Don’t you wanta?
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2002I thought Fanta was a thing of the past…just like RC Cola and Tab, but apparently it’s all the rave in Europe and is trying to make a comeback in the USA. Wanta Fanta?
Archive for July, 2002
Projects
Monday, July 22nd, 2002Well, the project that I thought would be completed this week, has been post-poned till next week. Major changes to our application and the rollout was to happen this week. My boss has decided to bump it back to next Tuesday so I will be extremely busy then.
This week, my major project is setting up a new computer as a replacement for one of our employees. So I get to spend the day installing a bunch of stuff. Fun!
But I received my book from gen, The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke. I just started The Nanny Diaries so I plan to read this one afterwards.
A Day’s Read
Sunday, July 21st, 2002Well, I tried really hard, but just couldn’t get into the book I was ready, so I’ve put it down for now and started The Woman Next Door that I got from Sue-Ellen. It hooked me from the very start and I couldn’t put it down. It was fabulous. I was rooting for Amanda and Graham. Was sure it wasn’t a neighbor that had fathered Gretchen’s baby and wondering if Karen would totally snap.
This book kept me so riveted that I couldn’t stop reading. And I’ve just finished it, satified with the way it ended. I’ve read so many Barbara Delinsky books in the past and have loved every one. It’s been a while that I’ve read one of hers and I can say this was a welcome. I only look forward to reading more of her work. Thanks again, Sue-Ellen….this one was fabulous!
So I’ve put my bookmark in the first page of The Nanny Diaries and plan to start it tomorrow. For now, I’m off to sleep. Tomorrow starts a busy week at work!
I hate not finishing a book and hope to get back to this other one maybe after I’ve read The Woman Next Door. That one hooked me as soon as I read page one. Those are the kind of books I love reading.
Oh yeah I almost forgot to mention. I went to the trade book store in town (where you turn in your books and get credit to get more). I had about $30 in credit and decided to use some. I got Just Friends and ended up not having to pay anything for it. Using my credit it came out to $.39. I didn’t have any cash on me and had planned on writing a check for what I thought would be about 2-3 dollars. So when the lady said it was $.39 I was like, “Oh no, I don’t have that.” The lady behind me was kind enough to give me the change and I ended up getting the book for free. And I still have like $26 or $27 left in credit for next time. Isn’t that so cool!
Working From Home
Thursday, July 18th, 2002I’ve been browsing many blogs lately. Of course I have to stop at the “About Me” page of each site. I’m finding that more and more people work from home!
My question is how do you do this? What I mean is how do you get the ‘work from home’ job? I would love to be able to work from home and in my line of work, it would be a piece of cake. I’m a programmer, and can just as easily type in code from home as from an office. I wouldn’t mind doing web design/development either. I feel I’m pretty knowledgeable about the web stuff…probably more so than the programming.
I just don’t seem to be as lucky in that area, I guess. My current job could just as easily be done from home and my boss knows it. The problem is he has no say in the matter, his higher ups do (for example the state governor). So I’m stuck coming in to an office 8:30-5:30 everyday when I could do the same thing from the convenience of my home.
Is there anyone out there willing to give me a job where I can work from home, but also get the pay (or better) that I’m making now along with the excellent benefits?
Or is that the compromise of working from home, not as good pay and not as good benefits? I’m very interested, because when the time comes for us to plan for a family, I’d like to work from home so I can be with my child and not dump him/her off at daycare for 10 hours a day.
Any advice on how to go about this will be extremely helpful.
Computer parts
Wednesday, July 17th, 2002Researching the best prices for computer parts is never fun, especially when you are on a strict budget. I’ve managed to get everything I need at the right price. Let’s hope it all runs properly!
This is for an upgrade to mom’s computer. Dad has gotten the notion that he needs a cd burner so he can burn cds. I have no idea what he plans to burn since he doesn’t spend that much time on the computer as it is, but it’s his money and computer.
Since he got a 6-disc changer in his truck, he’s been doing more cd listening so maybe it’s a start. And with his coming retirement (hopefully within the next 6 months), he may have some more free time to “play”.
So I’m souping up his computer…making myself and my husband jealous because we can’t afford to upgrade our computers at the moment and are only running Duron 800MHz. Of course for what we do, it’s plenty right now, but it was a treat working on my sister’s Duron 1.7 GHz machine. That sucker was fast! Maybe someday.
Training
Wednesday, July 17th, 2002The agency I work for deals with victims of violent crime. I just finished a training session of how to deal with these victims, how to help them, how to talk to them and minimize teh amount of stress related to this type of work.
I personally don’t deal directly with the victims. All I do is the computer programming, but it was a very interesting session on understanding where they are coming from and how to handle it in and out of the workplace.
I admire our specialists that do have to deal with such tramatized people day in day out all day long. It can be very stressful. No wonder we have such a high turnover. It takes a certain kind of person to do that kind of work for any significant length fo time.
I think I’ll stick with programming. Yeah, computers are stressful, but nothing compared to what my co-workers deal with.
