March 21st, 2011 by Kateastrophe
SO, my cold got better. And then we got a whole lot of wind here in the Valley of the Sun. Que my allergies. It’s been super pleasant. I’m a sneezing, non-breathing machine. Pleasant.
Work continues to be awesome and challenging and everything I think a job should be. My cube is dark and cold but the people are still amazing and I still love what I’m doing. It’s been a whole two weeks of doing it so I’m sure at some point I’ll have a day where I hate it, but for now, two thumbs up other than the fact that I’m currently procrastinating fixing the report I’ve got open in another window right next to this one…at 9:00 at night, after working on it most of the afternoon. It was my first big report and, shockingly, I screwed it up. My bad. But what’s awesome is that no one is mad at me and they’re all helping me learn how to fix it. Best screw up ever.
In other news, everyone in my office loves Thai food and that seems to be the lunch meal of choice. I myself have never been a huge Thai fan but I decided to give it another go. So far, so good. Not a whole lot of Thai spice for me but Pad Thai is surprisingly delicious. I know you’re all very excited about that discovery for me. You can stop the applause. Seriously.
In sort of non-work related news, there’s been lots and lots on my mind lately. Between the unbelievable natural disaster in Japan to the uneasiness in so many countries, I’m worried about the world in general. Then there’s just a lot going on with myself and people/things around me. I can’t talk about most of it because a) I don’t really want to talk too much about work here, b) some of the things on my mind are not at a point where I can share them or they are not my stories to share, and c) quite frankly I just don’t have time to hash it all out. It’s frustrating because I am not used to being THIS busy and I usually have more time to attempt to be there for the people around me more than I’ve been able to lately. I’d probably feel really guilty if I had time to really stop and think about all the things I’m NOT doing, especially for others. I won’t even get into the things I’m not doing for me. Let’s put it this way…we just barely put our dining room table back in the dining room from when we moved it out for my birthday party. On December 30th. I’m sure you can imagine the state of my bathrooms. Where’s that housekeeper I ordered?!
Hopefully things calm down soon and I have some time to enjoy the amazing Phoenix weather before we start burning alive. Sadly, that is just around the corner. Yay summer?
March 5th, 2011 by Kateastrophe
I have a blog? Weird…
As I’m sure you’ve gathered things got a little nuts around here. After giving three weeks notice at work, we interviewed the perfect girl the next morning…and then took two weeks to decide to hire her. And by we I don’t really mean “we.” During those two weeks I spent a lot of time writing instructions and tying up loose ends and throwing our yearly awards banquet. Then I had a whirlwind four days to get her trained and ready to go. It was complete insanity.
Last weekend I think my body had finally had it and decided to succumb to the sickness that’s been floating around so I started my new job Monday with a bad cold. Luckily my first two days were in a computer lab doing basic orientation and security training but unfortunately, by the time I headed to meet my team and start my real job, I wasn’t much better. I’m sure my team was super excited to have the “new girl” sneezing and blowing her nose a lot in the cube next door. Despite this I’ve already managed to make a new friends and think I will LOVE my team. I’m back in the world of geeky technology surrounded by nerdy developers and web weirdos and I’m so happy to be there. Real Estate was so not the world for me, just so we’re clear on that. The company takes SUCH good care of their employees in so many ways. We get a certain amount of money every month per employee and we’re “forced” to use it go go play. Our team saved up three months worth and is headed for a full day VIP tour of the Out of Africa park next week. There’s a rumor we get to feed a tiger. I wish I were joking. Only downside so far is that I’m back in a dark cubicle and no longer in my swank corner office. Oh and the parking blows. I’ll miss my free underground space. But really, the trade-off is so worth it.
My actual job is going to be awesome. And hard. Really hard. I’m responsible for the website pathway of the second largest revenue stream in a very lucrative company. Roughly $10M a MONTH comes through my areas and I’m in charge of making them more lucrative - planning, designing, the whole thing. Holy crapoly. Right now I’m learning about our site and products and then next week we’re starting a re-design. Might as well jump right in the deep end, right? I will be busy all the time and I can already tell I’m really going to love it. I may have to finagle my voice students around due to the overtime I’m sure I’ll be working but I’m hoping to be able to figure something out that works for everyone.
The weather in Phoenix has been amazing and being sick has really made me miss out on the amazing 80 degree days. Today I have all the windows open and I’m wishing I could go hiking. I’m also missing my exercise. I was up to almost 3 miles two weeks ago when the crap hit the fan. Hopefully I can pick up right where I left off when I’m finally feeling better. I’m really hoping to run a 4.2 mile race next month but I’m not holding my breath that it will actually happen.
Matt continues to work his (very nice) butt off. They just moved his office which more than doubled his commute (boo) but he keeps trucking along. It seems the company and his team love him but right now we don’t see a whole lot of each other. Aaaaand of course with a new job our European vacation had to be postponed. Again. BOO. But we’ll go, mark my words. It just might have to wait six months or so until I have the vacation built up.
And now that I’ve absolutely bored all of you to tears, I’m signing off to go lay on the couch some more in hopes this cold will finally go away. Wish me luck.
