7:57 p.m. - 03 March 2003
I'm still alive...I'm still alive
*blows cobwebs out of corners*
So, yeah, the cable man came and made me very happy. A little too happy, maybe, since I've been rather lazy about getting anything done in the evenings since I've been sitting slack-jawed in front of the computer. Plus, I've been trying to figure out whether or not I want to use our new cable ISP for a webhost; right now, I'm leaning towards no, mostly because it'd be a pain in the ass. I'm actually considering just paying for a gold membership so I can just host images here, which would be much easier.
Big changes going on: I was offered a new job today. Doing the same thing, adminstrative assisting, but for a new boss, whom I like very much. He actually probably met my mother at some point, since he worked for at the same hospital she did at the same time, and since Mom was in HR...he probably met her. I applied for the position about a month or so ago and let my new boss know that I had. I also let the CEO know, since I wanted it to come from me and not someone else. I took the job skills test that HR wanted me to take -- I royally screwed up the mail merges part of the Word test, but I know enough ways of getting around mail merges that it doesn't really matter -- and on Friday I got a call to schedule an interview for this morning.
I was actually nervous as hell, but when the director told me that he was only interviewing one other person and that was as a courtesy since she already worked in the department, I knew I was in. We even walked over and looked at my new office: I get a door! I'm possibly more excited about that than anything else. But since it's not ready for me yet (no air conditioning + current location of copier = very hot little room), it'll be at least the end of the month until I change positions.
I haven't told my current boss yet. I don't plan to until I have a written offer from HR. I know that she knows about it, though, since my new boss called her to let her know I was interviewing (and he said she already knew, so I suspect the CEO hasn't exactly kept quiet about it). I haven't told my cow-orkers, either, except for the other person in the office who can't stand my current boss. I've started going into her area to blow off steam every now and then; she commiserates with me and we both feel better. Just having that alone has helped me through the last couple of weeks.
And of course, it's just my luck that my current job has actually been interesting for the last month or so. I've apparently been designated Joint Commission Girl, which means that I'm basically the point person for all the JCAHO communication; I take minutes, I send emails, I create cute little PowerPoint presentations. All this comes from one of the VPs, though, and I probably won't get to keep doing all of it once I move. I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing, really.
I've also done a lot of traveling over the last months: I went to SC to visit friends from college and I went to see Mom & Dad. Both were solo trips in the new car, and thank goodness we have a CD player in there, or I would have lost my mind. Those are two very boring drives. But I had a great time both weekends, and my visits were much too short. Spartanburg has changed dramatically since I was there, not to mention Converse itself. I met my Hebrew professor for breakfast on Sunday morning before I left, and since I got there early, I ended up driving over to campus and gawking at things. The stupid gazebos are still there, but not much else has changed. Except for the humungous new PE building and the enormous addition to the art building.
And breakfast itself was lovely. I got to eat at my very favorite restaurant in all of Spartanburg -- for approximately the third time while the sun was out. Not to mention the great play I saw while I was there. And getting to meet my roommate's son for the first time. And seeing my niece two weeks later. She can say "Katie" pretty clearly -- although she called me "Lee" a couple of times, too. But she never got Tricia's name wrong. I swear, Tricia's a baby whisperer. They all love her.
Lee's going to visit some friends in his hometown this weekend, so I get some alone time of my own. I'm looking forward to it, and having a new job will make it even sweeter.
