I met a new work twin, I will call her Envy. She is about as good looking as I am (I really like the way I look) and has a mouth on her like a trucker similar to my own. It was almost like being on a date with a really hot chick because every one's comments really weren't that funny and ours were. She made me extremely happy to be around because she totally 'got' my jokes. This is very rare even if you know me for someone to understand my jokes and sarcasm. She even thinks the world is ending and that plots are constantly happening (this is where envy comes in, I can only fathom diseases in this regard world issues are beyond my scope).
She also has this great way of being creaped out by gingers (perhaps more than I), she thinks their skin looks like it has been under water for weeks.
The new boyfriend thinks that I should plan another lunch with Envy. But like a dating situation I don't want to come across as over eager to see her again for fear of scaring her off.
So in my dead time this week, becuase my idiot co-workers didn't meet a set deadline, I am stuck trying to plan how to meet with Envy to discuss life again... Suggestions??? It would really be fun to have someone more than Ducky at work, not that Ducky isn't great.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
The Next One
With my new career at a new company, I am quite sure of these things...
I thought Sarah was going to yell at me this week for making so many stupid mistakes, but it turns out she liked how I do analysis because we both took different positions and went from there. So I had a great meeting and I am super excited for the lead on the next project!
My co-worker that sits next to me shall go by Ducky. She is hysterical but I am sure that the guy that sits by us hates us because we chat about dumb things and make awkward conversations about our similar families all day. Ducky cracks me up because she is so similar to me, and nerdy like me so it is fun to talk to her about things like Chicago Style writing and APA style writing (I follow none of those btw if you can't tell).
The Guy who sits next to Ducky and myself should be Charles, actually I think his real name should be made Charles because he looks quite 'Charles-y' Monday-Thursday. He doesn't make any small talk and hates that I am so chipper in the mornings. I am making it my mission to get him to like me, and want to tell me about his life.
OK folks back to the massive paperwork that I have somehow managed to stay on top of...
- I am a stupid, that needs to not slop through my work and slow down. I Screwed up 3 reports this way so far. Damn!
- I am quite sure my boss thinks I am a moron, although I am not sure if this is a bad thing yet.
- My male co-worker hates me because I am super excited in the mornings.
I thought Sarah was going to yell at me this week for making so many stupid mistakes, but it turns out she liked how I do analysis because we both took different positions and went from there. So I had a great meeting and I am super excited for the lead on the next project!
My co-worker that sits next to me shall go by Ducky. She is hysterical but I am sure that the guy that sits by us hates us because we chat about dumb things and make awkward conversations about our similar families all day. Ducky cracks me up because she is so similar to me, and nerdy like me so it is fun to talk to her about things like Chicago Style writing and APA style writing (I follow none of those btw if you can't tell).
The Guy who sits next to Ducky and myself should be Charles, actually I think his real name should be made Charles because he looks quite 'Charles-y' Monday-Thursday. He doesn't make any small talk and hates that I am so chipper in the mornings. I am making it my mission to get him to like me, and want to tell me about his life.
OK folks back to the massive paperwork that I have somehow managed to stay on top of...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The Bipolar Month
Talk about strange things that happen, and all for a reason I am sure.
Firstly, I was dumped then had to jump a plane for a quick trip to Europe. I know unemployment life is rough right? You know the film ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’? Totally how I was feeling, except I was in France, didn’t home and was crying in an Irish pub instead of a storm, I digress. I guess the best place to have a breakdown would be in Europe, there are a lot of distractions.
Second, I got a call right before I left for a second round of interviews at a new firm, doing exactly along the lines of what I would want to be doing. Except the time range for the interview was a small window. I had to get from plane to bed to interview after my trip from Europe. Needless to say when you are trying to remember college French and Rosetta Stone German for a week transitioning to English with little sleep and jet lag is a nightmare. I went to the interview and kept stumbling over words, I couldn’t even remember what I was talking about at one point so I ended up explaining my trip and hoped that it would go over better than trying to sound intelligent.
Third, while I was in Europe I was called by the producers to do the Bachelor. It is very exciting for a newly single girl in France, but a very bad idea for anyone with skeletons in one of her many closets. :)
Lastly, I was supposed to attend a gathering at my newly ex-boyfriend’s parents’ house. What a nightmare! This led to me luckily agreeing to play with my cousin all weekend and send my regrets with my dad without looking like a bitter ass. Not that I didn’t stalk all of the ex’s friends photos posted that kept haunting me on my Facebook wall. Damn you news feed! Friends of his deleted, problem solved.
Solutions & Results:
Everything happens for a reason…
Yes I was dumped, but it wouldn’t have worked out in the long run anyway, and I knew it for a while.
Yes I had a shit job interview, but I got the job! I could have been crying over a guy, instead I am happily sitting at a desk with a view that some would kill to have.
Yes I could have been on a show to become amazingly famous (because I am someone that people love, or love to hate), but I realized that I like myself and I really don’t want my secrets displayed for the world to judge. Even those who have known me since childhood will never get totally inside my head, and will never know what I try to keep to myself. I constantly am evolving and trying to improve and I wouldn’t be here without those skeletons reminding me of how much harder I need to work on myself and career.
