belch

Well, nothing new as of today. I am plugging away at my job and still liking it! I am just going to mind my P's and Q's for the next 5 months and see if my actions will help me when I go in asking for a raise. I also learned a lot of things today about this inventory program we are going to be using. The tech guy said it would take about 450 man hours to input all the information. Mind you, that isn't all the stuff that needs to be input. I still have the 5,000+/- items (individual) I have already collected and then I would say that I still have close to 12,000 more to take contriol over. They want to be at a 95% accountability by January '07! I am way ahead of them. As long as I can start putting this info into the computer this week or early next week and get on hitting up these dorms as soon as the students are gone, I will be good to go.

That is my life right now! For the last 2 weeks I have been dealing with this crappy furniture bay. I am one man! I get help every so often and utilize that to help me kick ass. I should be done with the bay by COB on Friday! They can stick that in their ass at the next "supervisor" meeting. They really aren't ready for me. I pity them!

Kick in the balls and I'm in pain

Fuck! I was just told that my immediate supervisor is getting a new job and will be out of here on April 17th. That sucks ass! We seemed to be on the same page and she knew what my thoughts were on pay! Now I have to schmooze a new boss soon.

I have to fight for more money, more training and I'm sure a half dozen other things with the new boss. It's all good! I just wish that my actions could speak for themselves but that just doesn't cut it these days! I have been kicking so much ass this first month here. I just hope it isn't for not now.

I keep reminding my boss that I turned down a job that would have paid me $7,000-$8,000 more a year! Plus, I feed them the line that my wife doesn't want me working here.

The key to this is the training! As long as I can get up to RI and get the 2 days of training I will become a wrecking ball here. They have no idea what to do with a kick ass mid-westerner like me. I sound like a cocky punk kid don't I?

So now I have to hope that all goes well and I can get a good boss that is on the level. Wish me luck!

Other than that, nothing is new in my life. I am hoping the weather gets better and I can get out more. Oh, I am planning on taking 3-4 days off this winter and going hiking in Shenandoah National Park this upcoming December....SOLO! I already have most of the gear. I need a nice fleece jacket and then I will be ready to rock and roll. I have looked at REI, Patagonia, and LL Bean. We will see! So now thats it! Nothing else!

same old

Well, I am in my office/broom closet and taking a break from busting my ass. I do way too much work here. I am sick of how slow people seem to be here. I want to get things done and everybody is sloth like here.

I convinced my boss that we NEED to go to training and figure out this stupid computer program to input all of this inventory that I have done. I am now up to the 5,ooo pieces mark and will launch past that as soon as I start on the furniture in the dorms.

We have zero idea how to use this software for what we want and need to it to jive with the handy dandy pocket PC with scan card they just bought me. Yeah sounds like I am moving up right? Maybe they should start paying me like it too. I will wait till my 6 month "probationary" period is over and start beating my chest!

So now if I could actually convince my boss we NEED training NOW!! We have to go to Rhode Island for this stuff. The good thing is that we set up the agenda and tell them what we want to know. What do I know though, I am just the new grunt that they can kick around and spit on.

I am also going to dial myself in for healthcare. My wife has been sick off and on for the last 2 weeks or so. I have been so busy I never went back to dial myself in for health insurance. So after her bout with the puke monster I figured I needed to make this happen ASAP! Wish me luck!

I am off to lunch since the douche bag IT guy hasn't come by to install my pocket PC yet...said he would be here bewteen 9-10! Blow me!

what up?

Well, life is good! The weather is back to being typical chilly spring temps. Last week was amazing and I was able to get out and do some hiking with the boy! I have pics but am too lazy t put them up at this time.

So I will update anybody who cares about my wonderful job. I really do enjoy the job and yes the pay is still crap. I did have the sit down with my boss and she agrees that I need to get paid more and said she will see what she can do as soon as I start to actually start doing more.

I have found that I am in the south. It really isn't the south to me, I do realize that I'm below the Mason-Dixon line. It just seems that the people here work in slow motion and it sucks ass. I did a paper in high school about how well mid-westerners fair in finding jobs. I guess these slow rednecks have no idea how much a of a deal they have in a mid-western giy like me. Not to mention one that was out of work for 9 fucking months.

I was laying it on thick with my boss the other day talking about what I want to do with this job. I was telling her that my wife wants me to quit and take that other job.

I also just got my office on Thursday! My boss was working to slow on it so I took the opportunity to clean out this "office"/broom closet and make it mine. I tossed all of the trash out and has asked my boss the week before to make sure the IT guys came by to set up my computer and get me started. Now I will have the chance to work half the day taking in inventory and the other half sitting on the computer trying to put it in.

Nobody knows how to use the computer program we want to use for inventory so we will be trying to figure it out. Not so good is that my boss wants to be kind of up and running in the next 2 months. So I will have a buttload of work ahead of me.

