Well, today I went for a pre-interview screening for a job with Cox Communications. I'm applying for Field Service Rep 1, which means if I get the job I'll be running drops and crawling under people's houses so they can get their hundreds of channels of nothing to watch.
How is this being a dork, you might ask? (Well you might not, but go with me here.) Simple, first I was certain I screwed up the tests. They were timed tests and I got not even halfway through most of them and was sure that I messed up the questions that I did answer. I was told that I 'passed' though. Not sure just what passed means but at least I didn't fail. To top that off, later after I got home I started second guessing my ability to correctly write my own phone number. Now I've had my phone number for years; you would think that it would be something I could do without thinking about it. Well, it is and that's what's worrying me. I remember seeing the blank on the form and just starting to write but can't for the life of me remember what I wrote.
I was told that they would call me tomorrow to schedule an interview, assuming they want to interview me. Now if they don't call I'll sit around and wonder if maybe they tried but my dumb arse couldn't write my own number down right. I'll probably try calling them tomorrow afternoon, if I don't hear from them, and give some silly line like I just changed numbers and wanted to be sure that I wrote the new one down or something like that. Oh well, that's just a part of being me. I second guess myself about stuff like that all the time. Some people worry about not turning off the stove or unplugging the iron, I worry about writing my phone number down correctly.
Welcome to my world.
When is a new year not new anymore?
Nearly two weeks since 2004 started and it seems like it's been here for a long time. *shrug* I'm not sure if it's just me, or what, but this year seems to have just carried over from last year.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, or even a good thing, it's just a thing. The good, the bad, it's all still here. I suppose it's always been like that, but this year I seem to be noticing it more. Not sure why, but there it is all the same.
Work is going; not sure where, but it's going. I'm still looking for something else, maybe come this time next year I'll be making something close to a decent amount of money for a person who will then be in their thirties.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, or even a good thing, it's just a thing. The good, the bad, it's all still here. I suppose it's always been like that, but this year I seem to be noticing it more. Not sure why, but there it is all the same.
Work is going; not sure where, but it's going. I'm still looking for something else, maybe come this time next year I'll be making something close to a decent amount of money for a person who will then be in their thirties.
All that new year stuff
I'm home on my lunch break. One of the very few advantages of working where I do is that I'm only a few minutes from home. Literally. This morning was painful. Slow doesn't cover it, dead doesn't even do it justice. There were a total of twenty-one customers from 07:00 till 09:00, and five of them were employees getting something for breakfast because unlike the rest of the area we had to be awake that damn early in the morning.
Dumb arse me forgot my car's state inspection, so it's overdue now. Tried to get that done today, but every place I tried was useless for one reason or another. Most either had wait times that were WAY too long, or the guy that did them wasn't in, but Merchants Tire had the best *cough*mostannoying*cough* reason of all. I was told, and I quote "We were going to do them today, but we can't get any outside parts in today, so if something was wrong we couldn't fix it." Argh!! Did I say I wanted them to fix it? Would I let a non-VW tech work on anything more complex than my tires while it's still under warranty? No way in hell. But that's o'kay. I know where I'm going to take it, just have to wait till tomorrow morning.
In other news, the little lizard doesn't think I'm up to the task. Oh well, that's o'kay, never liked that damn gecko anyway. *smirk*
Back to work for me... should have just stayed there and got something to eat, at least I wouldn't be hungry now. *shrug*
Dumb arse me forgot my car's state inspection, so it's overdue now. Tried to get that done today, but every place I tried was useless for one reason or another. Most either had wait times that were WAY too long, or the guy that did them wasn't in, but Merchants Tire had the best *cough*mostannoying*cough* reason of all. I was told, and I quote "We were going to do them today, but we can't get any outside parts in today, so if something was wrong we couldn't fix it." Argh!! Did I say I wanted them to fix it? Would I let a non-VW tech work on anything more complex than my tires while it's still under warranty? No way in hell. But that's o'kay. I know where I'm going to take it, just have to wait till tomorrow morning.
In other news, the little lizard doesn't think I'm up to the task. Oh well, that's o'kay, never liked that damn gecko anyway. *smirk*
Back to work for me... should have just stayed there and got something to eat, at least I wouldn't be hungry now. *shrug*
Phone interviews suck
The people from the land of the little lizard called me today about my application. Not really sure how I feel about working for the same insurance company that insures my car, but then I've spent the last three and a half years working for the grocery store that supplies my food, so I'm used to giving a large part of my cheque back to my employer.