With the bipolar roller costar that has been this last month, I am so happy that I don’t get yelled at everyday anymore. I am not criticized for mistakes, just expected not to repeat them. My new job even has an in house learning center where I can learn to improve my career and management skills, because did I forget to mention that I manage clients and others now? Oh and how I missed HR! Good morning world, I like my job today please keep it that way.
Firstly, I was dumped then had to jump a plane for a quick trip to Europe. I know unemployment life is rough right? You know the film ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’? Totally how I was feeling, except I was in France, didn’t home and was crying in an Irish pub instead of a storm, I digress. I guess the best place to have a breakdown would be in Europe, there are a lot of distractions.
Second, I got a call right before I left for a second round of interviews at a new firm, doing exactly along the lines of what I would want to be doing. Except the time range for the interview was a small window. I had to get from plane to bed to interview after my trip from Europe. Needless to say when you are trying to remember college French and Rosetta Stone German for a week transitioning to English with little sleep and jet lag is a nightmare. I went to the interview and kept stumbling over words, I couldn’t even remember what I was talking about at one point so I ended up explaining my trip and hoped that it would go over better than trying to sound intelligent.
Third, while I was in Europe I was called by the producers to do the Bachelor. It is very exciting for a newly single girl in France, but a very bad idea for anyone with skeletons in one of her many closets. :)
Lastly, I was supposed to attend a gathering at my newly ex-boyfriend’s parents’ house. What a nightmare! This led to me luckily agreeing to play with my cousin all weekend and send my regrets with my dad without looking like a bitter ass. Not that I didn’t stalk all of the ex’s friends photos posted that kept haunting me on my Facebook wall. Damn you news feed! Friends of his deleted, problem solved.
Solutions & Results:
Everything happens for a reason…
Yes I was dumped, but it wouldn’t have worked out in the long run anyway, and I knew it for a while.
Yes I had a shit job interview, but I got the job! I could have been crying over a guy, instead I am happily sitting at a desk with a view that some would kill to have.
Yes I could have been on a show to become amazingly famous (because I am someone that people love, or love to hate), but I realized that I like myself and I really don’t want my secrets displayed for the world to judge. Even those who have known me since childhood will never get totally inside my head, and will never know what I try to keep to myself. I constantly am evolving and trying to improve and I wouldn’t be here without those skeletons reminding me of how much harder I need to work on myself and career.
With the bipolar roller costar that has been this last month, I am so happy that I don’t get yelled at everyday anymore. I am not criticized for mistakes, just expected not to repeat them. My new job even has an in house learning center where I can learn to improve my career and management skills, because did I forget to mention that I manage clients and others now? Oh and how I missed HR! Good morning world, I like my job today please keep it that way.
The unemployment line
Some people view unemployment as negative, I see it as an incentive to do more, or less, than my normal routine.
List of things to do while unemployed (aka get ready for a new job again):
- Work out a lot, skinnier people are happy people, while I am at it my cat needs to go on a diet too
- Learn to live like a cat, how do they sleep so damn much, is this better for me than sitting at the office?
- Clean my house, because it doesn’t happen when I am working
- Paint a painting for cash, and do the paintings I owe for people
- Go on at least four trips, one being in Europe and one being more than a week long (then hopefully I won’t have to take as much vacation when I am employed again)
- Try something new or out of my normal habits
- Go to the beach more than 10 times this summer, what is the point of living blocks from the beach if I never use it?
- Try 3 new bars in the suburbs and 3 new bars in the city, any suggestions?
- Make date plans with each of my friends
- Go to more than 3 Chicago festivals and at least 2 suburban area festivals
- Shooting guns at an outdoor range
The world seems to have changed since I was last free from the chains of the work world, I have to get out there, read the news and try new things. Did you know that there are over 40 festivals in the city alone just in the summer?
Things to stop doing while unemployed:
- Hustle, stop trying to make extra cash
- Eating bread, after seeing that the food pyramid has changed I will need to cut out a few things
- Reading work emails, somehow even though I am still unemployed I still check my e-mails religiously
- Wearing underwear, so much laundry, not enough money :)
- Dry Cleaning
- Laying around on the weekends
- Buying things for people when I don’t have the cash
- Buying clothes, while I am at it I will try to wear everything in my closet at least once
- Working crap jobs for assholes
I have a second round Job interview this week so I suppose that I should get started on this list. I hope I have some time between now and my next job so I can go to the 3 new trips I have planned. Maybe I should put looking for jobs on the list of things not to do.
List of things to do while unemployed (aka get ready for a new job again):
- Work out a lot, skinnier people are happy people, while I am at it my cat needs to go on a diet too
- Learn to live like a cat, how do they sleep so damn much, is this better for me than sitting at the office?
