Elf's blog: "Slacking at work"

I'm wearing my faire garb to work. I'm trying to convince people that they shoudl go to faire at least once this run. I think it's working. Even if it isn't it's really fun to jingle with every step. *grin* I found a picture of my friend Rachel and I taken at faire last Sunday. It's actually a great shot and I even printed it out and stuck it to my board here at work. :) What else? There was going to be a script read through tonight at my house for the horror film I'm in but one of the girls is ill, the director is way to busy and he cant' reach the third girl. I'm now supposed to see if any of my 3 female friends wants to be in a horror film. And that's about it. I'll update on monday and see if there's any more pictures from faire this weekend.

I know. I haven't been on much in quite some time. Part of it is I am just not as interested in staying logged into CT. Not sure why. My livejournal seems to have more of my interest lately. Other than that I did manage to get a semi-promotion at work. I'm now doing marketing instead of customer service though if someone is out I'm happy to fill in. (or so I say) It's a bit less stressful and with any luck I'll be able to save enough to start online classes this fall and get the degree I crave so much. (criminal justice) There was a death in the family two weeks ago. I lost my nephew. He died in the womb about 1 month shy of being born. My cousin had him cremated. I just want to say that one of the saddest experiences of my life will have been holding my second nephew for the first time in a small ceramic container that fit in one hand. My cousin's other son, Aaden calls me Aunt Ju-ju and I can't help but spoil him. I even bought him a wooden sword (he's 2) when I was at faire. Last week was when I started marketing. I've been training the new girl which is going well. I doubt she'll stay though. Would you stay at a workplace if on the third day of your job your supervisor was carried away in an ambulance thanks to heart palpataions from stress? That happened on Friday afternoon. That now makes 3 of us who have eneded up in the ER for heart problems due to stress. So I was in charge on Friday since the boss and his wife left. The main problem was that the computer guy who came to fix things made them worse. I had to fix my own email, the main email comptuer was down completely and we basically got backed up that day. Renaissance Faire has started here in TN. I splurged and bought a season pass. Turns out I know most of the cast and performers. Hell, I shoudl have just worked the faire this year. Most people seem to think I do anyway. Axel the Sot (scott) has some great new naughty material in his show and Carl and the Empty Hats are wonderful as always. So I spent the weekend there. My legs and feet ache but I'll be doing it again next weekend. And the weekend after that. And then the last weekend. Yesterday started out busy. I had to cover for my supervisor and we had to play catch up from Friday. The boss' wife came in against our wishes. By midday we were caught up and doign well. Just in time for our phone and fax lines to go dead. Then we nearly had a revolt in the front office thanks to the boss' wife and some snide remarks from the accounting person. Nickey walked out right then. I sent the new girl on home not logn after since there wasn't anythign to do. I sat there simply because I need the money on my paycheck. And I think that's about it that's happened recently. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of my nephew to post on here. Maybe later I can have one taken of him and me. *laughs*

You know, it’s funny. I spent a good deal of time this morning writing, revising, writing and revising and finally deleting the entire thing about one subject. The Phantom of the Opera I was trying to put into words what about it touches me so. I guess this proves that there really are no words. Just feelings. *laughs*

This morning I came out to get in my car and head off to work when I saw something on the winshield. There was a red rose. No note. I have absolutely no idea who left it there as all of maybe 4 people know where I live. I keep looking at it and being a little weirded out.

I just wanted to let everyone know that if you haven't already checked out The Official Insta-Bitch Store I highly reccommend doing so. Not just because it's my store but because the stuff that is for sale is nice quality. If you're wondering how I know I've actually ordered some of my own products mainly to make sure they are worth the price. The Insta-Bitch teddy bear is large, fuzzy and squishy. The magnets look great, the buttons are a hit and the thong is most awesome. Go on and check it out. If you have any ideas please let me know or if you have any specific requests let me know as well. I just designed a shirt for a coworker and she's quite happy with it. I do plan to offer a calendar for 2008 as well so go ahead and start hunting up or planning your best Before/After Insta-Bitch photos. If I have more than 12 people interested then I'll make it into a contest. :) Again, I'll be happy if you just stop by the store and check it out. Thanks! --Elf

Wow. So that was a bad way to start off the morning and the week. I’m already sick of the boss and his wife being back. We have an ftp site at work for people to use if their art files are too large to send through email. It’s really easy to access from our end. Heck, I have the login and password save in my IE so all I have to remember is the site name and that’s bookmarked. It took all of 5 seconds to set that up. Everyone has the instruction sheet that has that information on it. I even made sure that the boss made an extra copy for himself the last time he asked me for the info. This morning he comes over and asks if anything was uploaded to the ftp site. I said yes, here’s the file name. He then looked at me expectantly and after a moment he asked me if I could go to the site and save them. I asked him if he lost the instructions and he said that no he still had them. WTF?!?!? For the record, Monday mornings are usually a little busier than other mornings. I have to catch up on anything that came in over the weekend as well as the usual morning orders. I had about 3 orders I was working on with the paperwork spread across my desk. Is he blind? Could he not see that with his own eyes and the two security cameras he installed? Do I look like I have time to waste doing something that he knows full well how to do? After I save the file (with him looking over my shoulder) he comes back later and wants me to open the site again. Now he wants to go through the list with me and delete the files. This is something that is his call and he can do on his own too. Lucky for me there was an error on the site that wouldn’t let me delete them. But, MY GOD MAN! It’s something that he could have done easily on his own. He never needed to even ask me! *head in hands* I feel like giving up already for the day.

So… I got to thinking yesterday at work (after lunch when things seems to flood into my inbox) that I’ve been at this particular job for 2 years. I told my mom when she came to have lunch with me before she went back to Ohio that I didn’t’ even feel proud that I had stuck it out that long. I felt miserable and beaten. All those people that didn’t make it I thought of them as smart and lucky. And I sat here at my desk and my fingers typed slower and slower as I dwelled on that thought. Did I really want to be here another two years? Or even just another year? At that moment I took a phone call from a rather difficult client and for some reason it sent me into tears. It was as though that one call and that man confirmed my thoughts. All I want it to enjoy what I do. Doesn’t even have to be every day but I’d like to actually have a passion for what I do at work. And that’s not going to happen here. What do I have to look forward to? No advancement. One personal day earned a month. A 3% raise every year. That’s it. So I’m poking my nose around looking at degrees I can earn online. I’d like to go back to school but I can’t do that and pay the bills. So online looks to be the way to go. The question then is: what kind of a degree? What do I want to do? What do I think I could possibly enjoy doing? Browsing through some of the searches online I did turn up a few that seemed interesting. Criminal Justice sounds like something I would enjoy. The attention to detail in a CSI is appealing. Who knows. But it’s a start to doing something different with my professional life.

We’re doing a rush name badge for Brad Pitt. I kid you not. I started laughing when I pulled it off the fax. No wonder they’re willing to pay an arm and a leg for it. Though to be honest, does Brad Pitt really need a name badge? I mean, isn’t he recognizable enough?

Rocking out to Evanesence with Jacob and Carrie. And missing our weekly meeting at work. Most excellent!

I've had to block someone else. Apparently they were unable to read my profile and still asked for my number. *head in hands* it's almost not worth it to bother with CT. I mainly log on to say hi to certain people and to vent on occasion. That's about it. But I dont' get it. I've written that I will not give out my contact information. I certainly don't have any nude photos or even anything marked NSFW. What in the world gives the impression that I want anything more than to hear a good joke or something? Am I doing something wrong here? Maybe it's time to clear out the friends list again. Ah well.