A2K's Wonderful World Of Reinvention

Nice quiet day at work. Nothing has made me cackle with derision yet, but enh, I've got four hours to go - the world is waiting for me to get cocky.

Company's offering free flu shots, so I'm going in for mine at the end of the day. I normally don't get them, but...Given that our boss looked like a train ran her over yesterday and she's out sick today, and that one of my coworkers is out for a WEEK due to some crud she picked up over the holiday weekend, better safe than sorry this time around.

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Crossposted from RPGnet, and I gotta post it here because...I mean, damn.

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At least the married couple downtairs is awesome, and we're all good friends.

SIGH.

Following Work review:

CONGRATULATIONS! You have reached Level 4!

+1 to job responsibilities
+2 to Manager Rapport (she likes me! She really really likes me!)
+1 to Senior Coworker Rapport
+3 to Junior Coworker Rapport (manager had a lot to say about how I've been working to help them out)

YOU HAVE EARNED RAISE!

(way more than I thought, too!)

*dancity*

BEST PRE-BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVAR.

Well, the boss warned us that there were moves coming up.

They just posted the new locations.

Hrm. I liked where they moved me this last time - and now I gotta move way across the room again, practically back where I started. So not looking forward to packing up again. Well, at least I'm less acquisitive than most of my coworkers - I don't have to pack up a *house* to move. In fact I'll probably be throwing stuff out in the process.

Been a LONG time since my last entry. I'm sorry about that, folks. It's just that I normally don't have all that much to say - and when I do, I normally say it straight *to* people rather than write it down. :/

*pause, takes call*

That also cuts into any 'oooh, I should blog about X' I would want to do, too. By the time I finish the call, I've forgotten what I wanted to say anyway.

Work? Well, I work in a call center that manages 401(k)s. If you're watching the economic news, that should give you some idea about how 'fun' my job is right now. It's only 11 AM, and I'm already going 'can't wait to get home, god shoot me now.' Started with a deaf relay call that went on for an hour, and went downhill from there.

Of course, Isaac promising sushi after work, and a trip to the Art Institute tomorrow (and possibly kungfu movies Saturday evening) is doing wonders for my overall temper.

Mood: stabbity, in spite of the aforementioned prompts for good behavior.

I'm not the only one feeling it - my coworker is currently stressing out next to me as he tries to finish his Val's Day present for his sweetie. He's been cutting out little snowflakes and stuff and is mounting them on a photograph frame. Two of my coworkers are engaged, and one's having issues finding a place that'll hold her reception. The other one's behind me freaking on the phone to her mortgage company as she tries to close today (she couldn't get off for it, poor dear.)


Theme song: Incidental fight music from Pokemon Emerald. I've picked up my DS and started playing the thing again from the beginning on Monday. I have now walked through so much tall grass that that music is imbedded in my skull.

I had been told by my rabbi that an important part of working towards conversion was living as a Jew. So, Isaac and I had a properly Jewish Shabbat.

All we lacked was the Shabbat candle lighting the evening before, ya know? SO.
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Mainly because I have no idea what to *say* in this thing.

Needless to say, I'm still alive and kicking. We'll be moving soon (probably more information in the husband's LJ than mine) and I recently hit my first year at the job.

And...yeah. Still here. :)


More to come as I think of it.

For on this day, five years ago, Isaac and I were married.

Happy anniversary, honey. :)

....less a nagging hack-up-a-lung-o-rama! After checking in with the doc today, I'll be going back to work tomorrow.

On the sad end, Curt's now got it. Send him good vibes, y'all, that he's down with it for less time than I was!

And here I thought it was just sinus on Saturday.

Now, I'm this hacking, 102-feverish with occasional chills, nauseated, exhausted MESS of a woman. I have not had the flu in over a decade, so I really had no memory of what it was like, other than 'unpleasant'.

How amusing this morning that WTMX's Eric and Kathy were talking about this latest flu strain going around as I turned on the radio this morn. At least I know I'm not alone in this, although I'd love to know who I caught it from.

I'd....like to go back to forgetting, now. At least my boss is being merciful and allowing me the time off to get better.This is a good thing - I wouldn't want ANYONE at my job to catch this, particularly my cubicle buddy who's pregnant.

But god...shoot me now. It'd be merciful.

Yeah. I...got nothin'. It's apparently been confirmed, however, that Darth and Yoda will be vying for the SoulCalibur this iteration of the game (I'm gonna have to play the hell out of this game if this actually goes live.)

We just got it from on high - our bosses are no fools, and they're sending us home EARLY.

...given the weather out there, we very well might get home by the usual time we get OFF. :)

Everyone stay safe in the Snow Belt today! 

I'm sitting here burning through my latest starbucks concoction - Venti white choco mocha with caramel, whipped cream, and two shots of raspberry flavoring. Yummy. And had blackberries for breakfast - blackberries the size of my thumb. Sometimes, I love the breakfast bar at my job. Whee! 

At times like this, my thoughts turn to possibly finding a dojo out here and starting martial arts classes of some sort. Not sure what kind, although I'd love to take either Aikido or taichi. Something to help me ratchet down my anxiety and stress, which is a constant companion nowadays.  

Or maybe I should just do yoga. 
Any ideas? 

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 or anyone willing to play a very librarianish game. Hope the link works.

Damn you, Carnegie-Mellon. Damn youuuuuuu!

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc/game1/game1.swf

Taking a new client today, after four hours of training in their 401k plan yesterday.

Right now, I'm staring at the phone like it was a live snake. I was so nervous last night that I went to bed sickeningly early last night, and barely touched the dinner Curt made. (I did pack it up this morning so I could have it for lunch today, and it does keep well!)

...Okay, I've already had two calls, and they don't seem THAT bad. But we'll see. 

(I'm focusing on my reward for getting through to the evening - P&W in Gnomeregan!)

The A2K is not dead, sorry to say... 

Again, I got slapped down by the general fact that my life is just NOT that interesting, thus I never really have anything to say. Sorry, folks! How's by all you?

But right now, I'm sitting at work, and mildly bored as hell. So, I'll update this thing. And I swear I'll try and keep it more current from now on.

The state of A2K's life.

..mmm. If I think of anything else, I'll drop another line or so later.

But yes, life is finally getting good, and I'm gradually getting where I want to be!

And today begins my first day at my new job. Two weeks of training, then the lion's den.

Any luck y'all would like to toss at me would be greatly appreciated. Particularly in the area of scheduling - they changed my shift hours on me AGAIN.

Madeline L'Engle died yesterday at the age of 88.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_re_us/obit_l_engle