the Monday after Thanksgiving? Stupid Xmas Muzak! My beloved new employer doesn’t even have Muzak! (the downside is that sometimes I spend all day humming the last song I heard – OK when it’s something great, but humming some shitty country song makes for a long day). The delight of no Muzak…plus free lunch on…
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Happy National Payroll Week!
(or, as they now call it at my former employer “National Hug a Donkey Week”) (D, are you laughing???) So, it’s National Payroll Week and my new employer takes it seriously. (This is the craziest company…everyone works until at least 6 every night, a full lunch hour is rarely enjoyed, and they often play just…
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…
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…
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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…
2009 Year in Review
Okay, so I steal this from Erin every year, but this time I’m going to edit it so I don’t look even more moony and pathetic. 2009 was kind of a single issue year for me. You’re welcome. Edited to add: Apparently I edited out the question about “Anyone close to you give birth?” and…
2010 has been HUGE already!
So, 2010 has gone well so far. We woke up early-ish (especially since I was wide awake until 5 am) and I started trying to declutter a teeny bit. I started off with the Crossroads of Clutter (a/k/a our dining room table). My goal was to get to the point where the table only held…
A new record…
So, the Xmas music started today at work. Congratulate me – I made it to 9:15 before making a face about the annoying music. (The song was “Hey Santa” by the Wilson Sisters). Only 19 days to go! In other news, yes, I *DID* sing along to Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” when…