When I was a child, I wrote. I made up poems even before I could write and asked my mom to write them down for me. In junior high and high school, I wrote poetry. Everyone, including me, assumed I would be a writer. I was "creative and imaginative." What happened? In college, I wrote well, but it didn't appear that I had anything to say. and now? Do I have anything to say? And if I do, would anyone identify with it? I don't fit into the world. I feel like an outsider looking in.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
January 4, 2010 Tuesday
What a crappy day! Nuisance snowfall for the PM rush, just enough to make the traffic (and me) snarly; roads slick & mushy. I missed the call from our HO that was to formally offer the new job and even though I called back right away, she did not get back to me, even though I left her my cell # so she could call me after my hours (they're in different time zone) GK not coming home today as he has a sore throat & fever. Says tomorrow but I doubt it. Electrician came to fix the broken outlet, which cost $250 (charges $225 an hour !!! I am in wrong profession, no doubt) and had to replace GFI, which apparently burned out because of water (unusual winter rain) getting into the Xmas lights timer outlet box. Then, while he was in the crawl space, he saw the sump pump housing (?) clamp(?) was loose and when he tried to adjust it, it spewed water all over the crawl space, resulting in lots of towels being needed and extra laundry. And the hose to the sump is full of ice. So need to call a plumber about that. Electrician says he doesn't think there is much to be done - so what do I do? Call a plumber and pay some ridiculous amount of money to be told there's nothing to be done - or just wait for spring thaw? Sometimes I hate owning a house- I do love my house and love the lot and the lake, but it seems like every time GK goes away, something breaks and I get stuck dealing with it. Plus I have to get dog-dog into the vet now for a bordatella shot so he can go to the dog daycare orientation and see if he will be friendly enough that I can board him there. Work was totally crappy as well, with her imperious highness fussing about cases being paid - turns out she had incorrect info via 2 employeees about how much they were for - and then the new person she had that was to start today turned down the job and the person in TX got a new job so all of a sudden, I need to hire 2 right away. Arrgh.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
January 2, 2011
Happy New Year! I used to start every year with a laundry list of resolutions, all of which basically added up to making myself into some unattainable ideal of perfect me - and usually fell by the wayside no later than January 3rd... So, what do I really want? I keep saying (to myself only) that I want to write. So that is my one & only resolution for 2011. Try to keep a blog and try to locate my voice and get it down - onscreen, if not on paper anymore. I am using my new netbook to write this; the keyboard is smaller than what I am used to and it keeps doing an annoying thing of jumping up to a previous line and inserting text there, I am not sure what I am hitting on the keyboard that makes it do that.
So,back to work tomorrow. Starting a new position and have to negotiate new salary too, I am nervous about that. It will be very different at work between the new role and the new manager. I have done over 10 yrs "hard labor" with a very difficult manager. It is a point of pride to me that I am the only one in the company to survive so long with her. I should be purely happy that our working relationship is being phased out- there will be a several month transition when I will still have to deal with her but not in person- but it feels weird too. She is the most difficult person I have ever known - she browbeats and bullies her employees,she lies about everything, makes unreasonable demands, and is just basically impossible to work for. But she gets results and after 10 years, I am not sure how to not be in that environment.
This keyboard is driving me nuts Why does it keep jumping back up into previous lines?
OK, at least I have done a post, Tomorrow is Jan 3rd- will there be another?
So,back to work tomorrow. Starting a new position and have to negotiate new salary too, I am nervous about that. It will be very different at work between the new role and the new manager. I have done over 10 yrs "hard labor" with a very difficult manager. It is a point of pride to me that I am the only one in the company to survive so long with her. I should be purely happy that our working relationship is being phased out- there will be a several month transition when I will still have to deal with her but not in person- but it feels weird too. She is the most difficult person I have ever known - she browbeats and bullies her employees,she lies about everything, makes unreasonable demands, and is just basically impossible to work for. But she gets results and after 10 years, I am not sure how to not be in that environment.
This keyboard is driving me nuts Why does it keep jumping back up into previous lines?
OK, at least I have done a post, Tomorrow is Jan 3rd- will there be another?
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