What a Blah-ze weekend. I didn't want to go up to Madison because I needed some personal time. I'm just so tired of the constant traveling to see Mike, and of the feeling like I should be entertaining when he travels to be here. Unfortunately I'll be in OH next week and obviously not seeing him, so that kind of sucks. When I said I wanted time ( Read more... )

As of my next paycheck, I will be contributing 35% of my pre-deductions and taxes to my 401K. This weirds me out. Since I'm living at home, I don't need the whole check and what I'm doing makes sense (the more you contribute when you're young, the less you have to put in overall) but still! I'm only 22 and I have to start saving for retirement ( Read more... )

The real world hits CRASH! BOOM! KABLAMO ( Read more... )

Last night, I went out with Nora and Brian and got WoW. All excited, I installed it this morning. My laptop's video card doesn't work with it, and there's no way I can change that. So today I've been in various stores, checking out new PCs. My dad says that he has a desktop that should run the game, so I'm going to try it out after it's ( Read more... )

So, life is good ( Read more... )

So, work is good ( Read more... )

My mouse freaked out three times and deleted my post.

summary: weekend good. mike here. lucinda williams at vic was good.

work good. busy. meeting people. made another appointment. feel like i'm busy and productive. also old because of new bed-time.

pressing update journal before it deletes again.

I'm feeling really positive about how my first week went. My brain feels exercised because I've been learning new concepts. My social outlook is perking up because I'm meeting so many people. I've been thinking about Careerbuilder vs ASAP Software, the other main place I was interviewing with. Careerbuilder was the better choice, regardless of ( Read more... )

Wow I am getting just wiped out by this. At least I know that several other people who were in my training class are experiencing and feeling the same things as me. Today I got my desk, started registering myself on the system, exchanged help for help, and generally was able to set my own pace. There's just sooo much product and system ( Read more... )

So La! it didn't go so bad.

There were several breaks and I got to make small talk with the people sitting around me as we killed time. Filled out HR forms (I'll be insured as of Oct 1!) and learned CareerBuilder's general position in the marketplace and company vision. It felt a little bit like a classroom, but that is the best way to convey ( Read more... )