I don't think I made a total ass of myself. I left out a few important pieces. Other than that it was like filling out my application all over again, on the phone, while being asked to expand on my answers. I think they could have saved me a lot of time, and them a lot of repeating work if they would have just asked for name and phone number on the application. Oh well, suppose every company has their share of "that seems like a lot of extra work". Guess it's all good.
The idea of a new job is kind of nice, even if a little unsettling. I'd feel better about it if I knew I'd get it, honestly. It's the whole uncertainty part that makes me feel like a blind person on a tightrope.
That aside I'm a few hours from leaving for my trip to see my girlfriend. Going to show up tomorrow afternoon, in time to go to sleep with her which is cool, that way we'll both be awake at night instead of her being awake, and me being the walking dead.
For now, it's time for food and other things of that nature.
I don't think I made a total ass of myself. I left out a few important pieces. Other than that it was like filling out my application all over again, on the phone, while being asked to expand on my answers. I think they could have saved me a lot of time, and them a lot of repeating work if they would have just asked for name and phone number on the application. Oh well, suppose every company has their share of "that seems like a lot of extra work". Guess it's all good.
The idea of a new job is kind of nice, even if a little unsettling. I'd feel better about it if I knew I'd get it, honestly. It's the whole uncertainty part that makes me feel like a blind person on a tightrope.
That aside I'm a few hours from leaving for my trip to see my girlfriend. Going to show up tomorrow afternoon, in time to go to sleep with her which is cool, that way we'll both be awake at night instead of her being awake, and me being the walking dead.
For now, it's time for food and other things of that nature.
Merry Yule
Just a few days before the commonly accepted December holiday and a few days before I got to see my girlfriend. Haven't worked out yet if I want to leave late on the 24th or early on the 25th. As things stand now I'm leaning more toward the 24th but I have a little longer to work that out.
Got to meet one of the most pleasant people I've met in a long time, my girlfriend's friend Melanie. Also had the pleasure of meeting an adorable orange and white kitty named Shag. I realize why girlfriend likes her so much, they're quite a lot alike.
Time for bed now; I have to work the midday shift, so tired or not I need rest.
Got to meet one of the most pleasant people I've met in a long time, my girlfriend's friend Melanie. Also had the pleasure of meeting an adorable orange and white kitty named Shag. I realize why girlfriend likes her so much, they're quite a lot alike.
Time for bed now; I have to work the midday shift, so tired or not I need rest.
All good things...
My girlfriend was here for the weekend but went home this morning just before I went to work. Which was probably for the best as I don't think I could have handled her leaving as well if I hadn't anywhere I had to be today.
We didn't really do much of anything while she was here. At least nothing that I'm willing to talk about. Mostly just hung out and spent every moment at each other's side. The plan was to meet up with her friend Melanie, but she was sick so that never worked out. Still is sick it seems, can't talk and all that icky stuff.
I'm going up to see her at the end of the month, which was the original plan. Not sure exactly what time I'm leaving, but I'm planning to be there late Christmas day until Monday afternoon. After that, I don't know, but it'll work out somehow. It always does.
We didn't really do much of anything while she was here. At least nothing that I'm willing to talk about. Mostly just hung out and spent every moment at each other's side. The plan was to meet up with her friend Melanie, but she was sick so that never worked out. Still is sick it seems, can't talk and all that icky stuff.
I'm going up to see her at the end of the month, which was the original plan. Not sure exactly what time I'm leaving, but I'm planning to be there late Christmas day until Monday afternoon. After that, I don't know, but it'll work out somehow. It always does.
Gotta love Mondays
Got up this morning to find out that I got a little carried away Sunday with Kathryn's upgrade (Kathryn is my local mail/DNS/DHCP/etc server) and overwrote the named.conf file... so I kinda broke local resolving. Now I usually have a pretty good memory when it comes to technical things, but first thing in the morning, when I'm still trying to focus on things more than a few inches in front of me, it's a little hard to remember what goes where in a file I've only looked at while I was making it.
Went back to bed after I got that working, then overslept and didn't get to take a shower before work. The manager was being a raving psycho today... wonder what mood she'll be sporting tomorrow, or if it'll be one of those "new mood every five minutes" days.
Now it's an hour into Tuesday, and I need to be getting to bed. Better luck tomorrow eh?
Went back to bed after I got that working, then overslept and didn't get to take a shower before work. The manager was being a raving psycho today... wonder what mood she'll be sporting tomorrow, or if it'll be one of those "new mood every five minutes" days.
Now it's an hour into Tuesday, and I need to be getting to bed. Better luck tomorrow eh?
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