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Well, I found a few minutes to come hang out tonight while at work. Woooh! It's a bit crisp outside this evening. I feel a change in the barometer too so I guess we should be seeing some interesting weather here within a few days.

Way to go Queen!! So happy for you. :D

((((((CWR)))))) You will be up and about soon sis. Just hang in there. ;) It's all worth it. You were hurting so bad before the surgery that you know you wouldn't have been out there running anyway. Or at least, you shouldn't have been. :rolleyes:

Kit - I love deer bologna, steaks, roasts... but I'm not the kind who could ever kill one. I used to go hunting when I was a teen. I'd sit out there on a boulder or up a tree (my bro never figured out how I could get way up there :p) and just hang out. I'd watch the squirrels and chipmunks, take in the scenery, the smells and the textures. The deer would walk (run) on by and I'd just sit in total amazement of their beauty and grace. My dad knew I'd never be able to shoot (I really did try but I don't think I ever took off the safety on my 30-30) but he loved the fact that I would come out to be with them all. Now, I can gut/drag/butcher one... but then I can't eat it. I have this thing that if I've ever met it "whole", I just can't eat it. :o But my bros give me meat every year and of course, it's gone almost immediately. So I still get my fix. I have 4 brothers who, 'til this day, are upset b/c I could out shoot them open sites when they all used scopes. Still can, I think. (I was pretty good with my 38cal and 9mm too. Squeeze, don't pull. :D)

Well, I've got a tip on a job myself and I'm off to check it out while still at my current job. Is that bad??? :rolleyes: :D

Catch y'all later.

Job tip while at current job:

That's not bad! Go for it!!!

(sez Knot, stuck in a serious dead-end)

Thanks everyone! My honey and I are discussing it tonight (she's an academic librarian so her opinion will carry a lot of weight with me), it seems like a good thing but I am a tiny bit reluctant because some of the job is repetitive and I get bored easily...guess I need to buy and Ipod. :D

Knot - I sure hope I'll get some time to myself so I can finally meet Trek. BTW - the new boss is "family" and has offered a personal tour of the fun spots in SF.

Queen, congratulations on the job offer. It is really nice to be sought after and even if you don't take it, it will have been a great experience. But, I have to say that I think it's kind of a good idea to take it. You might get bored after a while, but you'll learn new stuff, have something elso on your resume and if it gets to be too boring, you can sniff around again. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, you are very capable of making the right decision, I just wanted to give you a different perspective.

BTW - the average North American changes careers once every 10 years.

Queen - cooooool!

I am deeply frustrated that I can't find Rush's "Presto" on YouTube... y'mean YouTube doesn't contain the entire Universe?!?!!

My spaghetti dinner was boring.

Time to go read "Science of the Discworld" and edjumacate myself. Again.
(not available on Amazon, only in the British Commonwealth as far as I know.) (but I could get S of the D 2 and 3 from Amazon)

Wonder if Brian Greene is on YouTube....

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Queen, congratulations on the job offer. It is really nice to be sought after and even if you don't take it, it will have been a great experience. But, I have to say that I think it's kind of a good idea to take it. You might get bored after a while, but you'll learn new stuff, have something elso on your resume and if it gets to be too boring, you can sniff around again. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, you are very capable of making the right decision, I just wanted to give you a different perspective.

BTW - the average North American changes careers once every 10 years.

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Thanks for the input Wahine, my trepidation is probably exacerbated by moving into such completely different territory.
- Currently...8 hours a day spent face-to-face with severely mentally ill homeless adults
- New job...8 hours a day dealing with digital book scanners and minimal interaction with people.

Yay Queen!

Guess I'm not average, I've been with the County for close to 30 years:eek: Not at the same job though, so a little average maybe.

I made Pork Tenderloin Diane tonight, with squash and grape tomatoes. It was really good.

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Knot - I sure hope I'll get some time to myself so I can finally meet Trek. BTW - the new boss is "family" and has offered a personal tour of the fun spots in SF.

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you'd better! When will you be here?

"minimal interaction with people" sounds like a beautiful thing.

