7 posts tagged “work”
So today just before 1 pm, I was very hungry. I had forgotten to grab breakfast this morning (due to oversleeping... my life has clearly changed when 6:45 am is "oversleeping"), and had only managed a piece of gum so far in the day. So I go to the kitchen, grab my can of veggie soup and a bowl.
I open the can and start to pour it into the bowl. About half way through doing this, I realize that the soup is not going to fit in the bowl. I continue to pour anyway, and my mind wanders to something else. About three quarters of the way through, I hit the bowl's capacity, and realize with a jolt that I should stop pouring. So I do. I look at the completely full bowl. I look at my can with a fourth of the soup still in it. I wonder what I should do. I don't want to waste the extra soup. And actually I'm hungry. And I want to eat that extra soup, dammit. So I am going to put it in the bowl, be damned!
With no concern for the aftermath, I pour the rest of the soup into the bowl.
Now what did I think would happen? Did I think the bowl would grow? That it was only deceiving me by looking full and that it would actually accommodate the rest of my soup?
No, I believe that I just wanted to eat the soup and to eat it, I needed to put it into the bowl. The laws of space do not apply to my soup bowls. Except that, in a shocking turn of events, they do. And soupy carnage splashes all over the counter tops, wasting the soup I so wanted to consume.
Dammit.
Do you remember those logic puzzles from elementary school? You know, like "Edna is standing next to Brian. the person in the blue shirt is not next to the person in the green shirt. Rachel isn't wearing green. Jason is taller than Brian." etc, and you have to figure out what color shirt everyone is wearing, their relative heights, and what order they are standing in?
Well I rocked those logic puzzles. I would go through them really fast, and my answers were always right. However, the part where I got stuck was then the teacher would ask me to explain to everyone else how I arrived at my answer. I was always confused by this. Both because I didn't think I should have to explain when I was right, and also because I couldn't actually explain why I was right, I just knew I was. I seemed to naturally skip a lot of middle steps that my brain did without instruction, so if I tried to go back over it step by step, I'd get stuck.
Anyway, this project I'm working on at work reminds me of those logic puzzles, except with plane tickets, a time axis, 37 calendars, soft requirements like "Rachel would kind of prefer to stand next to Jason, if possible.", and no guarantee there even is a right answer.
It kind of makes my head spin, but I think I'm actually figuring it out. I just hope no one asks me to justify the final product.
1. Hair in a high, tight ponytail
2. Plenty of cold, filtered water
3. Comfy pants
4. Comfy bra
5. Temp of apartment at 70 degrees maximum
6. Space in the room to do Yoga
7. Crunchy snacks
8. At least one season of a TV show on DVD
9. Someplace squishy to sit
10. And, of course, the right frame of mind.
Yeah, okay.
Onward!
*this is assuming the all-nighter is being pulled for a working purpose. rules obviously change for other kinds.
Update, 8:15 am: Exact Target is my least favorite software tool that I've ever used in my life.
Also: Today I am wearing bright pink striped knee high socks to work. Because I can.
So... I've been pretty dismal at keeping up with Vox lately, but since that's usually indicative of my keeping up with life a little more, I suppose that's probably been okay for me. However, if you're a neighbor that has been mortally offended by my lack of comments/attention, then well... you should probably keep up more with life too. ;p
I realize I left you all last with a bit of a sour note. Yes, that weekend was pretty terrible. Things turned up from there, though, I assure you. I mean, at some point, I suppose they have to, right? Well, my computer is fixed, although it was wiped clean... I haven't had time yet to re-do everything. I don't even have photoshop at the moment! *gasp* To be honest, I haven't even set up Mail yet. I ended up getting the 400d and I think I am going to go ahead and keep it. It's a little awkward to learn after 3 years on my 20d, but I'm alright. My 20d is back at canon, waiting for repairs. it'll probably take a few weeks, but since i now have a backup I'm okay.
So, on to new things that don't suck.
There are things afoot at work. Some that are good, and some that could be very very good, but they are still in very preliminary stages, so I'm not ready to speak so publicly quite yet. Other work stuff is hard, but generally satisfying. We are currently in the middle of our summer conference (that I co-planned), so I am writing this from a hotel room in NYC. Tonight, actually, was incredible. We did a team building activity (that I planned) with The Go Game. If you are ever in need of team building (they do things everywhere in the country), I highly recommend you check them out. Everyone loved it and I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. As crazy as work has been for the last 2 months, I really do love my job. And even more than that, I absolutely adore the people I work with.
Another noteworthy non-sucky thing is that we managed to have a mini high school reunion last weekend. That's a mini on the reunion, not the high school. The core groups of my friends from theatre in hs all managed to be in the same location at the same time for the first time in probably at least 4 or 5 years. There were some... reservations about how it would go, but apparently we all managed to be adults and have a few drinks and an extremely excellent time.
Also, I finished book 4 of Harry Potter... I'll be totally fine to finish all 6 before the 7th books comes out... and I'll very likely be okay to finish #5 before I see the movie (not to be confused with "before the movie comes out", because that's, like, tomorrow or something equally silly.)
So there you have it. Several things that don't suck. I am beyond exhausted, quite sore (I finally broke down and bought FLAT dress shoes today, it was just getting ridiculous) but I feel pretty good. I feel as though there as at least one thing I could bitch about but every time i start getting geared up for it, I stop and think, "really? not even worth it."
Every day I start my work day with my notebook (a Miquelruis 6 subject 6x9 spiral bound notebook with gridded pages... I'm very particular about that) open to a new page, and I start my to-do list for the day. I begin by looking at the previous day's to-do list and carrying over anything that didn't get done. I then go through the new emails I have, and add items on to the list, based on my inbox. Prioritizing is done by my system of exclamation points (needs to be done ASAP), stars (needs to get done today), and arrows (to the right means it's getting put off until tomorrow, to the left means I've passed it off to someone else to take care of, and down means low-priority). There's also a color system as well as a secondary to-do list of things I need to check-in about. If your curiosity desires more information, I can also let you know that I strongly prefer to use my set of uni-ball Signo pens with the .18 mm points. I have 8 colors.
Fascinating, no?
Well it keeps me organized.
So the thing is that today I don't seem to be able to make a correctly numbered list. In the end, I suppose the numbers don't matter, except for quickly seeing how many total items are on my list. However, it is a little disconcerting that I can't seem to count today. My list went from 7 to 8 and back to 7 again. Then from 12 to 14 (maybe I subconciously don't want a #13, because it's unlucky... like how hotels don't have a floor 13?). And more than once, I've stopped before writing because I can't instantly call to mind what comes next.
It's Monday morning, that's my excuse. I'll figure out how to count by tomorrow.
10:24:16 him: fishnets + boom lifts = workplace hazard ? :)
10:24:32 me: oh yeah! the guys would probably nail their hands to the studs!
10:24:54 him: no comments about nailing the studs.
10:25:21 me: you know me so well
Share a photo of your commute.
Okay, okay, so I don't actually work at the top of the boomlift every day... but it is more interesting than a photo of driving to work in the dark, since the sun doesn't rise until after I'm at work. And since today is my first day back, I haven't commuted home yet, to have pictures of that.
Now if you'd asked this question a couple weeks ago, I could of shared a lovely picture of the Altstadt in downtown Heidelberg as I'm commuting to my job of drinking beer.
I'm glad to be back with more constant Vox access, though. :)
