Today I got my IKEA-styled, bought at Target, computer desk back. It has sat, on the side porch, for about two weeks. The room upstairs that was to be my office didn’t quite have the room to accomodate the desk, so I worked for two weeks steadily on the room clearing out the various andContinue reading “On Desks and Work”
Category Archives: General
On the Interview
The job interview was basically what I’d thought it would be — a long-ish interview with a high-class job placement/HR outsourcing firm. I wasn’t expecting a two-hour long test of my Word, Excel, and Powerpoint skills. (Powerpoint skills? What Powerpoint skills? Does anyone have Powerpoint skills? I mean, I can put together something that looksContinue reading “On the Interview”
On an Upcoming Interview
I had a phone call today regarding a job interview. Tomorrow afternoon. 3:30. Now, if only I could remember what it was that I’d applied for with this company. Hmm, I would have submitted this one through CareerBuilder.com, so I can probably locate the position in about half an hour. Actually, it looks like someContinue reading “On an Upcoming Interview”
On Edge
Today my grandmother has been on edge. Typically she takes one, sometimes two naps during the day — one during the morning, one during the afternoon and early evening. Not today, though. She’s been too agitated today. So she’s spent the afternoon rearranging the kitchen cabinets. The reason? I was installing a new phone lineContinue reading “On Edge”
On Checking the Mail
Y’know, I think she likes me, too. 😉
On Going to the Mall
I went to Owings Mills Mall today. It’s about five minutes from my grandmother’s house. When I was younger — say, twenty years ago — the backroads to the mall were through fields and cropland. Today, it’s endless townhouses and developments. I think I prefer the olden days. The world seemed so much bigger then.Continue reading “On Going to the Mall”
On Hard-Earned Wisdom
Just because they’re called “hiking sandals,” that doesn’t mean that you should go hiking wearing them. Oww! Bottoms of feet hurt! Oww!
On Packing
I'm enjoying a cup of mint tea, though it occurs to me that I really should have fixed a pot of coffee instead — I feel a caffeine migraine demanding attention. I slept in this morning. Well, it passed for sleeping in. I rolled out of bed at quarter to ten. That's late for me.Continue reading “On Packing”
On Saturday
There's a restaurant in Cary I've read about a couple of dozen times, easily. The Independent, the local free weekly, always lists it in its restaurant issue. It's called “Abbey Road” and, to judge by a menu I'd seen in a magazine at some point in the past, it's a Beatles-themed restaurant. So, that's whereContinue reading “On Saturday”
On Friday
Yesterday was a colleague's last day. He was the only person in the company with whom I'd discussed the possibility of leaving, and even then I didn't go into great detail as to why I might be doing so. We had similar complaints about the company and its direction, we'd been through the same advancedContinue reading “On Friday”