Insane Random Ramblings

I had the alarm clock set and I got up at my usual time. I had even gone as far as to start getting ready for work when I realized that I had today off. I originally had a doctors appointment today. My doctor only works in the morning but I couldn’t get in to see him before 11am. So instead of taking half the day off I took the whole day off. Then I wound up rescheduling the appointment for a different day.

I don’t have any plans for today now. I could go shopping later on this afternoon and look at game tables. It’s fairly nice today and I want to at least get out and enjoy the weather. I just wish I hadn’t burned a day off. I need all of my days for the summer. That’s when I’m really ready to be off of work.

I’ve been looking for a new job for several months. It’s the longest time that I’ve looked for a job in a long time. Usually I find something within 2 or 3 months but I’ve been looking for over 5 months now. I’m ready to move on now. I’ve thought about a Cleveland job search, or Miami or Jacksonville Florida or anywhere that will hire me right now. I have the skills and knowledge so that shouldn’t be a problem. I do realize that we’re in a tough job market and there is rampant unemployment. However the city I live in is fairly stable as far as jobs go.

I just can’t believe I’m having this hard of a time finding a internal position.

It’s pretty hard though. I’ve applied for a ton of jobs and I’ve only had 2 interviews. I didn’t get either job but the frustrating part is both times I’ve lost out to a coworker. Good for my coworkers but not so good for me.

I’m still applying for new jobs but it’s getting harder and harder to maintain a positive attitude.

No not my house, my desk at work. The boss has decided that everyone needs to mingle more so we may have to move around. The people from the company we bought sit on one side of the floor and we sit on the other. She’s going to mix us all in together. I won’t have to worry about taking my fat burner pills that day because I’m sure I’m going to get a mean workout. I have a ton of files that I’ll have to move. Not to mention I have 3 boxes of files under my desk.

I really hope I get to stay where I’m at and not have to move at all.

It seems like I’m waiting for something in almost every aspect of my life.

• I’m waiting to hear from a recruiter about a potential job interview.
• I’m waiting on my w-2’s to file my taxes.
• I’m waiting for my anti-virus to work on my computer.
• I’m waiting on some money to come in.
• I’m waiting to see if it will be cash or gift cards.

And so on and so on. It’s really quite tiresome. I’ll be glad when the only thing I’m waiting on is vacation. Now that’s something to wait for.

My boss has put the entire office on a internet ban. They are looking at a few people very closely, especially me. Right now they’re lurking about trying to see what I’m doing. I also think they have a few of my coworkers spying on us. It’s so ridiculous though. If I’m on my lunch or caught up on my work then what’s the problem?

I could see if I wasn’t doing my work or making too many mistakes because I was more concerned with the internet, but that’s not the case. This place is beyond juvenile.

They combined the job search site for both companies and the new one bites. The worse part is that you can only apply for 5 jobs in a 7 day period. I guess that’s fine if you’re happy where you’re at (which I’m not) or if you only want to apply for specific jobs (which I don’t). Now I have to closely monitor the jobs that I apply for so I don’t go over my limit.

I guess it’s a way to prevent the human resource staff from becoming overloaded. As long as I find a new job within the next 2 months I guess I won’t worry about it too much.

We wear business casual clothes at work. There are times that we are allowed to wear jeans though. It’s usually every Friday. Well we’re allowed to wear jeans from Christmas Eve through New Years Day. However when we were in our weekly staff meeting, we were told that we could wear jeans the week of Christmas, which is this week. Unfortunately, our manager told us the wrong week so we showed up to work with jeans while everyone else was dressed up.

Thankfully they didn’t ask us to change. You had better believe that my manager sent out a blast email letting us know the correct dates. Oops my bad!

But the scheduled it for the week before Christmas which is pretty weird. Most of the people at work are on vacation for the week before and the week of the holiday. If enough people don’t sign up to get the shot, the clinic will be cancelled and re-scheduled again.

Luckily we do have a clinic set up at another location for this Thursday. As long as I have my work badge I can visit their clinic for my shot. I do not want to get sick again this year and I’m making sure I take the necessary precautions to keep the flu bug away.

What a bummer! We have a travelling clinic that visits each of our sites twice a year. It’s especially important that they come around since it’s flu season and everyone is sick. Well they cancelled the visit for this month. It may be rescheduled depending on availability but there is no guarantee. It’s not like we need hcg shots austin or anything like that. This is a flu shot we’re talking about. They’re usually convenient because they come to the job and you don’t have to take time off from work.

I really hope they reschedule. I doubt if I’ll be able to get an appointment this late in the year.