So…. I know… Its been a while.  Things are heating up a bit at work, so its finally getting interesting.  While I believe that it is inappropriate to blog about what we are doing at work, I will say this:  I have learned a lot about people, and while I will not blog about what I do, or what we are working on, I will blog about people.    I would say that 99% of the people at my job get along…  Then there’s that one person that people just despise!  Its not SO bad, yet…  but I fear it will get worse before it gets better.  Part of me wants to pull this person aside and explain things to that person, but at the same time, I am not 100% sure that this individual is unaware of how what he does impacts others.  I really think that there is a slight power-trip involved because this person is not new to this business like myself and the majority of the others are.  That being said, I will acknowledge that I value that person’s experience, but that person needs to understand that he/she need not have his/her hand all over everything.  More specifically, what this person does is come up to you uninvited and begin telling you, loudly and harshly, why what you are doing is wrong.  Now, I am not THAT bad when it comes to criticism, but sometimes, enough is enough!  I did not graduate college, get A’s in all of my computer classes, take courses on business processes, and work my ass off on projects to make a great portfolio of my work to have some wannabe know it all come up to me and act like I am stupid.  Period!  If I need some feedback, I will ask for it.  And I do!  For the most part, when I send out work that people are going to be using day-in and day-out, I will let them know that I want their feedback.  They will have to use it, so its only natural that it conform to the way they work.  So, I do just that, I hold meetings, I talk to people, I involve people, and we all come to an agreement as to how we all think something should work, then I build it.  Its REALLY that simple.  This person, literally, would come behind our work, change it, shrug their shoulders, and act like we are all dumb for having our own thought.  Now, it would be different if the change was substantial… but in one example it was literally a single character.  This person had a bitch fit about one fucking 8 bit character in an email subject line.  I had to step back from the situation.  Anywho… this person just rubs us all the wrong way.  There is more to this, but I don’t have that much time!!!    I digress.

So… beyond that one person at work, I will say that everything is just great!!!  I don’t live paycheck to paycheck anymore, which is nice, and I can actually start making plans.

This weekend promises to be fun.  I have a party or two to go to, and I am gonna do a lil clothes shopping.  That will be fun.  I start my real schedule next week at work, so this weekend is my last weekend off for the foreseeable future.  That was, of course, my choice.  I opted to take a 4-day shift as opposed to a 5-day one to save one day of gas money and the only 4-day shift available is Friday through Monday.   I am looking forward to having my three-consecutive-day-off routine, though.  I may get a second job at a coffee shop or something.  I think it would be nice to work in a place like that for a couple days a week.  Or maybe a small shop or something on the square.  More realistically, I will just not do either and occupy myself in chores or errands.  Who knows? 

And another thing…  People need to stop moving away.  I am beginning to feel like everyone is gonna be gone before I know it.  Much sadness. 

*yawn*   I’m off to bed. 

-=brett=-