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I got the job!
I found out first thing Monday morning that I got the job I applied for in HR. I'm soooo happy I can't even contain myself! I can't wait to start learning new things :)
I start on the 6th, my hours will change and I will no longer have the luxury of getting home at 4:30pm, but it will all be worth it! SMILES!!!




I read an article yesterday about the new Facebook timeline. I swear they cannot decide on one layout. I bet they have someone even at this moment working on something else while we're getting used to the "new" FB page. Sigh!

As always, I was thrilled (in case you couldn't tell already) to hear that they had yet again changed the page layout and that it would take weeks to get used to it and re-learn where my stuff is on the page. And as always, I waited until the new stuff washed over me or rather, was forced upon me. That's right folks! If you hadn't changed it yet, don't worry, Facebook will do it for you. On January 31, everyone's page will be in the new fancy timeline style. Yay.

After reading about it, I decided to accept my fate and make the change myself to regain control of the situation. I found the spot, made the change and the prompt at the top told me it would not publish the timeline for 7 days, thus giving me time to "edit out" or remove anything I don't want stuck on there forever. I for one typically am careful about what I post or let myself be tagged on b/c both my parents are on FB and have been for a while and are definitely still the two people I fear most on earth. In general, I keep mine low-key, and avoid too much cursing and so on. This said, I still had a few things to remove but they were mostly from old relationships and might have made someone uncomfortable if that person were to say... read my posts from 2007!

I found a whole lot of hilarious posts though and it was nice reminiscing. I think I'm ready for the change but I refuse to call it an upgrade until I see what has been "upped"!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

What a week... It's been exhausting all around. I have probably had 3 to 4 hours of sleep on average every night, and have had zero time to do what I actually wanted to do... but now I get another shot because the weekend is back. Yay!

Believe it or not, but I am still waiting on an answer regarding my application to HR. It may come today, it may come Monday, it may never come. I think what frustrates me the most is repeating myself to everyone who keeps asking "So? Have you heard?"... sigh. I just want to know so I don't have to wonder anymore. The anticipation is killing me!

As I like to enjoy my Fridays to the max, this one started on the right foot. I finished a great audio book and was ready for the new story I added to my iPod last night (yes, I'm a 90-yr old in disguise and I listen to audio books on my way to and from work... Sue me!). I was so excited to start "reading" the next Eve Dallas on my list: Survivor In Death (this series is like a drug, I tell you!). Sadly for me, the book started somewhere that was definitely NOT the beginning. I frowned, paused and waited for a red light to check my iPod and sure enough, I downloaded the entire book but somehow omitted the first 10-12 tracks of disc 1. Ugh, what a doofus!!!

I'm thinking this will seriously mess with my Friday morning routine. Already, I couldn't get my Dunkin Caramel Swirl coffee (OR my Big N' Toasty...) b/c of the ridiculous lines of slow-moving cars. Now, I don't have my daily distraction from traffic. No comedic remarks from Roarke, snide comments from Eve, McNabb's flashy outfits or She-body's smart mouth. How will I survive????????? What am I supposed to do for the ride home?

I had to collect myself and figure something else out and I couldn't reach for my CD case way in the back seat. Thanks to technology, I am able to plug my phone to the USB port in my car and listen to whatever music I have stored in there. So I did and PSquare kept me company the whole way... very loudly.

In Re: the evening ride, I decided to download a free sample of aforementioned book into my Nook so I can read up until the part where the audio starts. Yes, I am a genius and my Friday can be happy again :) Mission Accomplished!

Bummed Out!

(I love this picture!)

Since my last post (which was pretty hilarious if I should say so myself...), I haven't had much time to enjoy anything. I hate to say this, but I have been pretty bummed out and in a somber mood. It may have something to do with the fact that I discovered a few more backstabbers at work, but maybe not. Or maybe, it has everything to do with that! Whatever happened to goofing around? cracking jokes? I put up with all sorts of inappropriate crap from some of them, how is it that when I say something in the spirit of laughter, my head gets bitten off? Oh well... they asked for it. No more friendliness here, not with them. Strictly bidness from now on~! MUUU-HA-HA-HA-HA! (evil laugh)

On a sadder note, I have been mourning my uncle for the past couple of weeks and we're coming up on the 1st anniversary of one my closest friends' death. It's a sour time for me so I've been a little down and unlike my usual perky self. Some people think that my life revolves around them though, so they act all offended when I don't want to banter back and forth about stupid things like Olivia Wilde's body (why in the world?!?!), or some stupid movie they saw, or stupider TV Show they watch. I'm being called "moody" behind my back. Nice.


