Circumlocution

One thing I am really good at is getting rid of telemarketers that call the office. A lot of people like to put them on hold forever or just hang up on them. But, a lot of times they just call back. This unknown company has been calling for the past couple of days trying to sell us copy machine supplies (one of the most common telemarketing calls we get) and I just had this conversation with the guy:

"Hey, this is Bill calling, how are you today?"
>"I'm alright."
"Happy Tuesday."
>"Okay."
"I'm calling from Customer Service for the Ricoh to see how many toners you guys have on hand."
>"Oh yeah? What company are you calling from?"
"For your Ricoh machine, Customer Service."
>"Okay, hold on."

~At this point, I went to check with Kim and find out the name of the company where we purchased the machine, because they handle all the supplies and there is a website they can check to see what we've got for toner.~

>"Hello?"
"Yes sir, uh, m'am, sorry..."
>"Where are you calling from again?"
"Oh, from the Service and Distribution Center."
>"No, what company? Can you tell me the name of your company?"
"Well, that could be one of 15 companies in the area."
>"No, it's one company that we purchased the machine from and they handle all our supplies and can check everything via a website."
"Well, what are you trying to say?"
>"I'm saying, I know you're a telemarketer and we don't need anything from you."
"Oh, okay."

::click::

He better not call back.

This is going to be a good summer.

After last summer, anything is an improvement.

John got an e-mail back from a recruiter with whom he's been working trying to get into this company in Worcester. It would be such an excellent job change, so we're praying that happens (and soon!). He'd be designing power plants and working with one of his good friends, which I know would make him happy. He's pretty much miserable where he is now.

I'm happy at my job. I really can't (and shouldn't) complain. I'm well-liked here and there's definitely job security and a future here. My problem is I can't stand it when people talk down to me or snap at me because they're in a bad mood about something else. I get all 'fight or flight' and I either want to start yelling or just walk out and quit. It doesn't happen often, and usually I can just wait it out. Besides, it's better here than at any other job I've had.

John and I have an appointment Friday and hopefully we'll get some much needed answers, and advice and assistance. Looking forward to giving everyone good news someday soon.

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I can't WAIT for Friday!! We are having a big carnival here at work and I just might get to BOX my boss! Hahah! Of course, I tend to be all talk and no action a lot of times and my mouth ends up getting me in some deep sh*#! John is coming to the carnival, I'll definitely box him. My mom is coming too, but I will NOT fight her because I tried that once when I was 12 and she gave me the first shot and I pushed her in the shoulder and she threw me across the room and I hit the closet and fell and started crying. She's a b.a.m.f. :)

Also, I think I think I think that our boss is going to announce that we get Monday and Tuesday off (in addition to the W-Th-F that we already had). The company has never done a summer or winter "shutdown", so this will be the first time. Since Friday will not really be a work day, that'll be 10 days off in a row!!!!! The last time I had that many days off was before I got this job! John only has to work Monday, he got Friday and all next week off too. :)

Things are different across the great divide.

Somewhere between the Sturbridge exit and the Palmer exit on the Mass Pike, you pass what we refer kindly to as "the great divide". If you've been out that way, I'm sure you know of what I speak. Anyway, it's a different world out here.

We're having a big carnival at work on the 29th and when my boss was telling me about it, she was like, "Yeah, we're gonna have a Ding Dong Cart here for 45 minutes..."

Wait a minute. A what?

After she mentioned it a few times, I had to ask what it was. She said, "You know, they play music and have ice cream?"

Oh. "An Ice Cream Truck?" I said.

So, in the lunch room, we just had a big debate over which term was correct. A co-worker, Shelly and myself agreed that it is indeed called an Ice Cream Truck because a) it's is a truck and b) it sells ice cream. We could not get one valid argument from the 'others' (meaning those born and raised this side o' the divide) as to why it should be called a Ding Dong Cart because it is neither a) a cart or b) something that 'ding dongs'.

So, I'm taking a poll. Tell me, when you were growing up and you were chillin' in the living room playing Mario or watching some 'toons and you heard "It's A Small World" playing in a slightly off sort of way in the distance, did you jump up and say, "Oooh, the Ice Cream Truck!!!" or did you say, "Oooh, the Ding Dong Cart!!!"?

Healing

I removed my nose ring. When I got it, I thought it was going to heal quickly and I'd be able to change it every day depending on what I was wearing. That was not the case. It was just an annoyance. I'm over it. Besides, John says my face doesn't need any accents because it's gorgeous already. I love John. heehee!

Oh come on already!

Here are the things that make today suck:

1. I have the migraine from hell.

2. I have already been sick twice out back due to aforementioned migraine.

3. I can't leave work because I only worked 6 hours last week and I don't want to take any more time off.

4. We found my husband's job listed as an opening on his company's website. (This is assuming they're not just hiring a 3rd Drafter which is highly unlikely)

5. After work, I have to drive all the way to Webster before I can go home. (with aforementioned migraine)

SUCKFEST!

Talk about timing.

So, as I was in a meeting yesterday being spoken to like I was 5 years old, I heard my phone ring in my office, followed by the beep for voicemail. After the meeting, I came back to my office and I was SO pissed, hence the last blog. I mean, when the president looks at you with his hands in the air and says, "You just f'ed up, right??? Is the procedure not EASY enough for you???", how would you feel? He's usually extremely nice to me, sometimes to the point where it feels like favoritism, and this was maybe only the 2nd time he's really talked to me like this in 2 years. There are others who get it far more frequently. So, all in all, I've had a pretty sweet ride here so far. Anyway, I had forgotten about the voicemail until I left work last night. Turns out it was another company calling me with a job offer. It's a big company...huge, actually. And, I would probably get about a 60% raise if I went there. It's all the way out in Natick though, and that would be a haul and I just don't think it's worth it. Still, I wonder if I should look into it, with the timing being so perfect and all.

Inner dialogue

I'm angry. I know I can't always get what I want when I want it - I've come to terms with that fact. If withholding something I want is supposed to be teaching me patience, it's not. It's teaching me indifference and about indifference. I feel like I'm being punished, but they say He doesn't work that way. I can only be optimistic for so long before it turns to pessimism and anger. I prepared myself for the waiting and the having to be patient and having faith. I did those things...I still...am trying to do those things. Though, it's getting tougher. I feel inadequate, worthless. What have I done so wrong that I don't deserve? How do so many others prove worthy, yet I do not? I never expected this. I took for granted that things would just happen like they're supposed to and, in time, I'd have what I so desperately want.

I just don't understand.

Yay!

I am out of the house!!!!!

I finally came back to work today. My back is still bothering me pretty bad, but nowhere near what it was. I'm on drugs and have one of those heat pads on my back. It's tolerable as long as I don't stay in one position too long. (That's what he said...hahaha) Anyway, it is SO good to be out of the house. I was going STIR CRAZY.

OOOOWWWWIIIIIEEEE!!

I was just bending over to shave my legs in the shower Sunday morning and all of a sudden everything got tight and then it was shooting PAIN in my lower back. I've been laid up since Sunday morning. I'm on Flexiril (for muscle spasms) and Ibuprofen (for swelling and pain). It SUCKS. I'm getting really bored. However, I am getting quite good at Guitar Hero II. :)

Please pray for my speedy recovery!

Thank you!!!