Sad to think about but it seems that life in some cases is all about deadlines. Setting them or having them set for you by others. I would think that it is an inevitability like death or taxes. I have a few deadlines that are staring me in the face in the near future.
DTV – Yep, February 17 is right around the corner and we don’t have cable or satellite since I hate the thought of spending $50 or more a month. Besides we got more than enough information from regular broadcast channels but now those channels are going from analog to digital on February 17. We don’t have a digital TV set so we have to get the converter boxes for our TV. We picked one up from Best Buy to try it out. We got all of the regular channels in digital now except for channel 8 in the living room, which is one of our most watched channels. Come to find out we can get it on the antenna in bedroom so apparently we need to get a new antenna for the living room too but I think it will be much better than paying a monthly fee for watching TV. We tested the bedroom antenna in the living room and 8 came in just fine. Onwards and upwards or so they would say.
Job transition – I was told that I would be transitioning over to Indi’s job at the beginning of February but I wondering if that will happen on time. The 2 that are supposed to be taking over for me just got their laptops ordered last week so it will be kind of a squeak if it happens on time. The positive is Indi will have a couple of months to show me how to take over her position.
Being an island unto myself – Indi leaves at the end of March or first part of April for her trip. Undoubtedly she will have me prepared to take over her old position as best she can being that she has always been good at training. I told her and Rhys last night that I don’t really think that it will hit me that they are gone until, well…. they’re gone. One of the great things about taking my job on the national team was that I already knew someone on the team and they worked in the same building. After Indi leaves I will be working on a team with no other members in the same center, it will either be time to shine or just get by (hopefully the former). Only time will tell on this one….
Last night we all went out to celebrate 4 different people’s birthdays from work: Malinda, Lisa, Dawnita and Cheala. It was a lot of fun. Karma asked me to sing Breath by Breaking Benjamin so I got up and did that one first. I asked Malinda if she wanted me to sing anything for her for her birthday. She said anything by Led Zeppelin so I sang Whole Lotta Love. Everyone was going nuts, Malinda got up on the bar and did some pole dancing and she wasn’t even drunk. Angela has begged me for a long time to sing Hold On Loosely by 38 Special and then almost left before I got a chance to sing it. She should actually be thankful she didn’t leave before that or I would have never let her live that one down. William asked me to come up and sing the Happy Birthday song by The Beatles (Thank God I remember most of it, it had been forever since I heard the whole thing). Lisa asked me to sing her some Iron Maiden (who I haven’t been a big fan of but since it was a birthday wish…) but she couldn’t find any in the karaoke book. Karma found some but I couldn’t remember how any of them went so I just went with the song I had already picked which was Cum On Feel The Noise by Quiet Riot (Lisa said that was good she was just looking to hear some 80s metal). After that we came home, Karma was starting to look a little bit bored and it was getting long between times of singing. I had a lot of fun and there were a lot of people out that I either hadn’t seen in a long time or outside of work which was nice as well.
Right now I am watching some football and trying to relax before going back to work tomorrow. *SIGH* Weekends sometimes are just too short.
Later peeps…
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
Bowie’s lyrics never sounded so true.
I took on a new job at work at little over 4 months ago and am just now starting to get the hang of it. It might be a little annoying and grating at times but doesn’t every job pretty much. They are now going to slide me over into Indi’s job since she will be leaving the company at the end of March.
Indi tells me that this is one of the greatest job that you can have. I sure hope so, the good thing is that Indi will be here to show me the ropes over the next couple of months. That is definitely a positive thing. I didn’t have that luxury with the job that I am in now. My soon-to-be old position will be taken over by a couple of people that work for the company that runs our interface system.
I wonder if the reason they are having me take over Indi’s job is because they are more afraid of the people taking over my job taking over her’s instead. I would guess that this means they are giving me a measured form of trust by letting me take over her job.
The guy who had my job before me I have been lead to believe was a screw-up that just about everyone in the group thought was more of a drag on the team than an asset. I was telling Indi the other day that it is much easier to take over for a screw-up than taking over for someone who everyone thinks is doing a great job.
Indi compiled a really good manual for me to follow and like I said she will be here to help me through the process of getting through my first full build cycle so that will be a tremendous help for me. She has timelines set up for how to put together each build.
One of the great things about her position is that you don’t have to worry about someone calling you late in the evening to tell you the system is broke (well except for the week after a new build goes in) or having to work on issues where you are having to depend on a lot of other people for it to be successful. This will be a MAJOR positive in my books.
So, if I seem a little out of sorts for the next 3 months or so just remember that I have to learn a new position all over again.
I do think that it is kind of funny that most of the people that I deal with on a regular basis so far that have found out that I am changing position are (at least) saying they are sorry to see that I am not going to be dealing with them on a regular basis anymore. That makes me feel good, maybe I am doing a better job than I am giving myself credit for. Man, I really need to work on my self esteem.
Well, I had better go. Trying to type this up and watching my Panthers getting beat 27-7 in the first half means I am not doing either well.
Later peeps….
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
Bowie’s lyrics never sounded so true.