Dear self-absorbed people,


Sorry that my mourning has infringed on your daily activities, darkened my eyes to the constant spotlight glowing on your face, and made it impossible for me to laugh at your racist and feminist jokes lately. I should be back on track in the next few weeks however, so do try to resist the urge to stop by my desk for cajoling and sympathy. I am fresh out of those.


Thank you so much!


Joz.


Jerks!

Just as I was thinking on my drive in that I'd had (and am about to have another) rough week, I looked over at my calendar and saw the date. Whaaaaaaaaaa??? TUESDAY? How can it only be Tuesday? I am having the hardest time accepting that! It snowed, so the roads were horrible and the entire time I was driving in, I was telling myself "only a couple more days of this crap then I can sleep for three days straight"...Ha! Looks like that's a NEGATIVE. Over and out.

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

It's pouring out there and it has been for the entire day! It's so depressing, but since we have established that I L.O.L. at depression, I will say it's "demoralizing" to sit in front of a giant wall of windows only to look out at pouring rain.

There are however certain things to always look forward to when it rains this much, or even when there is any type of precipitation. People walk in shaking their heads at me asking if I can believe this great weather we're having, or saying how hard it's raining. The usual. Sometimes, I even get to watch people who try to out-run the  rain... yeah, I shake my head at that too. It happens all the time though. Someone runs from the main lobby to the building across and think if they move fast enough, they won't get as wet. Ha ha! Not when there's THIS much rain involved, pal!

The one situation that knocks any other out of the park for me, is always the umbrella flipping itself inside out while the poor man or woman desperately tries to readjust it. Typically, they tend to forget all about the rain falling on them because they are so consumed with the need to fix the umbrella. They twist it one way then the other all the while being violently pushed around by the heavy winds. Rain goes everywhere while they lift and drop the umbrella. From my desk, it looks like that strange dance we all do when we think something is crawling up our back (oh, you know the one...). I try not to laugh, but how does one NOT LAUGH at that??? The whole time I feel like the annoying person at the movies yelling at the girl on the screen who's about to be killed by Mike Myers. I want to yell at them to keep running and worry about the umbrella when they're under an awning or back in the building but they can't see me... I'm invisible and so I laugh. Yes, I shamelessly laugh and shake my head.

Zzzz...

I am exhausted lately. I have no idea why, but for the second time in a few days, I passed out on the couch and slept for 5-6 hours. Normally, I would take a cat nap before diving into homework, or while waiting for hubby to finish his discovery channel shows about gross insects or snakes. These times, nothing was going on that I wanted or needed to avoid. I was not tired when I walked in the door but as soon as I sad down, BOOM! Out cold. I tossed and turned a bit, and I vaguely remember him asking me to go upstairs to bed but I mumbled something incoherent and threw my arm over my eyes. Then he shook me saying it was past 11pm and that I was going upstairs.

I hear stress sometimes makes people tired because it takes up a lot of energy. Am I stressed? Depressed people sleep a lot too, don't they? Could I be depressed and not know? Pfff... wait, let me pick myself up off the floor from laughing too hard at that statement. Yes, I laugh at depression! I'm too stubborn to be depressed... I would argue with depression until it got depressed, HA!

Therefore, I conclude that I am just on a strange sleep pattern because of the road trip. I slept at weird times and my body hasn't readjusted to the routine yet. Hopefully it gets with the program and accepts its fate as I have accepted mine.

Huh???

Sooooooooo, I asked about the raise and he doesn't know. Really? I have no idea how to feel about this other than it can't be good. If it isn't good, it better NOT be because someone thought I wasn't smiley enough at the lobby. That would really tick me off...

