Another week and a half with this class and then I go into the beginners' html class. Yeah, beginners' html. I didn't bother buying the book for that class. Can you imagine why?

I'm going to get my taxes done later tonight. Hopefully.

I am SO happy that today is over. Yeah, seriously happy.

So I prayed and prayed that my car would start this morning. No go. My sister let me use her car to go to work today. I wouldn't have bothered but I have the backups to the hard drives and I'm training, The New Gal so there's really no choice in the matter.

I get to work and it's like the New Gal has completely forgotten everything I taught her over the weekend, so tomorrow I'll be typing up more notes for her to go over when I'm no longer available.

Personally, the best parts of today were: a) driving my sister's car; b) The Cursed Cubicle sucked the time away so fast that today went down the drain quicker than liquid plumber; c) I got a free toaster oven from the guy who's like a dad to me and last but not least d) two out of three assignment grades for week 4 have been posted and I am sporting 100% A's each. I'm waiting patiently on assignment 3's grade to be posted.

Oh yay.. I finally got the company who has been harrassing me for other peoples' money (yeah, other peoples', notice the plural there) to take my number off of their lists. How much do you want to bet I get several more calls this week? I swear someone out there who knows my house phone number has a grudge against me.

Ok, all in all... I gained a toaster oven, I have four days left of the job I dislike, and it's so cold the car won't start. Winter really sucks. Laters.

I got another A! 100%!

So week four sports all A's, all 100% and that brought my grade up from a low B to a high B. They really count those damn participation posts, I swear. That is what is killing me.

I know because I got a lot of "You need to post more for participation" remarks but it's SO hard trying to post 1 to 2 paragraphs to people stating "Good job!".

If you can, let me know.

I know that I have less than two days at this job but I am completely exasperated yet again. I am still busting my ass to get the processing done and am actually almost completely done with it. If there is anything left after tomorrow it will all be current stuff that came in that day. Yet 'there wasn't that much to do.'

I am so sick and irritated. Wander and Gossip, that's all that is done around here. She doesn't get any of her work done and then whines about how unappreciated she is! She whines that the New Girl Pretending to be an Agent doesn't do her work right. Well, if she isn't going to be trained right and actually follow the training she's been given, then what more do you expect?

She's aggravated with the new receiptionist, too. 'She isn't getting it.' Bullshit. You're being rough on someone new because you want to be a bitch and make everyone think you are perfect.

I've only got 1 day, 4 hours and around 30 minutes left. I can make it. I know tomorrow is just going to be bad. Everyone is upset with me leaving, I can feel it. Either that or they just don't care. I never did anything for them. I never put irate clients into voice mail for them. I never did any work at all that helped them out in all the years I've worked here. I just wandered around the office all day long, why would I answer the non-stop ringing phone?

UGH. I am so absolutely agitated. I am just going to wrap my anger around me like a cloak and let it keep me warm when I go back into the cube to work on the rest of the processing.

I am off. Laters.

One more day.

One more day full of wandering around and gossipping. One more day of telling the new Receptionist that she can do it, that she has the capability to do the job. Another day of reassuring her to not let the others upset her.

The Office Manager walked up to her at 4:59 and told her that she's not allowed to wear tennis shoes. Yeah, 4:59. She waited until the absolute end of the day to confront her on something I hadn't even noticed.

Ok. So she'll complain about someone's fucking shoes, but she won't force someone to sit their ass down and do their work? That's absolutely insane. At least the new receptionist is doing her best at doing the job. She still struggles now and then but that's going to happen. Apparently, shoes are more important than clients.

I think I'll tell Boss Jr that when I see him tomorrow.

One More Day.

It's done. It's over. The torment for the time has ended.

My final day consisted of a little bit of joking around. A little bit of work that I got done. A lunch with the office manager and boss jr. Final hugs, several final hugs. More hugs. I got a ton of hugs today. An early birthday card that is beautiful and much appreciated (I got yelled at for opening it early....oooops).

