So my dad sent out an e-mail this morning. He's proud of me which is good. But the e-mail included his whole family, his friends at church, and half of his business partners. So anyway... it has been an eventful week.
Monday the 10th I turned in my last final. Tuesday was Jeremy's birthday. The trivia team didn't do as well as hoped, but we did spend out $40 in gift certificates. Wednesday was uneventuful but I downloaded Photoshop Elements, a new toy to play with. Thursday I almost finished my Christmas shopping. Friday I baked lemon cookies and saw I am Legend which is much better than Will Smith just talking to himself. Saturday I Saturday I had British food and listened to Appalachian music. Sunday I found a child under the Christmas tree at the front of the church and made a whole bunch of stars and angels. Monday I proposed a project to a dental lab and got a job at Rice University. Tuesday I got my grades and went to the museum then I kinda got elected for a three year term. I made glazed pecans and went to trivia. Wednesday I repeated a 30+ year tradition and continued to finish my Christmas shopping. I also met Asher, the cutest kid with porcupine hair I've seen. I also made gravy.
So anyway... I'm done with school I have a job and I won't start for three weeks. I'm going to be a patent manager at Rice University, at least for awhile. Can't tell yet what the job will really look like to explain it but I'll learn a lot. Which was really the goal of this whole librarian thing to start with.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Dear Management 2+ (there have been many, it is turning to a running theme)
If you are going to start enforcing the towing rules suddenly you should inform people. Oh wait, you didn't inform us yet that there has been a change in management so why would you tell us there is a change in the towing rules either?
And while you are at it you could work on getting more parking. That would be nice. Because there is no place to park because people just leave their cars in the lot forever. So if you are going to tow because someone is in the wrong spot you need to make sure they have a right spot to park.
Btw, it is actually (a lot) cheaper to get a parking ticket for kind of parking illegally than it is to get towed off private property.
And while you are at it you could work on getting more parking. That would be nice. Because there is no place to park because people just leave their cars in the lot forever. So if you are going to tow because someone is in the wrong spot you need to make sure they have a right spot to park.
Btw, it is actually (a lot) cheaper to get a parking ticket for kind of parking illegally than it is to get towed off private property.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Under new management
In the continuing saga of my apartment office (packages misplaced, rent checks misplaced, delayed work orders for holes in my shower, etc.):
We have a new management company here. This was only made news to me by the maintenance guy that eventually came to fix my shower. He used to be my neighbor. His name is Carlos, he won't have a job in two weeks. Oh, and the signs that went up saying the office would be closed the entire weekend because of the new management, and we should put our rent checks in the drop box. Which I won't do, because they will lose them.
Anyway. I went to get two packages yesterday. I had two slips. They brought out one. I told them I had two. I said it nicely. The new lady (I know it is stressful the first week on the job) put her hands on her hips and told me it wasn't there. That the postman had put it in twice cause I hadn't picked it up. Pray tell a) when was I supposed to pick it up when you are only there 9-5 and the rest of the world is working and b) when did anyone here get that organized. I told them I had a receipt of a package that was not the Amazon package they were giving me. They went back and found my 16"x16"x16" box clearly marked with the number 57 all over it. She took her hands off her hips. I told them Thank you and that I knew it was a poorly organized system back there and left.
So I know we are under new management. I know I've now lived here far longer than anyone in the old office or in the new office. I also know they didn't introduce themselves when I came in. Or inform me what the name of the new company was in any way. I'm also pretty sure rent is going up when my lease runs out. In other news, I might be moving in March.
Why you care: For all of you planning on mailing me packages this holiday season I won't get it (especially not UPS, cause those guys don't even bother to leave one of those post-it notes, or actually knock on my door) unless I know it is coming. Then I can go down with a receipt... and argue.
Happy holidays.
We have a new management company here. This was only made news to me by the maintenance guy that eventually came to fix my shower. He used to be my neighbor. His name is Carlos, he won't have a job in two weeks. Oh, and the signs that went up saying the office would be closed the entire weekend because of the new management, and we should put our rent checks in the drop box. Which I won't do, because they will lose them.
Anyway. I went to get two packages yesterday. I had two slips. They brought out one. I told them I had two. I said it nicely. The new lady (I know it is stressful the first week on the job) put her hands on her hips and told me it wasn't there. That the postman had put it in twice cause I hadn't picked it up. Pray tell a) when was I supposed to pick it up when you are only there 9-5 and the rest of the world is working and b) when did anyone here get that organized. I told them I had a receipt of a package that was not the Amazon package they were giving me. They went back and found my 16"x16"x16" box clearly marked with the number 57 all over it. She took her hands off her hips. I told them Thank you and that I knew it was a poorly organized system back there and left.
So I know we are under new management. I know I've now lived here far longer than anyone in the old office or in the new office. I also know they didn't introduce themselves when I came in. Or inform me what the name of the new company was in any way. I'm also pretty sure rent is going up when my lease runs out. In other news, I might be moving in March.
Why you care: For all of you planning on mailing me packages this holiday season I won't get it (especially not UPS, cause those guys don't even bother to leave one of those post-it notes, or actually knock on my door) unless I know it is coming. Then I can go down with a receipt... and argue.
Happy holidays.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
December 15th
December 15th is the most popular day this year to throw a Christmas party. I personally have been invited to four. On no other days mind you, except for a church one on the 16th. Four. On one night. I'm going to one.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Divorce and the environment... well duh
I'll point you to a study that was reported on here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5349282.html.
Seems like this is fairly obvious and I don't think it will keep anyone from getting divorced. I wonder if it will cause greater co-habitation and marriage. I doubt that too. So I wish I'd thought of this study and gotten a grant from the federal government to do it. That would have been nice.
In other news rent is going up. Seems the sub-prime market puts pressure on the rental market.
Seems like this is fairly obvious and I don't think it will keep anyone from getting divorced. I wonder if it will cause greater co-habitation and marriage. I doubt that too. So I wish I'd thought of this study and gotten a grant from the federal government to do it. That would have been nice.
In other news rent is going up. Seems the sub-prime market puts pressure on the rental market.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Almost... finished...
I'm almost finished with grad school. One website to finish (here you go: http://slis.jayfox.net/kaw0204/mfahomepage.html... best viewed on IE for some reason we don't know), one presentation of said website, and one final exam.
I'm not going to my graduation. So it will kind of just end and I'll get my diploma in the mail in eight weeks. So I'll probably throw myself a ceremony, put on my BU gown and stand on the coffee table with my diploma.
No gifts please.
I'm not going to my graduation. So it will kind of just end and I'll get my diploma in the mail in eight weeks. So I'll probably throw myself a ceremony, put on my BU gown and stand on the coffee table with my diploma.
No gifts please.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Now soliciting suggestions
Every year I buy a Christmas gift for a child that has a parent in prison. One year I got a boa (as in scarf), one year I got legos. This year I have a twelve year old buy and I'm to get him a book. Apparently his likes football. Any ideas out there?
Apparently Matt Christopher is for younger kids than this one. My twelve year old girl is getting a Rascal Flats CD. She wanted a country CD, so I asked an 11 year old girl and without a pause she said "Carrie Underwood" and "Rascal Flats." That's a tip for any of my readers out there shopping for preteens in Texas.
Apparently Matt Christopher is for younger kids than this one. My twelve year old girl is getting a Rascal Flats CD. She wanted a country CD, so I asked an 11 year old girl and without a pause she said "Carrie Underwood" and "Rascal Flats." That's a tip for any of my readers out there shopping for preteens in Texas.
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