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I've been a little absent lately with the posting. Just haven't had anything good to write. I have been reading though...although Dana is really the only one posting so I've been reading hers.
Things have been pretty crazy since I moved. So much to do and not enough time to get everything done. I'm still trying to square away my car insurance because for some reason they're quoting me at over $1000/year for my '91 Honda, even though I'm a step 9 driver with a flawless driving record (no tickets, no accidents, ever....which is pretty easy to do when you're an insured driver for 6 years without a car!) and I'm parking in a garage in one of the safest towns in America (voted in 2008)...and yet I paid $800/year to park on the street in Brighton, living right next to the projects. Yeah. I'm a little pissed and have been fighting with insurance agents for 3 weeks. So now I've mailed them my MA policy and hoping they can find a way to reduce my rate. It's fun. And I'm sure it won't be resolved for months. They still have yet to add in my deduction for having my renters insurance combined with my car insurance. Ugh.
I also still need to get a CT license and switch my registration, which involves a whole lot of additional paperwork, fees, and giant hassels...like having to get an emissions test down here even though I had one last year in MA...and of course all of the places that administer the tests don't have working machines for cars made before 1998. Yeah, fabulous. I can't get CT plates and a registration without the damn test, but I can't have the test done. It makes complete sense, right?!
In addition to all of that. I hate my job. I mean absolutely HATE it. It's not at all what I thought it was going to be. The company is definitely not what I thought it was going to be. I feel like I'm back at BigFish where I'm working with a bunch of morons who have no clue or experience and don't know how to run an agency. I've been here for 3 weeks and I can already see the flaws and know at least 10 ways to fix them...so how come no one has? It's insane. Trav told me I should sit the owner down tell him all of the flaws, tell him I'll take $150k/year, manage the entire Account Management department and fix everything. Yeah, I don't think that's going to go over well. But I'm definitely going to try to push to change the process any way that I can so this company can run a bit smoother. All of this is making me realize that someday I'm going to have to start my own company in order to be happy. People are just retarded! How can I be a designer and not a business person, and yet know more about being smart in this world and how to run an efficient company than the people who went to school for marketing and business and have way more "years" of experience than me. Seriously. It's frustrating and to say the least I'm glad I found out I have 2 connections to 2 other agencies down here...hoping something else pans out.
In better news, living here is a good. I finally found a gym that I like (3rd time is a charm!) and I love living closer to Travis. My apartment is nice as well. I'm happy about my living situation and I think my relationship with Travis had never been better.
I had a great Thanksgiving, it was busy since I drove up to Newton to visit the family I used to babysit for, then drove to Norwell to have dinner with my family, then back to Enfield, CT to do desert with Trav's family, then home to West Hartford. Crazy! But good.
I'm getting my Christmas tree this weekend :) And I took Friday off to do my license/registration, etc. but since I can't do my registration, I'm going to go to the DMV Thursday night and take care of my license (since that has to be done this week) and then head up to Kilington Friday morning to spend 2 days snowboarding. I can't wait.
So that's what's new with me.
Things have been pretty crazy since I moved. So much to do and not enough time to get everything done. I'm still trying to square away my car insurance because for some reason they're quoting me at over $1000/year for my '91 Honda, even though I'm a step 9 driver with a flawless driving record (no tickets, no accidents, ever....which is pretty easy to do when you're an insured driver for 6 years without a car!) and I'm parking in a garage in one of the safest towns in America (voted in 2008)...and yet I paid $800/year to park on the street in Brighton, living right next to the projects. Yeah. I'm a little pissed and have been fighting with insurance agents for 3 weeks. So now I've mailed them my MA policy and hoping they can find a way to reduce my rate. It's fun. And I'm sure it won't be resolved for months. They still have yet to add in my deduction for having my renters insurance combined with my car insurance. Ugh.
I also still need to get a CT license and switch my registration, which involves a whole lot of additional paperwork, fees, and giant hassels...like having to get an emissions test down here even though I had one last year in MA...and of course all of the places that administer the tests don't have working machines for cars made before 1998. Yeah, fabulous. I can't get CT plates and a registration without the damn test, but I can't have the test done. It makes complete sense, right?!
In addition to all of that. I hate my job. I mean absolutely HATE it. It's not at all what I thought it was going to be. The company is definitely not what I thought it was going to be. I feel like I'm back at BigFish where I'm working with a bunch of morons who have no clue or experience and don't know how to run an agency. I've been here for 3 weeks and I can already see the flaws and know at least 10 ways to fix them...so how come no one has? It's insane. Trav told me I should sit the owner down tell him all of the flaws, tell him I'll take $150k/year, manage the entire Account Management department and fix everything. Yeah, I don't think that's going to go over well. But I'm definitely going to try to push to change the process any way that I can so this company can run a bit smoother. All of this is making me realize that someday I'm going to have to start my own company in order to be happy. People are just retarded! How can I be a designer and not a business person, and yet know more about being smart in this world and how to run an efficient company than the people who went to school for marketing and business and have way more "years" of experience than me. Seriously. It's frustrating and to say the least I'm glad I found out I have 2 connections to 2 other agencies down here...hoping something else pans out.
In better news, living here is a good. I finally found a gym that I like (3rd time is a charm!) and I love living closer to Travis. My apartment is nice as well. I'm happy about my living situation and I think my relationship with Travis had never been better.
I had a great Thanksgiving, it was busy since I drove up to Newton to visit the family I used to babysit for, then drove to Norwell to have dinner with my family, then back to Enfield, CT to do desert with Trav's family, then home to West Hartford. Crazy! But good.
I'm getting my Christmas tree this weekend :) And I took Friday off to do my license/registration, etc. but since I can't do my registration, I'm going to go to the DMV Thursday night and take care of my license (since that has to be done this week) and then head up to Kilington Friday morning to spend 2 days snowboarding. I can't wait.
So that's what's new with me.