post a comment | posted Apr 4
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
So, my bosses called a "special meeting" with me and the other temp this morning. Being the optimist that I am known to be, I instantly assumed that it was a meeting being called to tell me that my temp assignment here is ending, and I will be happ...
post a comment | posted Apr 3
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
I just noticed something this morning that struck me as interesting. My name has the word "TUM" right in the middle of it. I don't know why that struck me as funny, but it did. Tums is for heartburn and nausea. Go figure. (BTW - is one tablet calle...
post a comment | posted Apr 2
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Yes, I KNOW the blogs have dwindled off the last few days, and I KNOW you've all been writhing in pain induced by lack of my posts, but, hey, sometimes, I have other things to do, people! (yeah, right - as if I have a life). The reasons ...
post a comment | posted Mar 28
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
"Um...what day is it?" she asked feebly, staring in horror at the pile of "problem files" on her desk and listening to her desperate stomach growl for it's lunch two hours past lunchtime. "TGIF" said her calendar. "Whatever," answered her moo...
post a comment | posted Mar 27
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Have you ever had one of those sort of bad dreams that haunts you all through the next day, as if the terrible events in the dream actually happened and you are now living with the emotional consequences of whatever tragedy it was? I'm not talking ...
post a comment | posted Mar 26
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Electricity transferred? Check.Water transferred? Check.Trash service? Working on it.Gas transferred? Working on it.Occupancy Permits? Working on it.Stuff Moved out of our Old Place? Working on it.Unpacked? Working on it.Moving is such a royal pain...
post a comment | posted Mar 25
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Well, Tuesday has come, and Easter is over, and Cissy is back to school, and we are basically settled into our new place with a tinge of normalcy, with the exception of getting some things taken care of - namely, getting the utilities switched (whi...
post a comment | posted Mar 24
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Well, Monday it is, and it has started off accordingly. This morning, after an already hectic morning of rescheduling and resituating on our part to figure out some sort of doable routine, meaning, in essence, we had to figure out some way to get m...
post a comment | posted Mar 20
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Thank God it's Thursday. It's been a very, very hectic week requiring a lot of adjustment, and even though I'm not happy about forcibly missing a day's pay tomorrow (because my temp service doesn't pay Good Friday as a holiday, even if your working...
post a comment | posted Mar 20
Originally posted at autiej's Xanga
Wednesdays annoy me. They are not quite far enough away from Mondays, yet not quite close enough to Saturdays. Not to mention that pesky silent and unnecessary couple of letters like that first 'd' and that first 'e'. It would be so much easi...