I took on a new job at work at little over 4 months ago and am just now starting to get the hang of it. It might be a little annoying and grating at times but doesn’t every job pretty much. They are now going to slide me over into Indi’s job since she will be leaving the company at the end of March.
Indi tells me that this is one of the greatest job that you can have. I sure hope so, the good thing is that Indi will be here to show me the ropes over the next couple of months. That is definitely a positive thing. I didn’t have that luxury with the job that I am in now. My soon-to-be old position will be taken over by a couple of people that work for the company that runs our interface system.
I wonder if the reason they are having me take over Indi’s job is because they are more afraid of the people taking over my job taking over her’s instead. I would guess that this means they are giving me a measured form of trust by letting me take over her job.
The guy who had my job before me I have been lead to believe was a screw-up that just about everyone in the group thought was more of a drag on the team than an asset. I was telling Indi the other day that it is much easier to take over for a screw-up than taking over for someone who everyone thinks is doing a great job.
Indi compiled a really good manual for me to follow and like I said she will be here to help me through the process of getting through my first full build cycle so that will be a tremendous help for me. She has timelines set up for how to put together each build.
One of the great things about her position is that you don’t have to worry about someone calling you late in the evening to tell you the system is broke (well except for the week after a new build goes in) or having to work on issues where you are having to depend on a lot of other people for it to be successful. This will be a MAJOR positive in my books.
So, if I seem a little out of sorts for the next 3 months or so just remember that I have to learn a new position all over again.
I do think that it is kind of funny that most of the people that I deal with on a regular basis so far that have found out that I am changing position are (at least) saying they are sorry to see that I am not going to be dealing with them on a regular basis anymore. That makes me feel good, maybe I am doing a better job than I am giving myself credit for. Man, I really need to work on my self esteem.
Well, I had better go. Trying to type this up and watching my Panthers getting beat 27-7 in the first half means I am not doing either well.
Later peeps….
Monday, January 5, 2009
Hairball!
Today at work I got a new badge as they are supposed to be using a new access system sometime in the future. It was mailed to me by security and once I opened it the GOA that delivered it to me was completely in shock at the picture that was on there.
I used the picture that has been on my old badge, one that I had taken when I first started working for the company almost 8 years ago. Just about everyone in that call center knows me with long hair but the picture shows me with a fairly short hairdo.
One of the reasons that I like to let my hair grow out is that I work for a company that it doesn’t matter if my hair is short or not and I have always wanted to be a rock star and when I was growing up the only guys that were rock stars had really long hair. Another reason is that most have told me that I have gorgeous hair and I can let it grow out and then donate it to Locks Of Love (who make free wigs for cancer patients that go through chemo, mostly for kids). It is a worthwhile cause in my books.
It is usually at about this point that I decide that I want to cut my hair. It is about half way down my back now and this is usually about the time that it really starts becoming hard to handle. The end of the hair will start to rat up and become painful to straighten out. The only problem is that right now it is starting to get colder. Usually the cold doesn’t affect me much but I keep having this image of myself with steam pouring off the top of my head as I stand there shivering.
I am still debating on it, to cut or not to cut. I think I might hold on to it until Marc h when the temperatures start to come up and stabilize a little bit more.
Work goes well. I finally got my laptop in and was actually able to connect to the network from my home so eventually I will be working more from home. It could come in really handy if the roads get slick and nasty.
My mother in law is waiting on a house that her boss is having worked on. She is going to rent it from him. She was telling me this evening that she might be gone in a couple of weeks. I will be thankful when that happens. She moved in here a little after Thanksgiving of 07 and she has come a long way in that time. She got a job and even got promoted at that job. It was kind of nice having her here when she first got moved in but like most things her welcome is really starting to wear itself out. Karma said that there have been several times that her mom has treated her like a child and I think she ready to get some distance between her and her mom. She will still be living in the area so I am sure that we will see her and visits will be made but the great thing about when you visit someone is that once you are tired you can just leave.
Well, gotta get some sleep. Got a call to be on tomorrow morning and I don’t feel that I got enough sleep last night.
Later peeps….
I used the picture that has been on my old badge, one that I had taken when I first started working for the company almost 8 years ago. Just about everyone in that call center knows me with long hair but the picture shows me with a fairly short hairdo.
One of the reasons that I like to let my hair grow out is that I work for a company that it doesn’t matter if my hair is short or not and I have always wanted to be a rock star and when I was growing up the only guys that were rock stars had really long hair. Another reason is that most have told me that I have gorgeous hair and I can let it grow out and then donate it to Locks Of Love (who make free wigs for cancer patients that go through chemo, mostly for kids). It is a worthwhile cause in my books.
It is usually at about this point that I decide that I want to cut my hair. It is about half way down my back now and this is usually about the time that it really starts becoming hard to handle. The end of the hair will start to rat up and become painful to straighten out. The only problem is that right now it is starting to get colder. Usually the cold doesn’t affect me much but I keep having this image of myself with steam pouring off the top of my head as I stand there shivering.
I am still debating on it, to cut or not to cut. I think I might hold on to it until Marc h when the temperatures start to come up and stabilize a little bit more.