Blah!

This morning one of my computer software decided to place me in San Jose, CA. I wouldn't have minded as much if it came with sunny beautiful weather (which I obviously looked up on weather.com)... no, what bothered me was that I had a ton of badges to set up for the day and none of them were visible because, obviously, I'm not in San Jose (sad face!). Anyway, it was irritating, but my boss cleared it up fairly quickly. Happy Monday to me!

I had my review today finally, and it went well minus a tiny 'iik' which i won't bother to mention because I think someone fabricated things about me and it came up. Whatevz, it happens... I can't even talk about it, SO FRUSTRATING! I wasn't told how much my raise would be though, aren't I supposed to be told? I was told last year and everyone I know who has had their reviews (here and elsewhere) have all said they were happy/unhappy with their raise. That's because they were told exactly how much they would get. I have a feeling it isn't good and he didn't want to tell me in case I flew off the handle... not that I would tho. I would just go back into my cocoon and drop the "friendly" me out the window, and stick to the "professional" me. I'll ask about it tomorrow and see if I get an answer. Fingers crossed.

C.O.L.D!!!

It is FREEZING today! Once again, I am going to be wearing my coat and scarf for the better part of the morning. It is actually warmer than normal for this time of year in the Boston area, but since Winter hadn't shown up in time, we all chose to ignore the fact that it existed and accepted that we would spend the next few months in a fall-like climate. WRONG! It doesn't help that the lobby is a huge open space with a giant glass wall.


It also never helps that the front entrance is constantly used by people who insist on telling me how cold it is outside. Uuummmm,  Hellooo??? Do you not see me bundled up over here shivering??? I especially do not appreciate morning perkiness... It is not even 7AM yet lady, CALM DOWN! Sigh...




I may just be cranky from coming back to work after two blissful weeks of sleeping in and basking under the Texas sun. Or from finding snow on my car this morning. Normally, I would be thrilled because I love snow (except when I have to shovel it), but not this time. There wasn't a lot of it, maybe not even an inch, but still... snow. It was very powdery so not a problem in itself other than it emphasized the real start of winter :(. I should be grateful that it wasn't a mountain of snow instead because I would definitely have been late to work if it had been.

Coming back from vacation is hard. Very hard. Coming back from vacation to 50 degrees less than where you were is just plain wrong! What has my life come to?!?! Why aren't I on an isolated beach somewhere in the South Pacific? Why is my coffee already cold? How fast will today go? When can I get back to bed???
Where are my favorite beach photos? I need to feel warmer...

Happy 2012!!!

Happy New Year good people! It's been a long and hard road but I made it here. I have a lot to be grateful for  concerning last year and even though I still feel a bit behind on my goals, I am much further along than I thought I'd be at the beginning of the year, so cheers to that!

The rest of our week in Houston went really well. We spent some time with our friend A. who showed us around the city and took us to eat at The Breakfast Klub, which is pretty famous out here... the line was ridiculously long but the food was definitely delicious and worth it (Thanks A, you never steer us wrong, haha).

Then he took us to RA Sushi in the Galleria area a I believe and we had more delicious food and drinks there :) I know... I'm really gonna need the gym when I get back HA!


We also spent an unhealthy amount of time gawking at ginormous houses that I choose to call mansions because, well... any house that size should never be called a house. It's just not right!!!

Today, we helped unpack more stuff for my brother's place (oh yeah, the furniture expected last week Friday arrived yesterday... smh!). We set up a few things to get them started and I go to do some interior design (I've missed you sooooo!!!). Then we went for ice cream at Marble Slab Creamery (Yuuuuuuuuuummmmyyyyy!!!) to close out the night.



Now as you can all imagine, I'm all packed up and definitely not ready to go, but you know, gotta get back to work and stuff. I know T's going nuts over there covering for me, haha (just kidding, they might want to keep you after these past weeks). We're stuffing our faces one last time at home. MMS made baked chicken wings, and A stopped by to say "see u latah", and I'm posting my last blog from this great vaca. I do miss my girls in NA, but I will sorely miss the M's and their kids :(