Friday, my supervisor at Collective Brands (Payless ShoeSource) presented an offer for full time employment. I've been there since the beginning of May as a temp through Kelly Services. I, of course, accepted the offer. Effective tomorrow morning, I'll be an Associate in Loss Prevention, part of the Finance department. Whoot!

Last Monday I was promptly hired by Kelly Services to fill a temp position at Collective Brands in Topeka. CB owns Payless Shoe Source and several other shoe brands and stores. The commute is easy since they are located off I-70 near the toll booth ( Read more... )

I ate at the meat faucet (Fogo de Chao) yesterday with my PBFs (platonic boyfriends Chris and Robert). It was phenomenal! Two courses: what they call their salad bar and then the meat course ( Read more... )

well, besides existing ( Read more... )

The food Robert and I made yesterday was very tasty. However, our timing for finished items was way off and dinner was finally served 2.5 hours later than intended. Guests joked that we wouldn't receive a tip.

The house still smells wonderful.

Last weekend I asked Robert, thecerpent's brother, if he was interested in cooking special meals on Saturday's with me. After clarifying what this might entail, he agreed and we created our menu and shopping list. This week's theme is Indian: chutney (from jars), pakoras made with chickpea flour, naan flatbread, curried shrimp, chicken tikka masala, and ( Read more... )

So I drove the Beretta today in an attempt to figure out why it overheats right after startup. I drove from here to Commerce Bank near 9th and Iowa and sure enough, just after 15th street, the car got warm then the gauge increased dramatically to hot. After being at hot for maybe 20 second, it cooled to a normal temperature and stayed there ( Read more... )

A- Business Consulting
B+ Ethical Decision Making in Business

Final graduate level GPA is 3.38. Acceptable but not stellar. Overall I am pleased.

That's it! I'm done!

I'm in Halstead at my folk's place. Being the crazy cat lady, I brought Leo with me (as well as Jet). Leo's favorite food in the whole wide world is beef and tonight for Christmas dinner we had prime rib. I worried Leo might become a really bad cat and ruin dinner but instead he sat on a chair nearby and watched us eat. Since he was such a good boy ( Read more... )

Graduation is on Friday. I've picked up my cap, gown, hood and tassel. My parents will be here to watch me walk across the stage at the Lied Center ( Read more... )