One almost cried, which made another almost cry. No one officially cried. There was ice cream cake and a candle. Everyone wished me luck. It's like I'm some how living out their wants and needs of leaving there of my own will and going on to something that I've always wanted. Something they haven't been able to do, for some. And others who have tried and came back. Then those who are trying to leave and just can't seem to. The ones who are born to the place they are in I feel for because they didn't get to live whatever dream they had when they were children.

Today was a good day for being the end of a chapter in my life. A nice, long, discussion with boss jr regarding morale, problems, ideas, and hopes. A final long talk about being appreciated and wished more good luck and hopes that everything works out.

A collection of last minute items. A favorite, hard earned coffee mug, hand lotion, a copy of the final time sheet for records purposes. Wondering if they are going to pay me what I had left in vacation and sick pay. They did when the one girl left. So why not me? I've earned that time. I put in long, hard, stress-filled hours for that privilige. Maybe I'll get lucky and they will.

I promised I would keep in touch and I will. I promised that I'd go to lunch with people and let htem know things are going well. I'm still upset about a few things that someone had no right revealing and I will always know that I can't trust that person with any personal information again. Sad, I know.

Ok well. Off for now. Perhaps a new post shall appear tomorrow. We will see. Laters.

Time to change my colors again, so here's a new layout for your enjoyment. There might be a few minor changes that I make to it while I have it displayed, so there's your warning before you think you've gone and lost your mind.

Go have fun. Laters!

So tomorrow is another first day to the future. I know every day is another step to tomorrow, but tomorrow is very important. Tomorrow I start a new job. Tomorrow I have to learn the ropes somewhere else. Tomorrow I will learn who automatically gets voice mailed and who doesn't. I'll learn, on an early basis, to lie to the new boss because the people that got me this job, well one of them anyway, tends to be hard to find. I have to pretend that he's there or looking at him or whatever.

But tomorrow is a step to the future. Tomorrow I get to meet the people in the graphics department who 'have been drooling over me' before they've even met me. Before they have even seen anything I have worked on.

Tomorrow I will have a brand spanking new piece of machinery to work on insead of a 20 year old piece of junk that tends to stop responding after a few clicks ( even with regular cleaning and maintenance)....

Ok so I am off to bed. Tomorrow is coming and it will be today sooner than I think. Sweet dreams to all.

Still waiting for the final grade in the Digital Manipulation course. Not sure what is taking so long. I got another 100% on the discussion question portion of it but now I have to wait for the grade on the final project. So the professor said he wanted everyone to have everything turned in by midnight. There was someone late with their project and I think that might be holding him up.

The new job is working out well. Still learning who all does what so I can field the calls properly. It's a bit more difficult when you have more people working around you.

Ok, this post is unfinished, but I'm posting it anyway.

I've been so tired the last few nights.. ok, weeks, that I've been slacking on the posting and even started drinking coffee at night.

So things with the new job have been going very well. Still a little freaked out that the boss gives kudos out to me all the time. Told me I have pretty eyes in the middle of discussing something with me too. He also asks me if there's anything I need or if everything is ok. It's pretty cool to have a boss that not only wants to ask these things but also wants an honest answer.

The one guy who does maintenance for the building and runs errands, etc, bought lunch for me and another guy yesterday. Then today he turned around and asked if I wanted to go to dinner tomorrow night. At first I said no, because I thought he was wanting to go out as a couple. As soon as I said no, he replied 'not like a date or anything, just dinner' and then the phone started ringing so I haven't discussed that any further with him. He's a nice guy, I think he'll make a great friend and I think he will get along really well with Honey. Perhaps I can find a nice young lady to go out with that's single who I can introduce him to. Never know.

It's weird though because this is the second guy at the new job who's been interested in asking me out or wanting to know if I'm available. I was always hit on when I worked at the other office but they knew that I wasn't interested in seeing anyone and then when I opened up to that, that I was with someone.

