Tough Tuesday

[minion]

Well, we have two grant proposals due today. One we've known about since like the first week of May, the other since at least last Tuesday. My boss has been dragging his feet on both, but wouldn't give them to me so I could just get them done. They total about $950k. Yesterday he came in at 10, left to get coffee at 10:15, came back then left again at 11:15 to get a croissant, then left again at 12:30-1:45 for lunch. Then he talked to our PIs, and dropped everything on my desk at 2:30 and left for a docs appt. Mind you, I got in at 6:45am and would have been leaving in the next 90 min or so.

Instead I stayed until 7pm working on both of them. I'm in today before 7, getting them done. This will happen once, this is the first time, and it sure as hell is not going to happen again. I keep telling myself, this is what I will use as my example the next time I have to answer, "Tell me about a time where you had to juggle competing priorities or had something assigned to you at the last minute".  

I have my first therapy session today. I'm looking forward to it. Parents are coming over for dinner tonight.

That's about it for me.

I hope everyone has a great rest of the week.

[tacocat]

Good luck today minion, I hate when people don't stay on task!

On the shuttle to work, it will probably be crazy today but hopefully that means the day goes by quickly. My parents are meeting me at work today so my mom can stay at our place tonight (airport tomorrow). We are getting dinner tonight then she wants me to get her on Facebook, lol. She's fine with computers but wants me to do her security settings.

Had my last class last night, only 2 tests left! I may actually fail one on Thursday, pharmacology ?

[spa]

tacocat, I am sure you will pass with flying colors! Best of luck

minion, that stuff drives me nuts, I would be like great thanks you poop.

Yesterday I made a calendar for my neighbors it is of events happening mostly in snohomish county if you guys want to look at it, it is public google calendar
calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hcj4khalvej0gk1lphsdfq07i8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

Also some old guy stops me outside my house and would not stop talking for like 15 minutes about random stuff. He hates my house (I don't care), he hates the neighborhood, he hates airplanes, we are stupid for buying our house... bleh bleh bleh. I was like be patient he is just an old dude... but finally I was like well have a nice walk and just went inside and he WAS STILL TALKING.

I am sleepy today, but I am sleepy most days.

[sotally tober]

minion, I can't believe that! I would go crazy if I had to work for someone like that.

Good luck on the tests, tacocat!

spa, awesome calendar. Thanks for sharing!

Ugh under my eyes are freaking out again. I think it's from my Origins ginzing eye cream. I've used it forever and suddenly it has started drying out my under eye area. I gave it a break and tried it again yesterday only to wake up to completely freaked out under eyes. I have a brand new jar of it, so I may need to exchange it at Sephora.

Again, I've applied for another position at work. The other one didn't work out and they ended up posting it at a higher level. This one would mean way less of a commute and in the field I'm hoping to finally break into. I swear to get into it in this company is absolutely the hardest thing ever.

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Today is my sissy's birthday. She is 22. I love her bunches.

Phone interview from yesterday has a follow up interview tomorrow afternoon. Keep our fingers crossed.

[georgeharrison]

May 24, 2016 11:09:44 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Today is my sissy's birthday. She is 22. I love her bunches.

Phone interview from yesterday has a follow up interview tomorrow afternoon. Keep our fingers crossed.

What kind of job are you looking for?  Are you going through a recruiter/agency?

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May 24, 2016 12:39:35 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

May 24, 2016 11:09:44 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Today is my sissy's birthday. She is 22. I love her bunches.

Phone interview from yesterday has a follow up interview tomorrow afternoon. Keep our fingers crossed.

What kind of job are you looking for?  Are you going through a recruiter/agency?

Administrative support for the most part. I haven't been going through an agency yet.

[georgeharrison]

May 24, 2016 12:40:46 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

May 24, 2016 12:39:35 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

What kind of job are you looking for?  Are you going through a recruiter/agency?

Administrative support for the most part. I haven't been going through an agency yet.

