One of the biggest things that irritated the hell out of me at work is the fact that most mornings (expecially now) I get to work before anyone with keys does. So I have to sit in the hall and wait.
Not anymore.
I got a key to the office this morning. Now that I have one, I should ask if it would be okay if I came in 15 minutes early and left 15 minutes early.
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the ticking of the clockThings didn’t change much. For starters, I had to wait outside the door for someone with keys to show up. LOL But today, I waiting 20-30 minutes. The roads were crappy from the snow and those with keys were coming from out of town. My computer was still the same … even had my same wallpaper. And most, if not all, of my notes (even the post-its) were still there. We moved my computer into the same room as the other 2 (there are only 5 of us total now). Then I got to work. I’m doing more front-end stuff now since Mike is gone. That’s scary … just ‘cuz I haven’t worked with any of it.
The jury is still out as to if this was the right decision.
Cup qualifying / Ugly BettyIf you know of anyone who is looking to hire a web developer/programmer, can you let me know.
I just (about 30-45 min ago) became unemployed. It’s not because of my performance. In fact … I just had a very favorable review last week. It is because of the situation of the company. They just found out (this morning in fact) that their biggest client (the one who’s projects I worked on) is pulling the plug. Because of that, they let at least 3 of us go … not sure about one other person. The remaining people will be there at least through the end of next week. After that, the outlook is uncertain. If things change, they said they would ask us back before hiring anyone else. No one is happy about the situation.
So … that being said … I’m lookin’ for a job. I already stopped at Job Service on my way home to see what I needed to apply for unemployment. I can apply online, so I’ll be doing that tonite or in the morning, depending on my mood. I grabbed a JobDig from there and got a Forum at CashWise. Time to update my resume and start scouring again. I’m NOT looking forward to this. But then again, who enjoys being unemployed?
I’m gonna warn you right off the bat … I’m ranting in this post (it’s my blog and I can rant if I want to … 
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bitchyThis link is more for future reference for me than anything else. But it might be able to help some other people too.
stressedGot a suprise at work this morning. My W-2 forms. I can’t remember when we got them last year, but I don’t think it was THIS early. But I can’t do my taxes yet … 
I gotta wait to get my statement about student loan interest paid. I think I can still use that deduction. And last year, I didn’t get that form ’til almost the end of January. Grrr …. But I’ll be guestimating my refund tonite. I can use the student loan amount from last year as an estimate for this year. I’m hoping I get a good amount back for my refund. I’ve got plans for the money … and not ALL of it involves spending it. A new savings account is one thing I plan on doing. But I HAVE to splurge and get myself something. They’ve got an entertainment center at Walmart that I’ve got my eye on. Yeah … I know it’s Walmart … but it’s only about $90, and Dad looked at it and said it looked like it was a good one. I don’t need an expensive one. Just something to replace the POS that I’ve got now. :)
goodIt’s that time of year again here in Fargo. It’s Street Fair time. Why does it always have to be so hot and humid during the Street Fair? It was like this last year too.
We’re working the info booth again this year (thank goodness we were under a tent). When I say we, I mean my co-workers and I. Work sponsored the info booth this year. So we have to keep it manned at all time. I was scheduled to be there from 2 - 4pm. I was there from 2 - 4:50pm … I just didn’t want to go back to work … After being outside for all that time, it would have been too hard to go back to work. I work in the booth again from 10 am - noon tomorrow. Then I’ll have lunch (with Robin) from noon to 1pm. Then I have to go back to work …
Nummy, nummy food. For dinner/lunch I had a Fry Bread Taco. Mmmm. I had a funnel cake for dessert (man … Becky loves her a funnel cake … LOL). I got a Hawaiian Shaved Ice (Piña Colada flavored) while I was in the info booth (it was right across the street from the booth taunting me). I’m not sure what I’m gonna have for dinner/lunch tomorrow, but I do know that I’m gonna get me some Dippin’ Dots. I love those. I might get a bbq pork sandwich or a philly cheesestake sandwich. Just not sure yet. I’ll have a couple hours to decide tomorrow.
lazyI don’t have to work this week … I’m using the last of my vacation time up … I’ve got 40 hours left … so that’s a week off. I had to use it by the end of the month, so I figured I might as well take it now.
What am I doing on my vacation? Absolutely nothing. I have no plans. I wish I had more money saved up and a reliable car. I would have gone down to Kansas to visit Melissa. I haven’t seen her since I went down there 3 years ago on vacation. I miss her. And I’d love to get out of town … out of state … for a little while. But no dice. She did tell me that she’s planning on being up here at the end of the month. I’m hoping we can get together some time. I want to catch up with her and see her kids. They’ve grown up so much already.
I had planned on seeing if Mona or Barb or Amanda wanted to do anything during the week … depending on their work schedules. But, as I said in my last post, I’m not sure they’d even want to do anything with me. They know I have the week off. If they want to do something … they know how to find me.
I did see Barb and Amanda last nite at RibFest. They made some comment about why I didn’t say goodbye when I left. Obviously … they have no idea what was going on with me. I know I should just say how I feel … but why break my pattern of bottling things up?
Avalanche is playing at Bucks Thursday nite. I’m sure everyone will be out. It’ll be interesting to see how things go. I’m tempted to get there early and sit somewhere and see if they even come up to me. But I’m sure I’ll fall in to my old pattern. 
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emptyI never posted about how my review went last Friday. I haven’t been doing a whole lot of anything on my computer lately. Anyways … my review. Went as expected. Now if I just had more confidence in my abilities …
And today was payday … woohoo. 
I see I got a raise. I kinda figured I would. I have after my other reviews. But I didn’t expect it to be as big as it was. I mean, we have reviews every 3 months. I don’t expect to get a big raise … I’ll take whatever I can get. But this one was nice. I’m now (after 9 months) basically making what I did at that “other place” when I “left”. And I was there for 4 1/2 years.
blahI’ve got a review at work tomorrow. I’ve been there for just over 9 months now. Wow … seems like just last week I was frantically searching for a job.
As part of my review, I need to fill out a questionnaire type thingy. It’s basically rating my performance. They’re going to fill one out too. I hate filling out those things. I’m definitely not my best cheerleader. I’ve started it twice and haven’t finished yet. I keep procrastinating. I don’t know what to put on it. It’s a scale of 0 to 4 and then comments. I currently have ratings for 4 and comments for 2 of those. Still 4 more to rate. I really should get back to it. But I don’t wanna … 
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