The Cheesecake is Rich

Yes! Yesterday I took my exam for the Super Hard Payroll Certification. I was given 4 hours to take the exam and about midway through, I thought, “Well, this isn’t going well…”. I was able to mark any question I wanted as “Review Later” and I marked at least a quarter of the questions. After [...]

Short Answer: YES. Long Answer: Here is why I haven’t blogged lately. It’s all just a loooong string of worry. Worried about the stupid test (a week and a half to go!), passing it, failing it. Worried about work (a lifetime to go!), getting it all done in 40 hours per week. Big boss had [...]

I don’t know if the tickers in the last post make sense to anyone but me, but they’re ticking off the days until I take my certification exam and then the days until vacation. (The latest on vacation: Still not booked, Gene does not appear to have been chosen to speak @ Geek Week ’11, [...]

1) Still haven’t scheduled my certification test. Today’s wrench is that I need someone boss-like to sign my authorization to take the test before I can schedule the damned test. And who knows how I’m going to get my hands on a funding source for this boondoggle. APA, please make this be slightly easier than [...]

Stupid certification. I don’t know when I’m going to take my Super Hard Payroll Exam yet. I (through the subterfuge-iest of subterfurges) figured out that the exam center in Cheesecake City’s last test date is October 6. I need to get that nailed down ASAP, but first I need to apply for the test. And [...]

So, I have to get a Super Important Payroll Certification sometime in the next year if I want to keep my job. After a day like today, I’m rather meh on the whole thing anyway. But anyway, this certification is awarded by passing a Super Hard Test That is Very Very Difficult. (Jesus Christ, American [...]

So today we went completely ‘off road’ and didn’t order anything on the special restaurant week menu. Partially because the special menu came with a glass of wine (I probably shouldn’t drink since I’m whacked out on amoxocillan) and partially because we’d had all of their appetizer choices and were feeling rather meh about all [...]

1) Of course we’re not moving to Indianapolis. Someone just likes to get my hopes up by dangling job postings in front of me and then ::boom:: snatching them away. Because who wouldn’t want to live in the south, where between us we have 1 friend and zero family members? 2) You know what sucks? [...]

(really, where have I been? My short term memory’s been crap for awhile but now my middle term memory too?) Lately: Two weeks ago, Gene and I went to dinner and to see Gene’s favorite musical performed. Dinner was yummy and the first act was great but one of us fell ill so we had [...]

Bad News: I think my coworker Broomhilda may be losing her “archrival” status Good News: Because she (very graciously!) agreed to move her vacation off of the week of Geek Week 2011! Bad News: Now you guys have to read a bunch of posts where I contemplate airfare and hotel deals in/to Las Vegas. YAY!