1) Going to Germany in a few weeks. Boss Man took a week to approve my vacation so by the time I could book our tickets the cheapest flights have us with a 12 hour layover in Amsterdam. 2) Work is fine. One of my coworkers is less than thrilled that I’m going out of…
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Here’s an important life lesson…
So, I made mashed potatoes last night to go with dinner… (YES, I made dinner…and potatoes!! on a weeknight!) and learned a very important life lesson (the kind that everyone but me knows already): Always, alllllwayyyyys remember to lock the bowl into the stand mixer. If you don’t, you end up trying to shut the…
It’s just my job…
I still love my job. The work is more difficult than what I’m used to (I keep wanting to say, “But of course the client has their vision insurance as a post-tax deduction!”, but I’m reminded that there a million ways to run payroll and I’ve only ever seen one of them) but the people…
Today’s highlights…
So, by rights, today should have been cuh-ray-zee busy at work. I have several new clients “going live” tomorrow, making it necessary that I spend today making sure their year to date payroll data is spot on perfect. Therefore, it sure was a pain in the ass the way today ended up going. Spent the…
This will probably end up as a rant…
WTF…!!! I am so fuckkkkkkking pissed off. So I finally called Former Boss Gwen. We had a loooovely chat about my new job and how things are going at my former employer. Last payroll, the new payroll clerk had a hard time of it because of technical issues with the files. It wasn’t anything I…
Funny….
Lest all of you think life at Chateau LaineyD is all stress and sadness, here is a cute conversation to dispel that rumor: So, Gene and I watched some TV (courtesy of Hulu, XBox and the mysteries of technology), mostly stuff from USA Network (Burn Notice, Royal Pains). Me: “So, do we have anything left…
August already
The calendar is wrong, it says today is July 30 but I think August is here. I’d hoped that August wouldn’t be such a…trial this year, it wouldn’t be the hardest month of all 12 (only baaaaarely beating out January) but I think that this may be the way the next 60 or so Augusts…
The (short) height of laziness…
I haven’t checked my email in days. (Yes, I check my work email and my Gmail email, but not my “grownup” email. There’s an email from Former -!!- Boss Gwen waiting on me and I just can’t go there). Had a dream last night that I went to my old workplace and automatically sat down…
Is today my birthday and no one told me?
So, I don’t know how to explain this, but the new job rocks. Raaaaaawwwwks. Did I mention that the company buys all of us lunch on Fridays? I heard this and was pleased – my previous employer was a restaurant company so there was always food around. I was looking quite forward to whatever the…
Mahnewjobiscoolis
Is it Wednesday yet? Is it time for dinner yet? How about bedtime? I am so tired. Working is hard. On the bright side, I’m learning a lot about the software I’ll be using/supporting. My job is going to be setting up new client payroll data in the software. I’m not sure how much I’ll…