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August 18, 2005

and so on and so forth

I wrote this entry this morning on the ferry. It's pretty boring, but there's nothing like reading about the mundane lives of others to justify your own mundane life.

Life has been less than exciting lately, but not boring or tedious. Just been going day to day. I started a new work project last week. I think I’ve gotten off on the right foot. It is a pretty short project (4 weeks) so with some luck I won’t have any issues making the deadlines.

I will say that it amazes me that certain companies are so profitable despite their business practices (or lack there of) I’m still working at the BIG corporation, but with a different group. The last group reorganized and decided they didn’t want any consultants. We went from a group of 90% consultants to only 3 consultants in about a month. What I don’t quite understand is that they didn’t hire any full timers to replace the consultants. So, either the work that we were doing was crap, or we weren’t doing any work, and I can assure you it wasn’t the latter.

I actually was asked to stay, but I exercised my option to leave the project early. Who wants to stay in an environment where They don’t want you AND you have to do the work of 3 people AND you can only bill a max of 42 hours a week.

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So, I’m working out of the new fancy downtown office. They have the most complicated coffee machine ever. I think I finally figured it out this week. Imagine a coffee vending machine but a table-top version. It has a row of buttons for caffeine: coffee, 50/50, and decaf. Then it has a row of buttons for what type of coffee you want: Blank, café mocha, and cappuccino. I assume blank is plain. Third, there is a row of buttons for strength: Mild, Medium, Strong. Those are pretty self explanatory. Last, there is a row of buttons for size, but only one works, which is double, so watch out if you put a small cup in the dispenser.
There is also a button for hot chocolate. So, I get there, stick my Styrofoam cup in the dispenser, and push coffee, café mocha, medium, and double. Then the machine turns on, and 30 seconds later, my cup is full.
I guess it is nice that I don’t ever have to clean the pot and mess with refills and such, but I don’t feel like I can completely trust that the mysterious beverage I get is really what I asked for.

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Man – It is freeeeeezing this morning. I’ve been walking on the ferry rather than driving recently (due to the new downtown digs) and this week has been more like October weather. Plus I think the AC is on. No AC in the 80 degree afternoons, but plenty in the 60 degree mornings. Crazy Seattleites

A few days ago on the ferry, there was a mouse on the floor chewing on the bag of the man who was snoozing across from me. I didn’t scream or jump like some of the other passengers, but I might have gasped when I first realized what that little tail belonged to.

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What I’m working on this month:
Peacock crochet thingy – done
Knit scarf – started
Wire jewelry – whenever I’m in the mood
Turtle quilt – 1 turtle down, 7 to go.

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Finished reading “The Marker” by Robin Cook. Currently reading “Reading Lolita in Tehran” and “The Broker”

I need to update my reading list. Unfortunately, I can’t access my webhost at work. The smart internet people have blocked that port.

Ferry is docking – time to shut down!

Posted by Sharon at August 18, 2005 07:17 PM

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