When I lived up north, I went through an agency called Apple One.  Have you heard of it?  They had tons of support positions.  This was a long time ago.  The pay wasn't super great, but they had a lot of different opportunities. 

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May 24, 2016 12:44:24 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

May 24, 2016 12:40:46 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Administrative support for the most part. I haven't been going through an agency yet.

When I lived up north, I went through an agency called Apple One.  Have you heard of it?  They had tons of support positions.  This was a long time ago.  The pay wasn't super great, but they had a lot of different opportunities. 

Hmmm i will have to look into it.

[dana86]

Hey all. H made coffee this morning without putting the coffee pot under it. I put enough water in it last night for a FULL pot. I woke up to it making a weird sound and it just kept going and I couldn't figure out what the sound was. So I went to check. Coffee all over the counter. I held the pot in to empty the water it was holding and then yeah. I was cleaning it up when H came out and he thought I had done it. Ummm no dude, aren't you the one that turned it on? 'Yeah, but why would I start it without the pot under it?'.

No going back to sleep after that so a little sleepy. But i made some rice crispy treats for the coffee spiller and tossed in a few things that only had little bits left in their containers. Should be a fun surprise.

[georgeharrison]

Not much for me to add today. I'm bored. I'd like a new vehicle. My work is unfulfilling. Tman is amazing and sweet and so handsome. He loves his mom so bad and that pleases me to no end. Smme old stuff.

Looking forward to a 4 day weekend.

Tman has 11 more school days after today.

[Deleted]

Holy crap minion - NOT acceptable! Especially since most of it needed to be done by you and he couldn't get his beginning portion done? Good luck at counseling.

Work is still insanely slow. Massage was mostly good last night but her technique isn't the most therapeutic for my body and I ended up getting a throbbing headache around bedtime. PMSy still and irritable and the train arm was just down for 30-45 minutes dinging incessantly with no train. And PMS makes me more sensitive to noise (it's like a dampener is taken off the volume of everything). I have counseling tonight. Kind of annoyed just because I'm past the immediate crisis and now feeling "stuck" with the original problem at the root of most things. BLARG in general.

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@aellasbeth I had decent luck with a place called Business Careers - they are a placement agency, fee is paid by the company who hires you (not by you), they handle negotiations, your recruiter helps you prep for the interview, gives you feedback after the interview. They aren't an agency where you work for them, they just help you get placement. Take a look at them.

By the way, I know this employment situation has been hard on you but I'm massively proud of how quick you jump on the job search train immediately. Takes a lot of guts.

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May 24, 2016 13:54:24 GMT -5 @ksta said:

@aellasbeth I had decent luck with a place called Business Careers - they are a placement agency, fee is paid by the company who hires you (not by you), they handle negotiations, your recruiter helps you prep for the interview, gives you feedback after the interview. They aren't an agency where you work for them, they just help you get placement. Take a look at them.

By the way, I know this employment situation has been hard on you but I'm massively proud of how quick you jump on the job search train immediately. Takes a lot of guts.

Thanks honey

[spa]

May 24, 2016 12:55:55 GMT -5 dana86 said:

Hey all. H made coffee this morning without putting the coffee pot under it. I put enough water in it last night for a FULL pot. I woke up to it making a weird sound and it just kept going and I couldn't figure out what the sound was. So I went to check. Coffee all over the counter. I held the pot in to empty the water it was holding and then yeah. I was cleaning it up when H came out and he thought I had done it. Ummm no dude, aren't you the one that turned it on? 'Yeah, but why would I start it without the pot under it?'.

No going back to sleep after that so a little sleepy. But i made some rice crispy treats for the coffee spiller and tossed in a few things that only had little bits left in their containers. Should be a fun surprise.

Lol Dana's H that is the question why would you start the coffee maker with no pot underneath it?? 

[dana86]

lol spa, right?? He asked it like twice 'But why would I do that?'. I wasn't even mad after that because he was just so dumbfounded as to why it would happen lol