It looks as if I will be delaying my return to college. Luckily, I did not run out and buy school supplies or this fall’s coolest jeans. The local university of my choice (a school that my taxes pay for) will not accept my transcripts as prerequisites to their business courses because they are TOO [...]
College redux thwarted
August 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Stuff
My Fragile Self Esteem
May 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Venting
I had been feeling pretty good about myself. Procrastination was way down for the quarter and, while I was clearly not as fit as I was a couple of years ago, I hadn’t completely let myself go. I had accepted the reduction in our income with grace, if I do say so myself. All things [...]
Tags:economy·vanity·Venting·work
Here comes the judge
April 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Stuff, Venting
I have a confession to make: if you bring your children into the store where I work, I may judge you as a parent. I know that I don’t have actual children of my own, which makes my position here a little shaky, but I can’t help it. I may judge. I work part time [...]
The Best First Job
February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Stuff
My first job about of college was as a sales assistant (underpaid secretary) to five young stockbrokers at the firm of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. This was not my dream job; I had no dream job. I majored in business management, a practical sounding choice, but I never really thought about how that might translate into [...]
Tags:work
Smackdown – kitty style
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Animals on my planet, Stuff
My coworkers need some help with conflict management. I work in an office where these two kittys roam free. They step on the phones, occassionally disconnecting people. They shuffle the papers and rub and purr and make for a warm and weird workplace. And they have these wrestling matches that elicit wails and moans from both. In [...]