Merriment on a Monday

Ok, not so much, but one can hope, right? So as I try to channel my thoughts on getting some work done, more randomness snuck into my brain:

• Parking lot findings: Today I managed to score the VERY LAST up-close-to-my-office parking spot and was not able to view much of the lot on my way into the building, but I DID see a baby-sized blue glove and wad of gum.  While having that much coveted up-close parking spot is a good thing, it does take all of the excitement out of new parking lot discoveries.
• Daylight Savings: After turning clocks back 1 hour over the weekend, I'm feeling somewhat time-warped and confused.  Love that my Apple watch and iPhone reset themselves without complaint, but the car clock and 2 others in my office weren't as smart about the switch.  That and my office was freezing, so the heating system must not have gotten the memo.

Alrighty then.  Finally posting this after 8+ hours of meetings, web coding, and fielding end-user computer issues.  Meanwhile, let the commute home begin!

Christmas Break was Blessedly Divine

Still floating after having a week and a half off from work with PAID HOLIDAY TIME home with the peeps.  If that isn't the best reason ever for taking the new job, then I really don't know what is!  Well, besides the personal office with a window and excellent pay and Starbucks coffee in the lounge area... pinch. me. now.

TGIF?

Since I love my new job, TGIF takes on a whole new meaning for me now.  On the one hand, I look forward to heading to my office on campus each day where there's always a new adventure waiting. But on the other hand, sleeping in is another one of my favorite things to do in life and I would sleep until 8:00 a.m. every single day given the opportunity.  (Unfortunately, weekends and holidays are the only times I get to sleep in these days.)  So for me Friday is just the big "heads up" that sleeping in is just around the corner - but that also involves missing my campus office.  *cue the sappy violins*

The Life of an IT'er

Today I've been blessed to "man" a student lounge and a college art gallery so that students will have tech support while accessing wireless internet hot spots.  (That really should be "woman" or "person" the places, but somewhere/somehow "man" became the term for doing what I'm doing.)  And it's all good.  Not only am I helping these college women by answering their questions ("Is the lab open for printing?" and "Can I sit here?"), but I'm getting all kinds of emails answered from my multitude of mailboxes and catching up on Words with Friends.  Oh and facebook, let's not forget that one.  All of this while eating my favorite Vic's popcorn and Cheese-It Party Mix salty snack.  This IT'er is really feeling all spoiled-like.

Speaking of NEW

... I got a new job starting at the end of September 2014!  Woohoo!!  Which brings me back to blogging again since I'm not all distracted by other activities in and around my Home Office.  So things have changed dramatically over the past couple of months, but for the good of everyone involved.  Besides the fact that I'm bringing home a big fat paycheck to add to our family income, here are some other noticeable changes that have taken place:

• Replaced our old junker van with a fancy new Honda CRV so we're no longer struggling to transport everyone here and there, including to school/work/home
• Added 3 new cell phone lines to my Verizon line changing it to a shared family plan so we now have reliable lines of communication, another problem we've been fighting against with previous AT&T GoPhone service
• Mixed up chores with Hubs so that laundry and diswashing are ongoing, thankfully because my biggest fear was that "house would fall down" with me no longer home to keep things going
• Paid off recently aquired debt (Peep's wisdom teeth extraction) and in the process of paying of medical bills associated with emergency surgery that took place the week before I started my new job (oldent Peep's unexpected event)
• Adjusted work/commute schedules so that we can still have a decent home-cooked meal on the table before 6:00 p.m.

And with that I must get back to my work, in my away from home office, where I'm fighting a website "fire" so to speak.  TGIF!