Aug 31 2006
Someone Gave Me a Flower
New Boy started working with us today. I think he makes a fine addition to the group. Of course, he is a supreme sucker-upper. He brought each of us girls a white rose. I told Mad Scientist that New Boy is never allowed to work anywhere else. If he can charm the people we do business with the way he charmed us, he has a very wealthy future ahead of him.
Usually when we have a new person start, we close the office for lunch and all go out to eat. But there was too much going on today, so at noon when my stomach was yelling at me and I was starting to get shakey from too much hunger, I ate the lunch I brought with me, and burnt my tongue in the process. About half an hour later, my poopy-head boss Mad Scientist said, “Hey, let’s order out!” so not only did I not get free lunch because I was already full, I suffered by smelling all the wonderful food and feeling the pain of my burnt tongue. To soothe it I stopped and got some ice cream on my way home.
I’m really happy with my new template. Of course I still keep looking for all sorts of other cool stuff, but I’m really liking this. I’ve got a few other tweaks I want to do, but as you can see from my timestamp it’s well passed my self-imposed internet curfew. Whatever. Tomorrow is Friday and I get to be tired on Fridays, especially since I don’t have to work Job#2 later. And with it being a holiday weekend, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I get out of work early (as the admin I usually have to stay until everyone else is gone or 5pm, whichever comes first).
I still have to pay bills tonite, since today was payday. Joy. I just love paying bills. But looking at the time and knowing how bill paying is not something that helps me sleep, I think I can wait until tomorrow after work. I’ll do it first thing when I get home.
And I got some interesting news from my mom today. She sold her house. She sold it in a week in a rather soft market, and got asking price for it. It was in no way underpriced, but being on a dead-end street in a quiet neighborhood that will not be developed any further due to conservation land being right next door, and because she listened to the stager and me regarding advice to make it sell faster, she sold it quick. I bet the neighbors down the street are jealous - their house has been on the market for 3 or 4 months. Now my mom has to look for a new house, but it will be in a town with much lower taxes, and she’ll be able to get the same sized house and the same amount or more land for $100K less. It will be weird having my mom in a new place. Even though her current home is not my childhood home, the town she’s moving to is about 40 minutes away (I think) and I’ve never been there. Visiting will be weird because I’m not familiar with the area at all. I needed some serious help finding this town on a map, and I’m really good with maps. I’ve dealt with her moving before, but it’s always been to towns I already know or at least the next town over, so the learning curve wasn’t that bad. This is totally new. A good thing about it though, she will be about half the distance to my Grandma than she is now, which will be convenient. Grandma doesn’t get out much and my mom spends every other weekend there to help her out. (Uncle Caboose takes the alternate weekends, and she has a nurse visitor during the week.)
Well that’s it for now. I have a serious urge to check Limewire iTunes to see if a song I’m craving is available, then it’s off to bed, hopefully before the sun rises. Till tomorrow….