So things with the new job seem to be going well. I'm enjoying what I get to do with the graphics and so forth, too.

I'm supposed to write a story for my Honey and I have some of it in my head but I've been so exhausted that I haven't even gotten to start it yet. I feel like that is something I need to work on. I really want to and I miss writing. I figure if I can write a paragraph or two a day that would be great. I think I'll try doing that starting tomorrow.

I haven't gotten to talk to my Honey at all today. He called me and got disconnected and every time I call him I end up going to voice mail. I'm sure he's swamped with doing stuff regarding work and getting things settled regarding moving. We were talking on the phone last night and we didn't get to talk then either because we got disconnected. So I'm feeling a little forlorn about not getting to talk with him and let him know that I'm still all his and that I don't have any interest in these silly guys who don't ask if I'm available before asking me silly questions.

Things have been going well with Honey, even though he isn't here and he's missed, I know he'll be here as soon as he can. I would rather him have everything in order (even though I harrass him about being here by my birthday) and taken care of so he can come home and stay. We'll see what happens.

So I'm just in need of some extra time lately and some extra energy. I'd like to get the house clean and I would also like the car to get fixed and working properly. The car has been acting up constantly so I have the Dad-like figure's truck to go to work for the week. I also got to do a little bit of shopping for household items. He is going to look at the car when it gets a bit warmer. We are thinking that the issue is electrical and possibly has to do with the security system. We are also thinking of taking this car in and seeing what I could get for something that runs properly. Or a vehicle for him so that I can borrow the truck until he can completely go over the car in his own time.

Other than the car issues things seem to be going fairly well. It's kind of nice. Ok, I am out of here. I want to go do something else and I think I've pretty much gotten everything up here that I wanted to. Laters.

Why hello there! I hope things have been going well with everyone out there that stops by my little corner of the web to see how they are going with me. I've had absolutely no time whatsoever the last few days in order to write. Things have been a bit crazy.

So let's see.. The New Boss heads off to the other side of the world tomorrow. Yep, he's outta here for 14 days. It's going to be very strange without him there when I'm only on my third week of working there. I didn't get to ask him how to handle his calls and I don't know when we'll get to hear from him since he'll be a total of 12 hours with the time difference.

School is going well. The professor already graded the first assignment we turned in this week and I got another 100%. I love this class. Unfortunately, I completely forgot that I had homework last night due to trying to figure out car problems and discussing what to do, who to go to, and so forth with the subsitute father. He's a great guy. He does so much for me and the Little Lady. I really hope he lives to be 100. I'll need him for that long, just to repay his kindness.

The car is still giving issues. We thought we had figured it out, but it's still acting up. I want to speak with Shorty down the road to see if he will put it on the diagnostic machine to tell me what the problem is. I don't know if he'll charge me to put it on the machine, but it can't hurt to find out, right?

My Honey has promised to be here for my birthday if not home permanantly by my birthday. I'd really prefer him not leaving, but if it happens, so be it. He'll be back! That I know.

So the TechGirl invited me to a jewelry party she is having the day after my birthday in the afternoon. I laughed and told her I might be up by the that time. I will go, simply because I want to look and see what she's going to be selling and perhaps buy myself something pretty for my birthday. I don't wear much jewelry (usually just my necklace with the rose carved into it and now the ring Honey gave me) but perhaps I'll find something I like. You never know.

Let's see. I haven't gotten to read any new books, started one, haven't touched it in awhile. I did finally get to see Into The Blue with Jessica Alba and Paul Walker... DROOL over both being sexy, often wet and barely dressed, and well, their amazing acting skills of course.

The Little Lady and I are waiting to receive Accepted in the mail. Should be here, at the latest, monday. I'm sure we'll enjoy that movie. It looks hilarious.

Ok, well. I'm gonna go to bed soon. Laters!