well, i made it through yet another month-end closing at work and brett made it through his first week of classes and his graduate assistant position. i like to think that he had it easier since i logged a few 12 hour days, but in reality, he may have me beat. he has had several hours work of reading to do - a novel, a play, a couple short ( Read more... )

of all the things i dislike about my job i will say this - it's nice to work for a place where they seem to enjoy buying alcohol freely - i mean, i don't ever really have more than maybe 2, but still. we had one person in from the NY office and one from chicago, so i went with a group that was taking them out for dinner/drinks. we're also having ( Read more... )

so...long time, no journal.

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...before even getting ready for work, you get a call from your mother that she opens with, "i think we need to talk - I feel like everytime we talk about anything, you always end up upset with me." oh geez. good job, mom. this has been going on for a long time (years even) and you just now realize it, today, at 7:30 on a wednesday morning?!?! ( Read more... )

...emotionally that is. i just cried to brett for 10 minutes straight about the following ( Read more... )

sometimes at work, i feel like all i do is fight fires. today was such a day. from the moment i arrived shortly after 8:00 until i left around 7:00, all i did was deal with problems that cropped up in the last 24 hours. unfortunately, this seems to be a daily occurrance. b/c of this, my "normal" reponsibilities always get shoved to the side and ( Read more... )

just a few complaints that have been on my mind the last few months ( Read more... )

well, it's a thought. and i'm going to try. i just got a new computer last night...and even though i have dialup service, the computer told me i have access to a couple wireless connections...so i'm using one. is that legal? so at least i can access the internet more than just my lunch break. (the '92 Toshiba laptop would not work more often ( Read more... )

I'm still alive! emily reminded me how much i really need to post an update...i mean, i knew it all along, i just didn't make the time i suppose...i've been really busy, but then, who hasn't ( Read more... )

well, the new job is off and running. i've completed 2 weeks there, and so far, it hasn't been too bad. at times, i get bored, and i do get tired of asking people for stuff to do, but for now, i'm supposed to just help the other people (with the same position as me) do their stuff, and eventually i will have my own stuff (a mill, processor, ( Read more... )