- Clean my house, because it doesn’t happen when I am working
- Paint a painting for cash, and do the paintings I owe for people
- Go on at least four trips, one being in Europe and one being more than a week long (then hopefully I won’t have to take as much vacation when I am employed again)
- Try something new or out of my normal habits
- Go to the beach more than 10 times this summer, what is the point of living blocks from the beach if I never use it?
- Try 3 new bars in the suburbs and 3 new bars in the city, any suggestions?
- Make date plans with each of my friends
- Go to more than 3 Chicago festivals and at least 2 suburban area festivals
- Shooting guns at an outdoor range
The world seems to have changed since I was last free from the chains of the work world, I have to get out there, read the news and try new things. Did you know that there are over 40 festivals in the city alone just in the summer?
Things to stop doing while unemployed:
- Hustle, stop trying to make extra cash
- Eating bread, after seeing that the food pyramid has changed I will need to cut out a few things
- Reading work emails, somehow even though I am still unemployed I still check my e-mails religiously
- Wearing underwear, so much laundry, not enough money :)
- Dry Cleaning
- Laying around on the weekends
- Buying things for people when I don’t have the cash
- Buying clothes, while I am at it I will try to wear everything in my closet at least once
- Working crap jobs for assholes
I have a second round Job interview this week so I suppose that I should get started on this list. I hope I have some time between now and my next job so I can go to the 3 new trips I have planned. Maybe I should put looking for jobs on the list of things not to do.
The Exit
It is official! I, Curly Kate Mcgee, have finally joined unemployment! How could I find this great or even humorous you ask? It was a long road but here are the final hours:
My employer posted my position on LinkedIn, a website that I monitor for them btw, on a Tuesday. Later that day I notice that it is posted and send out an email to Joe, April and Mr. O. asking why my position has been posted on the internet when I haven’t even received a warning for anything, ever. Nothing…
Then Wednesday I was scheduled to be out of the office and received correspondents that a meeting will be scheduled to discuss my position, and I am being given a hard time about asking to have HR present. Can’t you always have HR present if requested? So I said I would not attend a meeting unless HR was present.
Finally 3pm rolls around the Thursday I get back, there is a 3pm meeting scheduled and all requests have been removed from my desk. Here we go, wonder what April has up her sleeves today? Long story short I negotiated being laid off for ‘irreconcilable differences’. What the hell is that? I have no idea, but Hel-LO unemployment! You know when you get let go or quit you feel relief, or sad, but don’t want to really show it? I think I was Beaming, I might have been skipping and doing cartwheels!
Later that week I was re-hired (not by choice), then fired, and then re-offered my severance. I cannot even tell you how hysterical that day was, I don’t think I have ever been essentially fired twice in one day, in my life. On to better things…
Readers, please refer to my previous articles referring to my exemplary REAL resume. I have all the skills it takes to be high/over-employed, and this time no one is going to get me that easy! I will no longer settle for underemployment, shit pay, or hours working for a company that no one has ever heard of!
I am not sure at this point, is it better to say that I was employed for a company that was run by Satan and no one has ever heard of, or is it better to say I have been working on my education for the last year? Is it better to have a blank or to give a reason? And how do I not sound ecstatic at job interviews that I am not in crazy land anymore?
What a relief, I will keep scheduling vacations everywhere so I don’t I can enjoy my life for a bit! Yay me!!!!
My employer posted my position on LinkedIn, a website that I monitor for them btw, on a Tuesday. Later that day I notice that it is posted and send out an email to Joe, April and Mr. O. asking why my position has been posted on the internet when I haven’t even received a warning for anything, ever. Nothing…
Then Wednesday I was scheduled to be out of the office and received correspondents that a meeting will be scheduled to discuss my position, and I am being given a hard time about asking to have HR present. Can’t you always have HR present if requested? So I said I would not attend a meeting unless HR was present.
Finally 3pm rolls around the Thursday I get back, there is a 3pm meeting scheduled and all requests have been removed from my desk. Here we go, wonder what April has up her sleeves today? Long story short I negotiated being laid off for ‘irreconcilable differences’. What the hell is that? I have no idea, but Hel-LO unemployment! You know when you get let go or quit you feel relief, or sad, but don’t want to really show it? I think I was Beaming, I might have been skipping and doing cartwheels!
Later that week I was re-hired (not by choice), then fired, and then re-offered my severance. I cannot even tell you how hysterical that day was, I don’t think I have ever been essentially fired twice in one day, in my life. On to better things…
Readers, please refer to my previous articles referring to my exemplary REAL resume. I have all the skills it takes to be high/over-employed, and this time no one is going to get me that easy! I will no longer settle for underemployment, shit pay, or hours working for a company that no one has ever heard of!
I am not sure at this point, is it better to say that I was employed for a company that was run by Satan and no one has ever heard of, or is it better to say I have been working on my education for the last year? Is it better to have a blank or to give a reason? And how do I not sound ecstatic at job interviews that I am not in crazy land anymore?
What a relief, I will keep scheduling vacations everywhere so I don’t I can enjoy my life for a bit! Yay me!!!!
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