My latest project has been to clean up, straighten up, and inventory all of the furniture in the furniture bay! There are some heavy pieces in there that me and a college kid started to move and organize. When all is said and done I will have everything looking tip-top and squared away.

As of this moment I have already taken inventory of over 4,000 individual pieces. My boss seems to be very impressed with this. Especially since I have done these lists at home since I didn't have a computer until this last week. It's all good! I am gambling that this pays off.

Oh yeah, I started to look into classes and all that fun stuff too. I am going to take 1 class this summer since they are so fast and intense. I will take a 6-week class and see what I can do. They want to make sure that I am not an idiot before they will take me on as a part time student seeking a degree. I would rather get started with normnal classes instead of in your face stuff! Been out of school for such a long time that I am afraid of getting my ass kicked by this great honors school. I will get my feet wet this summer and get a taste of college life and then go full speed ahead this fall.

Thats my life of late so I will be back soon with some pics of my adventures and travels. Peace in the middle east!

great

It is a great day out! As usual I have nothing much to whine about today. I am out and about with the boy! Will try to get something posted by weekends end.

for the birds

Well, I had a nice sit down chat with my boss on Monday and told her that I was offered a "better, high paying" job and that I could tell them no if she will make sure that I want more money in a few more months. She seemed to buy off on it and said yes to all of my demands. Smoke being blown up my ass? Probably some yes! I can live with it as long as when 6-8 months comes around...maybe sooner...I revisit this topic with her and we make something happen. Otherwise, I will be looking for another job.

I enjoy the job and the potential that it has to be something decent to write about. I am still without an office and am in "The Hole" everyday. The Hole is a storeroom that I have sqaured away comepletly and have already inventoried over 500 items. Yeah, I am kicking ass!

My boss made it seem like she was on the same page as I was as far the shithole wages I am getting. I saved them $700 the other day. I am sure that I will do the same again soon on a lot more things. I am sure that I will be saving them well over $15,000 this year, maybe more.

I have a staff meeting tomorrow and am not sure that I am going to like it. All I have heard all week is how they will be serving us a hot breakfast. I have been around a while and know this is a sign of employment rape. I am not sure if I will be the fuckee but someone will be. I think that everybody there underestimated what I brought to the table when I started. I have done nothing but kick ass. My boss was asking if I got along with the others. I told her that it was hard to bond while being stuck in "The Hole" all day everyday.

Fuck it! I am going to give it a go and see what happens. If I stick with my good ol' midwestern work ethic and use my brains a bit they will have no choice but to promote me to BAD MOTHER FUCKER!

zilch

Fuck! Well, I was offered the job to the oil place on Friday. My cell had run out of batteries so I wasn't able to take it. I finallt got it around 8 p.m. on Friday. I am 99% sure that I am going to stay at the college. I am going to sit down tomorrow and chat with my boss about some issues that I have with working there.

The first being pay! I figure that I will be bringing home roughly $15,000 a year. That is insanely low with a family. My boss suggested last week that I would be moving up as soon as my job description changed by adding responsibilities. No offense to the other shmucks that make the same as me but I think that I already have a ton more responsibility than my fellow co-workers in the same job description as me. I am in charge of at least $100,000 in supplies. Not to mention I will be saving them thousands by not buying things that don't need to be bought.

I know it will take some time to get to know everything and all that but I would say within a year I would be able to start being the guy that does the purchasing or even talks with the representatives of supply companies and weed out the crap.

Right now they go to a local hardware store that is more expensive than using one of the catalogs in the office. This place is all fucked up! I will be in charge of "capturing" thousands of items and inputting them into a computer. All me! 15K is a fucking steal.

Next I would like to see that after my probationary period of 6 months I get a raise. Not a lot! Just enough to get by. I don't want to be an ass and not understand the beauty of the other benefits that I will be getting. I have been doing some research and have found that this school is in the Top 10 of public liberal arts school in the country! So, if I didn't do school here I would be a moron. I would probably take their English major and see what I could do with that. As I have found out while looking for jobs that all people want to see is if you have a 4 year degree.

Long term it will be the best thing for me. If all goes well my boss will think I am right and want to help me out...knowing that I am turning down a slightly better job to stay with them. I really do enjoy this job and the potential that it could grow into something great. Who knows I could stay there and get a raise here and there....get a degree and stay in this position if it so fits me to do so for way more money!

I will let you know how this all goes tomorrow night when I come home from work. I am also going to go and see what I have to do to take some summer classes. I can take 2 classes per semester and plan on taking 2 each semester. If I am able to do this, I would like to think that I would be able to get my degree in just over 5 years. Wish me luck!

yippy

Well my son will be back later this evening and my family will be one again. Plus, my mother-in-law will be here for a bit to help us out. Thats a good thing.

I am sick as hell. I have no idea what is up with me. I need some sleep. I am going to bed.