23 March 2007
Week One, Finished
After the first week of full-time work, I am happy to report that my sleep schedule is adjusting. I am no longer waking up confused when the alarm beeps at 6:15 am. I just wake up. (Under the old schedule I was going to bed at 12:30 or so and waking up at 8 am.)
I'm really enjoying the new job and new duties. I am much less stressed than I was before and it's showing in my writing. The words are coming easier now. Not easy, you understand. Just easier than before. I'm still getting used to the new evening ritual though, so I haven't established a firm time where I can say "I'm writing now. Please leave me alone."
It'll happen, though.
I'm really enjoying the new job and new duties. I am much less stressed than I was before and it's showing in my writing. The words are coming easier now. Not easy, you understand. Just easier than before. I'm still getting used to the new evening ritual though, so I haven't established a firm time where I can say "I'm writing now. Please leave me alone."
It'll happen, though.
12 March 2007
Let The Countdown Begin
Friday can't come soon enough.
In other news, this past weekend was blissfully normal. No major crises, no attendance-required family events (not that I _hate_ them, but...we've had enough of them lately), nothing but most pleasant couch-potatoness. (Hmm. That last part sounded so Engrish. Sorry. I'm not changing it, though.) It was so normal I have nothing else to share.
In other news, this past weekend was blissfully normal. No major crises, no attendance-required family events (not that I _hate_ them, but...we've had enough of them lately), nothing but most pleasant couch-potatoness. (Hmm. That last part sounded so Engrish. Sorry. I'm not changing it, though.) It was so normal I have nothing else to share.
Labels: General
06 March 2007
Calmly, now.
I've finally come down from the high of last Friday. The whole weekend was more or less a normal weekend, but with frequent interruptions of "wheee". Yesterday I was still a little giddy.
I think I'm back to normal now, though. I admit part of the reason for that is I'm tired after working 14 hours yesterday and not sleeping that great last night. In other words, normal. And this will be normal until Oct 16th.
I'm toying with the idea of either going home early on the night of the 15th so I can get some decent sleep before waking up even earlier than I do now or taking my night job off totally that night. I waffle back and forth between the two.
I think I'm back to normal now, though. I admit part of the reason for that is I'm tired after working 14 hours yesterday and not sleeping that great last night. In other words, normal. And this will be normal until Oct 16th.
I'm toying with the idea of either going home early on the night of the 15th so I can get some decent sleep before waking up even earlier than I do now or taking my night job off totally that night. I waffle back and forth between the two.
Labels: work
02 March 2007
Target destroyed, Captain
Ok, so maybe that wasn't the best metaphor after all, but it turns out I got the job. I just got the offer sheet via email. Wheeeeee.
And just for the record, it's easier to impress a technical writer with a 32 page employment contract when said technical writer doesn't find at least 10 typos in it without even looking that hard. I mean, if you're going to pay a battery of lawyers to come up with something that has that much legalese, is it too much to expect them to invest a little of that money in editing? I didn't think so.
Not that it matters since I'll sign it anyway. Just thought it was funny.
As I said, the start date is March 16th. So at that time I can start switching my schedule over to something resembling sanity. Once sanity has been acquired, I can start writing regularly again. Along with all the other things I want to do regularly again. We'll see how much time I am actually able to schedule for writing.
I'm thinking I might be able to do some during my lunch hour at work, but we'll see how that goes.
And just for the record, it's easier to impress a technical writer with a 32 page employment contract when said technical writer doesn't find at least 10 typos in it without even looking that hard. I mean, if you're going to pay a battery of lawyers to come up with something that has that much legalese, is it too much to expect them to invest a little of that money in editing? I didn't think so.
Not that it matters since I'll sign it anyway. Just thought it was funny.
As I said, the start date is March 16th. So at that time I can start switching my schedule over to something resembling sanity. Once sanity has been acquired, I can start writing regularly again. Along with all the other things I want to do regularly again. We'll see how much time I am actually able to schedule for writing.
I'm thinking I might be able to do some during my lunch hour at work, but we'll see how that goes.
Did we hit the target, Captain?
Had my interview 2 days ago. Haven't heard back regarding whether or not I got the job yet. The VP, at the end of the interview, essentially said "have a good day." Arrrrrrgh. Good? Bad? Indifferent? That x% I mentioned in my last post is making me, as Jeff Blue said in Undercover Blues, "fretful and nervous."
And, yes, I know his wife replied "You're describing a baby with colic." That's neither here nor there. *drinks water*
And yesterday was basically, as far as I understand, HR's internal deadline for VP to decide yea or nay. So my manager should know by now, right? Right?
For whatever it's worth, I think the interview went well. But what do I know - I was sitting on the wrong side of the desk when it comes to deciding that kind of thing.
And, yes, I know his wife replied "You're describing a baby with colic." That's neither here nor there. *drinks water*
And yesterday was basically, as far as I understand, HR's internal deadline for VP to decide yea or nay. So my manager should know by now, right? Right?
For whatever it's worth, I think the interview went well. But what do I know - I was sitting on the wrong side of the desk when it comes to deciding that kind of thing.
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