Work has been somewhat less stressful the past couple of weeks. I put in some time this week to finish an old project. We'll see Monday whether I did it right or not ( Read more... )

Work has been pretty stressful. There've been a few times I was sure I was going to quit, but I haven't, yet. Hopefully things get better ( Read more... )

Today was my first day of work. There were some hiccups. I parked in the wrong spot; the letter I received from the place said there'd be signs indicating where new hires were to park, but I didn't see any. To fight drowsiness (woke up at 6:50 a.m., when I'm used to getting up between noon and 4 p.m.), I tried to drink some coffee. I'm not a ( Read more... )

So, the aircraft place "filled their position internally." That's what the HR lady told me. Wonderful turn of phrase, eh? Anywho, we're movin' to Maddy, baby ( Read more... )

I told myself I wouldn't get Half-Life 2 because I found their copy protection mechanism distasteful. However, this weekend Best Buy was selling "The Orange Box"--a bundle containing Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal--for $25 (normally it's $50 or $60). So, yeah, I cracked. Or rather, Andrea never got me a ( Read more... )

So, I've done the aircraft place interview, and we've been out to the sweet-sounding job and I did the run-through there ( Read more... )

I went and took a skills assessment for the sweet-sounding job. It was one of those deals where you have to hand-write computer programming language code, and so, never get to test it. Think of it like having to come up with a recipe for a new dish, yet never getting to actually touch the ingredients or cook anything--even if you're a pro, there' ( Read more... )

Finally had my phone interview today. It went as well as could be expected. The guy conducting the interview sounded at least as nervous as I was, so that helped some. Next, they're going to be sending me skill assessment to complete. That's encouraging, since I tend to test well ( Read more... )

So, allergies seem to be hitting me very hard at the moment. I even took one of those 24 hour allergy relief pills, yet it did nothing. There's no fatigue, achiness, or general malaise associated with a cold, so I'm pretty sure it's pure allergy. Plus, according to weather.com, weed pollen has been "very high" for the past week. So, there you ( Read more... )

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