I'm sure the ladies in Boston weren't thinking Ooops when they saw this today http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...-13762,00.html

Anywho, I had my catch up with my manager and she's annoyed as well with our HR dept. I get to write a letter of complaint :) along with a few suggestions to possibly help people being forgotten...:mad: Our area manager will see it as well :)

*shakes head* hrrmrmmm...

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you'd better! When will you be here?

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Spent most of the night awake, thinking about the offer...I still don't know if I'm going to take it (I sent them an email last night with some additional questions). If I do take it I think the SF trip will be within the first couple of weeks of the job (so in Feb.). The place is in the Presidio (sp?), I think that's in SF??

Queen - that is so cool - now you just have to decide

Was going to go out to dinner last night, but it was snowing and blowing really hard when hubby got home from work so I just made a green chile chicken with rice, beans and corn. It was okay.

I'm working on my serve in tennis right now - My stupid wrist is getting sore - hope that doesn't continue

Gotta start riding my trainer at least - since I've got my Mtn bike camp in Phoenix to lead in a couple of weekends I'm gonna just suck

Queen - congrats on the opportunity to choose! If the new job seems a bit "slow", you'll have more time to read TE?

cc - thanks for the link. I'd only heard a tiny bit about this. Somebody's career in marketing either just hit the toilet or is about to take off. (depending on how much trouble they get into. They certainly got some attention for the TV show!)

Queen - I'd take the library job. I have two friends who catalog images for the library systems. It can be very monotonous but it's also very low stress, and you can sometimes work from home.

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Queen - congrats on the opportunity to choose! If the new job seems a bit "slow", you'll have more time to read TE?

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No opportunity's to surf TE but I can wear an Ipod (if I can figure out to work one :D ).

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No opportunity's to surf TE but I can wear an Ipod (if I can figure out to work one :D ).

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I've brought my iPod to work a few times. I'm going to have to start doing that again now that they took away our Web-based e-mail access. Some days for me a really, really, really busy and others are just so slow because my job is completely dependent on other people.

I can't wear an iPod nor surf the web at work. Can't hardly ever even sit down! Gave myself a kidney stone last year because there isn't time to pee during the work shift. And I have to be cheerful ALL THE TIME!!!

Sheer torture, I tell ya! (being cheerful is harder than passing a kidney stone....:rolleyes: )

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And I have to be cheerful ALL THE TIME!!!
Sheer torture, I tell ya! (being cheerful is harder than passing a kidney stone....:rolleyes: )

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Roger that! Thank goodness I only have to be cheerful for intermittent 1:15-hour classes. And not even really cheerful--just civil. Even that's a challenge sometimes.;)

The Presidio sure'nuff is in SF. It's the old Spanish military base (also more recently US Army base, now de-militarized). Very parklike, right near the Golden Gate. Lovely place!

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The Presidio sure'nuff is in SF. It's the old Spanish military base (also more recently US Army base, now de-militarized). Very parklike, right near the Golden Gate. Lovely place!

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Oooh, so I'd get to see the Golden Gate!

I called and left the soon-to-be boss a voice mail that I'd like to talk with her, I'm going to accept the position...YIKES!!!! :eek: :( :D :confused: :rolleyes: :cool:

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I can't wear an iPod nor surf the web at work. Can't hardly ever even sit down! Gave myself a kidney stone last year because there isn't time to pee during the work shift. And I have to be cheerful ALL THE TIME!!!

Sheer torture, I tell ya! (being cheerful is harder than passing a kidney stone....:rolleyes: )

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I hear that Knott. I swear I have a bladder like a camel. It's not that I can't take a pee break, it's that I forget to when I'm busy. And well, I'm naturally sickeningly cheerful. If I'm grumpy, torturing people makes me cheerful so I get better when I'm at work. :D :D

What makes me mad, are people that are late for their torture.:mad: :mad:

That would be me Wahine:p Torture away because work is very stressful and frustrating right now.

CONGRATS QUEEN!!

Oh yay..It's going to be 38C today..41c tomorrow.:eek: Hot next week too..:eek: :)
I was told yesterday if i ride home along the Swan river in the heat & it gets too hot, just jump in to cool down. That's ok for the first 15km beside the river but the last 15km aren't...oh well..

Queen-Congrats!!

I had my hair cut yesterday. I no longer feel like a sheep & I can see!!! How do i look :)

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congrats queen!

cc you look beautiful!

