Sleeping away Sunday
Today's weather was by far the best we've had since early Dec. and unfortunately I slept through it all. I was exhausted when I got home this morning. I woke up once at 2 and just couldn't get myself out of bed. I'm not sure where my energy went from last week. I wish I had it back, though. I hate sleeping away the day. This is going to be a really short weekend. I'll probably end up spending the whole day in Eugene tomorrow and I'm working OT on Tues.
I got the package from the wedding expo. Mom and Marsha attended. Thanks for sending this! I haven't had a chance to really go through any of it yet, but maybe later tonight. I can't stay up too late as I've got an eye doctor appointment early tomorrow. It'll be my first new pair of glasses in 3 years.
Still no news about photo PE, although it is listed as "in progress" with HR. I have to keep working on Jim to talk to Byung Il. I think Jim loves me now, which makes my life a whole lot easier. I have to work on him also to send Brent a recommendation form for my PT 2 promotion. I got a 4 on my review, which is excellent, so I should be in a good position for the level increase, which will also mean a good pay raise, probably about $1.50 or so. I've heard rumor that 2 people are getting level increases, so it'll probably be James and myself. I know Jeremy's not going to get it. It's somewhat unfortunate that so much of a person's reputation is based on rumors and stereotypes. I feel like Jeremy's been labeled the "looser" of the tech. bunch and as a result he's never going to get that bump to tech. 2 even though he's been doing the job for 7 years. Then James and I, who've only been doing it for 2 years will get the promotion before him. I can't really feel too sorry for him, though, because he doesn't do anything to make himself look better in Jim's eyes. I had to basically go cry in front of Jim and tell him about how hard I was trying and how much I wanted to please him and now he loves me. I guess maybe I should feel bad about grovelling, but I don't really. All I want is a PE job and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If that means kissing-up to the managers then I guess that's what I'll have to do. Working for Koreans sure makes things difficult. The entire culture is so backwards. I feel like they're so ingrained to do everything the way they always have. An example is how they don't want to pull me from etch to work in photo PE. How silly is that? What makes this even sillier is how Grace was moved from PI to etch PE. I guess that's the difference between having a Korean vs. American manager. Jim's willing to pull from other areas, while Byung Il and Jae Nam are not. Once they post the job I'm going to ask Tae Kwan for a recommendation. Maybe if it comes from a Korean they'll take it more seriously.
I'm going up to Portland next week for my Mini appointment. I'm also going to stop by Oblation to see about letterpress wedding invitations. If I feel really ambitious I'm going to drive up to Vancouver and visit the employment department to apply for some jobs at WaferTech. I still haven't heard from them. I'm not sure why not. Russell's not coming with me. I tried to talk him into it, but he's not interested. I guess I don't blame him as it's just for the invitations and maybe applying for jobs. We thought about going to OMSI, but we want to save money and it feels like it'd be a waste. $10 each to get in plus $10 each for the iMAX and lunch and parking on top of that. I feel like such a tightwad saying that'd it be too expensive, but we really need to kick the savings plan into high gear. Mudfest is coming up as well and I thing he's feeling the pressure to get the Chevy ready again and since this weekend is basically booked I'm sure he'll be eager to get working next weekend.
I should get to bed since tomorrow will be an early morning.
I got the package from the wedding expo. Mom and Marsha attended. Thanks for sending this! I haven't had a chance to really go through any of it yet, but maybe later tonight. I can't stay up too late as I've got an eye doctor appointment early tomorrow. It'll be my first new pair of glasses in 3 years.
Still no news about photo PE, although it is listed as "in progress" with HR. I have to keep working on Jim to talk to Byung Il. I think Jim loves me now, which makes my life a whole lot easier. I have to work on him also to send Brent a recommendation form for my PT 2 promotion. I got a 4 on my review, which is excellent, so I should be in a good position for the level increase, which will also mean a good pay raise, probably about $1.50 or so. I've heard rumor that 2 people are getting level increases, so it'll probably be James and myself. I know Jeremy's not going to get it. It's somewhat unfortunate that so much of a person's reputation is based on rumors and stereotypes. I feel like Jeremy's been labeled the "looser" of the tech. bunch and as a result he's never going to get that bump to tech. 2 even though he's been doing the job for 7 years. Then James and I, who've only been doing it for 2 years will get the promotion before him. I can't really feel too sorry for him, though, because he doesn't do anything to make himself look better in Jim's eyes. I had to basically go cry in front of Jim and tell him about how hard I was trying and how much I wanted to please him and now he loves me. I guess maybe I should feel bad about grovelling, but I don't really. All I want is a PE job and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If that means kissing-up to the managers then I guess that's what I'll have to do. Working for Koreans sure makes things difficult. The entire culture is so backwards. I feel like they're so ingrained to do everything the way they always have. An example is how they don't want to pull me from etch to work in photo PE. How silly is that? What makes this even sillier is how Grace was moved from PI to etch PE. I guess that's the difference between having a Korean vs. American manager. Jim's willing to pull from other areas, while Byung Il and Jae Nam are not. Once they post the job I'm going to ask Tae Kwan for a recommendation. Maybe if it comes from a Korean they'll take it more seriously.
I'm going up to Portland next week for my Mini appointment. I'm also going to stop by Oblation to see about letterpress wedding invitations. If I feel really ambitious I'm going to drive up to Vancouver and visit the employment department to apply for some jobs at WaferTech. I still haven't heard from them. I'm not sure why not. Russell's not coming with me. I tried to talk him into it, but he's not interested. I guess I don't blame him as it's just for the invitations and maybe applying for jobs. We thought about going to OMSI, but we want to save money and it feels like it'd be a waste. $10 each to get in plus $10 each for the iMAX and lunch and parking on top of that. I feel like such a tightwad saying that'd it be too expensive, but we really need to kick the savings plan into high gear. Mudfest is coming up as well and I thing he's feeling the pressure to get the Chevy ready again and since this weekend is basically booked I'm sure he'll be eager to get working next weekend.
I should get to bed since tomorrow will be an early morning.