the end... what I do here and now will make or break my career possibilities in the future--thus, it is important that I do well! The career fest is coming up Oct 9-11th so that'll be my big chance to score a job, or at least a good possibility of what types of jobs / companies I'll be looking for. I will of course be exploring options other than just Tech Writing since the field and demand is somewhat smaller than it ought to be. I do have my HR minor to fall back on after all.
I think that's really all for now that's of any importance... oh wait... actually, I am deleting my MySpace account.... or rather, trying to anyway! Those bastards want me to confirm an e-mail when I cancel my account but the address I signed up with is from charter and we don't have access to any of those addresses anymore. So naturally, I can't confirm. I've sent quite a few very heated e-mails to them insisting they shut my account down... but to no avail. I have even put a picture with the same request on my profile--no luck! Grrr...
Okay, now, that is all!