CWR-you look mahvelous too dear. ;)

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CC, you look fabulous! ;)

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I had my hair cut yesterday. I no longer feel like a sheep & I can see!!! How do i look :)

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I dunno CC - you look a little bald, and a bit jaundiced if you ask me.... :D

Baaaaaaaa..:eek:

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I need to get my hair cut but I am at a crossroads with my hairdresser. He used to be so good but lately, I don't know, he's just not cutting it (no pun intended.) Do I two-time him and try someone new, only to come slinking guiltily back if it doesn't work out? I hate changing hairdressers, but I need a good haircut before I get married. It doesn't help that it's so dry with this cold that my hair looks like crap anyway...

KG if he's not making you and your hair happy, try someone else. i'm doing the same thing right now. i love the girl that's doing my hair, but i'm going to try my friend's stylist just to see how she does. the other girl loves cutting and coloring curly hair so i told her i'd give her a shot. plus she does a great job on my friend's hair (for years) and she's fun to be around.

do you have someone else in mind?

Queeen-Congrats on the new job! :cool:

CC-You look wonderful. :)

BM3 how are you doing today?

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BM3 how are you doing today?

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I am fine, thank you. :) Today is a wonderful day! How is your foot?

glad to hear that BM3.

foot is good. so far no ibuprofen taken at all. and no pain or discomfort. waiting for another 3 mins before i can try and call my doc and see what she says about my x-rays.

CWR-keep us posted on what your doctor has to say aboout your new and improved foot. :)

Today is a good day. :D

I forgot to tell you all that yesterday while driving to work in a snow storm all of the sudden 20 elk ran out in front of my car and across the road. After the initial OMG when I saw that I had to stop on the ice, luckily I was going slow, it was the most beautiful scene of elk just flowing like a river across the road and back into the forest. Those are the things we live for!

This morning was a little different. I drove down the freeway no elk but there was this beautiful cloud hanging over the downtown area of our little rural town and the sun was just starting to peak out so the cloud had this yellow/orange iridescent glow. With the backdrop of the snow covered mountain it was spectacular.

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Oooh, so I'd get to see the Golden Gate!

I called and left the soon-to-be boss a voice mail that I'd like to talk with her, I'm going to accept the position...YIKES!!!! :eek: :( :D :confused: :rolleyes: :cool:

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UPDATE: Every communication I had with this company after the initial interview has gone from bad to worse. Their lack of communication was maddening...I accepted the job, the boss said "great, you're hired!!", then her boss calls (two hours later than he said he'd call) offers no apology and says the job offer is actually contingent upon two more interviews with him and the CEO, the CEO interview will take place in SF the week AFTER I start. :confused:

During the interview I was told I'd be going to SF for a week of training...then it's "we'll fly you out early morning on the 13th so you can meet the CEO that afternoon, then you'll fly home the next day", followed by another email saying "oh by the way, it's too expensive to fly you from Champaign, we want you to drive to Chicago (O'Hare) for a 6am flight". Well, O'Hare is a 3.5 to 4 hour drive depending on traffic, so I'm supposed to leave home at 1am to get to the airport in time to go through security, fly to SF for an interview after being up all night, then fly home the next afternoon and drive 3.5 to 4 hours home??

I contacted them today and declined their offer...I feel like a weight is off my shoulders!

Well, it's probably for the best!

sounds like a weird way to run a hiring process... jeez! And asking you to drive to Chicago cuz they can't afford to fly you from Champaign? Weird.

(if they can't afford to fly you, how can they afford to pay you a wage?)

(hey, this wasn't Corbis, was it?)

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Well, it's probably for the best!

sounds like a weird way to run a hiring process... jeez! And asking you to drive to Chicago cuz they can't afford to fly you from Champaign? Weird.

(if they can't afford to fly you, how can they afford to pay you a wage?)

(hey, this wasn't Corbis, was it?)

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It was really weird, I kept thinking it was some laid-back/mellow/groovy California thing and I was just supposed to "chill" about the details?? :confused:

And nope it was Corbis.

er, ewwwww. I thought you were going for a job within a university system.

Um, Corbis isn't the best.

You are better off waiting for something else. Whew!