So as I wrote in my previous blog there is a buyout going on at my company. I am excited about the new company that is going to be taking us over eventually. I don't however like that in a meeting the other day they decided to softball us on a bunch of terms. I am one of the younger people at my company and considering that I am 31 I don't consider that to be a child. Well this woman is telling us what is going to happen if our position is eliminated & then back-stepped to say - umm that's too negative - let's say when you are seeking new employment. I laughed. Now I am not new to the merger/lay off process but that seriously made me giggle. I mean come on... We aren't stupid. We all know what is ultimately going to happen here & if anyone is unwilling to accept that it's all going to be done eventually then I have bridge to sell you... I just can't believe that she was so unbelievably corporate & PC in saying that. I just don't get why they have to tip-toe around that & yet we had a bazillion questions about layoff dates & severance packages... Odd.
In saying that, what I really wanted to talk about on here today is they whole recession. Not sure if you know this, but I have a horrible shopping addiction. I am 12 steps away from a SA meeting... I always joke around that if I am working then I can't shop. Truth is it's only when I am away from a computer or even internet access on my phone am I completely safe. I had to send an email last week saying that I was expecting a few things to be shipped to my office this week. The barrage of packages that followed caused people to ask me if I had hit the lottery. Alas, no, I just am a strong believer in retail therapy. My favorite days of the week are Sundays - for the circulars, and Tuesdays - for the new releases of DVDs! I have 740 DVDs as of today & I don't plan on stopping. This week brought on a new new comforter - which looks amazing, calendars - for my desk & home, and my new Sirius receiver cause after 4 years of amazing times my old one shit the bed...
Holy crap is this new one amazing. It is the new Sportster 5 and it is beautiful. It makes my other one look like a BetaMax next to a Blu-Ray player. It even won my heart because I now have a backdrop & buttons that are purple... =) I am most happy about it because I paid attention enough to the make of them to realize that I didn't have to pay to have it installed! I hooked it up in quite an interesting fashion - but it works! I couldn't bear another day of driving in to work without listening to Howard Stern! It's horrible without it, I honestly went right from losing the signal of Sirius to listening to NPR... I couldn't take all those commercials on regular channels. Then it was iPod only for a bit - thank you technology!
Anyway - I guess I just wanted to share that I am ridiculous about purchasing things when most people are saving & complaining about the recession. I guess the economy needs people like me so that everything doesn't completely collapse...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Happy New Year???
Well I know that it's been months since I wrote anything & I thought that I would start today...
I am proud to say that I am now 6 months without smoking! I can officially be around it with no inklings of desire to rip it out of their hand & starting back up! That's amazing! I did have a week & a half off from my day job from Dec 24th - Jan 5th - I wish I could say I finally finished my trim painting but alas, no... I did manage to work a bunch more at the restaurant & stash away an extra $600 in fun money for myself! I am super proud of myself for doing that. So minus the wretched fever that I came down with on NYE it seemed like I finally started to get things right!!! Well there is a small bump in the road now...
My company announced yesterday that they have gone into a Merger agreement with a much larger company. I am not a gloom & doom person & so I am actually quite happy about this decision. I have been spinning my wheels at work lately & my only real reason for not starting a job search earlier is that I have 2 big vacations coming up soon, I need to refinance my mortgage and don't want my time at a new job to reflect negatively on that & I really enjoy my coworkers. So I guess this is just the catalyst that I have needed to finally move in the right direction for myself. I feel bad cause there are a lot of people here at work that are taking this news pretty hard. It's not like we are all going to be kicked out tomorrow but there is also no available timeline for them to look at to plan. I guess due to my age I find this not to be the biggest problem I will have, I am also driven enough that I know that if I had to I could work FT at the restaurant (which would delight my boss there but not me).
So that made the start to the New Year a little bumpy... I am a hopeless optimistic & I know that ultimately I will be fine. I think that this is nice though. I would love to get into a new place closer to home, who knows maybe work at the restaurant a bit more... So if you know of anywhere looking for an Executive Assistant with an amazing work ethic & a ton of personality let me know!!!
I am proud to say that I am now 6 months without smoking! I can officially be around it with no inklings of desire to rip it out of their hand & starting back up! That's amazing! I did have a week & a half off from my day job from Dec 24th - Jan 5th - I wish I could say I finally finished my trim painting but alas, no... I did manage to work a bunch more at the restaurant & stash away an extra $600 in fun money for myself! I am super proud of myself for doing that. So minus the wretched fever that I came down with on NYE it seemed like I finally started to get things right!!! Well there is a small bump in the road now...
My company announced yesterday that they have gone into a Merger agreement with a much larger company. I am not a gloom & doom person & so I am actually quite happy about this decision. I have been spinning my wheels at work lately & my only real reason for not starting a job search earlier is that I have 2 big vacations coming up soon, I need to refinance my mortgage and don't want my time at a new job to reflect negatively on that & I really enjoy my coworkers. So I guess this is just the catalyst that I have needed to finally move in the right direction for myself. I feel bad cause there are a lot of people here at work that are taking this news pretty hard. It's not like we are all going to be kicked out tomorrow but there is also no available timeline for them to look at to plan. I guess due to my age I find this not to be the biggest problem I will have, I am also driven enough that I know that if I had to I could work FT at the restaurant (which would delight my boss there but not me).
So that made the start to the New Year a little bumpy... I am a hopeless optimistic & I know that ultimately I will be fine. I think that this is nice though. I would love to get into a new place closer to home, who knows maybe work at the restaurant a bit more... So if you know of anywhere looking for an Executive Assistant with an amazing work ethic & a ton of personality let me know!!!
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