Work goes well. I finally got my laptop in and was actually able to connect to the network from my home so eventually I will be working more from home. It could come in really handy if the roads get slick and nasty.
My mother in law is waiting on a house that her boss is having worked on. She is going to rent it from him. She was telling me this evening that she might be gone in a couple of weeks. I will be thankful when that happens. She moved in here a little after Thanksgiving of 07 and she has come a long way in that time. She got a job and even got promoted at that job. It was kind of nice having her here when she first got moved in but like most things her welcome is really starting to wear itself out. Karma said that there have been several times that her mom has treated her like a child and I think she ready to get some distance between her and her mom. She will still be living in the area so I am sure that we will see her and visits will be made but the great thing about when you visit someone is that once you are tired you can just leave.
Well, gotta get some sleep. Got a call to be on tomorrow morning and I don’t feel that I got enough sleep last night.
Later peeps….
Saturday, January 3, 2009
No New Year’s Resolutions
Everyone that I know has either been quick to share what their resolutions or ask what other’s are for the new ear. I actually don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore I actually haven’t made any for the last few years.
I know that the new year is often a time to look back over things that we are doing in our lives and see where we need to make improvements over where we are now. Now I don’t think that my life is perfect, far from it but we don’t have to wait until one time of the year to set out a roadmap for ourselves. Granted now is a time that most people sign up for gym memberships and when I used to work in the dairy section of the grocery store we always made sure that we ordered a ton of yogurt since most people make resolutions to eat better and get in shape but I don’t know that we as Americans really evaluate ourselves throughout the course of the year. There is nothing wrong with taking inventory of where we are at any time.
I have been in my new job for a little over 4 months now. I try to evaluate myself once a month to see how I am doing (I don’t always get it done and I do it because I have some self esteem issues) and each month I have found that I need to be more direct and purposeful. I continue to work on it but it is still a work in progress, if had waited until the beginning of the year to make a change then I probably would have gotten sent back to being a rep in the call center.
Much of my life I have been feeling like I need to keep my head above water but about a month ago I decided that I need to make some changes to what I am doing. To be more outgoing, to be bolder and try to feel more complete as an individual, to continue to try and find the humor in all situations, this is something I plan on working on every day not waiting until the beginning of a year.
There is nothing wrong with being gung ho about making changes but we all didn’t become who we are in a week or a month so small changes are something we should commit to. Changes that are too drastic for anyone are likely to end in failure. So if you are looking to eat more healthy don’t force yourself to eat only healthy stuff with no wiggle room as most will sicken of a complete overhaul of the diet and will usually abandon it with most no intention of looking back. If you instead start to include healthy foods in slowly and slowly move the less healthy choices you are more likely to stay with it. Those who plan to get in shape will work out too hard to start things off and once the soreness sets in they decide the pain is too much and revert back to being couch potatoes. Instead mild workouts that slowly increase in intensity over time are more likely to keep you engaged and coming back for more.
Remember, slow and steady wins the race.
Later peeps…..
I know that the new year is often a time to look back over things that we are doing in our lives and see where we need to make improvements over where we are now. Now I don’t think that my life is perfect, far from it but we don’t have to wait until one time of the year to set out a roadmap for ourselves. Granted now is a time that most people sign up for gym memberships and when I used to work in the dairy section of the grocery store we always made sure that we ordered a ton of yogurt since most people make resolutions to eat better and get in shape but I don’t know that we as Americans really evaluate ourselves throughout the course of the year. There is nothing wrong with taking inventory of where we are at any time.
I have been in my new job for a little over 4 months now. I try to evaluate myself once a month to see how I am doing (I don’t always get it done and I do it because I have some self esteem issues) and each month I have found that I need to be more direct and purposeful. I continue to work on it but it is still a work in progress, if had waited until the beginning of the year to make a change then I probably would have gotten sent back to being a rep in the call center.
Much of my life I have been feeling like I need to keep my head above water but about a month ago I decided that I need to make some changes to what I am doing. To be more outgoing, to be bolder and try to feel more complete as an individual, to continue to try and find the humor in all situations, this is something I plan on working on every day not waiting until the beginning of a year.
There is nothing wrong with being gung ho about making changes but we all didn’t become who we are in a week or a month so small changes are something we should commit to. Changes that are too drastic for anyone are likely to end in failure. So if you are looking to eat more healthy don’t force yourself to eat only healthy stuff with no wiggle room as most will sicken of a complete overhaul of the diet and will usually abandon it with most no intention of looking back. If you instead start to include healthy foods in slowly and slowly move the less healthy choices you are more likely to stay with it. Those who plan to get in shape will work out too hard to start things off and once the soreness sets in they decide the pain is too much and revert back to being couch potatoes. Instead mild workouts that slowly increase in intensity over time are more likely to keep you engaged and coming back for more.
Remember, slow and steady wins the race.
Later peeps…..
Yes another one
Ok, here I am signing up for yet another blog. This one was mainly signed up due to I wanted to make sure to be able to follow Rhys and Indi's travel blog. I figure that I will post entries here as well.
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