Potter haters go away!  I started reading from book 1 on the shuttle this week.  Took 2 days (4 rides) to get through book 1.  I just love love love these books.  They're so creative and fun.  Anyway, all in preparation for the LAST book coming out in a few weeks.  Wah!  Can't wait to see how she finished the series.  Hope she doesn't mess it up!  ( Read more... )

So the other day I was looking around in Blockbuster when I turned and saw a little boy looking at me.  He had that lost look so I asked him if he was indeed lost.  He nodded and started to cry a little.  I tried to comfort him as I guided him towards the sales counter.  The guy at the counter tried to ask the kid his name but he kept saying "I don ( Read more... )

There is a nice gentleman in my department that takes the same shuttle as me. I would guess he’s in his late forties, just a regular man. But there is something about his mannerism that makes me think he’s the sweetest little man ever. Or perhaps it’s his sheepish smile. Anyway, the point of the story is that I thought he was a nice man to begin ( Read more... )

The adventure began on June 4, 2007 at 9:30am.  In the lobby, over 60 names were called, identities initiated, badges created.   After a brief orientation, we were herded back to the lobby and our managers were called to come and fetch us.  I had met my manager only once before and he was as amped on this day as he was when I met him.  To save time ( Read more... )

My sister began job searching last fall.  In November she came across the posting.  "Isn't this what you do sorta?"  Logistics Coordinator position open at Google.  Well, can't hurt to submit my resume right?  So I submitted it and heard nothing.

Until February.
"Hi, may I speak to Mary?"
"This is Mary."
"Hi Mary, this is K calling from Google."
"Um ( Read more... )

I'm sitting there reading.  There are hardly any people left in the hall.  A woman comes and sits down near me.  She's on the phone.  "When did you tell her that?  Did you tell her that?  Did you say you would go with her? ...  She thinks that you're going with her...  Well, don't make promises you can't keep because then she'll be disappointed, ( Read more... )

I hurt my back.  At first it was just this pain across my lower back.  It didn't seem too bad and I was sure it would go away.  Then it turned into a shooting pain down my left leg that I learned from WebMD was probably due to the pinching of my sciatic nerve.  Further investigation on WebMD revealed that the pain should go away in a matter of " ( Read more... )

Have you ever been to tea?  Last year on of my friends had a bridal shower at Lovejoy's Tea Room and that was the first time I had ever been to tea.  It was so fun and the place was absolutely adorable.  So that started me looking at other tea places and now I think I'm an addict.  It's totally silly but oh so much fun ( Read more... )

Worked.  Yeah, the man freed an entire people and my company decides this is only a floater holiday, meaning we need to maintain at least a skeleton crew.  So I worked and had a legitimate reason why I couldn't fully celebrate.  But I did, as will become tradition, watch the "I Have a Dream" speech again.  I really like it.  He was such a powerful ( Read more... )

Well, last year the goal was to celebrate as much as I could and I think it went pretty well.  Thought was given to every holiday that I was aware of and I celebrated each one as well as I could ( Read more... )