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Get Up, Go To Work...
Feb. 27th, 2006 11:57 pmHere I am in my what, sixth week of living here in Dallas. I'm finally getting over that awful cold that had me sacked out for a week, and just trying to get integrated at work and at home. There's lots of little things, some easy changes, some that are still being worked out, but so far, it's been a good transition.
As for work, I'm pretty sure one of the guys working on the floor is Emmanuel Lewis, TV's Webster. No one looks so much like a hairless Ewok. I guess I'm starting to get along with my co-workers, but they aren't exactly a talkative bunch. Many of them have been in their same position for several years, so I think they just work as automatons. Of course, I haven't been overly chatty either. I think one reason is that there's a much larger variety in ages than there was at AIM where I was one of the older workers in the operations group. There are many people that you'd never see at a happy hour, and nor would you want to.
Sourpuss, my mentor that I rarely talk to, was ordering a computer for her son today, talking to a Dell representative. I could tell that she knew nothing about what she was buying, and was being sold all the extras and service packages. She should have had her son on the line to help her. When she talked to her son later I could tell that he was asking her about what she ordered, and she had no idea. Good luck on getting that thing to run Warcraft or something as I heard it "was a Pentium something I think." Of course she wasted more than an hour on the phone with the salesguy. I'm guessing she won't put that on her efficiency report.
If I could, I'd so choose a later time to go to work, but if I did that, I'd be at the office until seven or eight o'clock, which is something I have been trying to stave off the last couple of years.
On the home front, I've been trying to learn where things are in the kitchen, and I wish I had brought a few things, like my pasta pot and my draining skillet. I've cooked dinner a few times, two flavors of Hamburger Helper and some tacos. Of course with the tacos it was just meat, cheese shells and seasonings. I went over to look at the lettuce (Chris was still at work, and I wanted to make tacos) and i didn't know what to pick up. There was large heads of lettuce, there were bundles of Romaine lettuce, and there were bagged salads with all sorts of ingredients, but I couldn't get a small bag of lettuce so Chris could have some for his tacos. I have no idea how to buy, or even select produce. Still, Chris got home late, so he just kind of grinned and bared it, and enjoyed the carnivore tendencies I display.
Chris has cooked a couple of times as well, but we seem to go out to eat more than not. It's good because we can get more of what we want, and there's some portion control there. Still, some of these places have pretty large portions. Still, if I had a whole skillet of hamburger Helper to myself, I would eat all of it, so I guess it's better to share. Chris hasn't complained about my cooking yet, and I still hope to start scouring the many cookbooks he has to try a couple of things.
I have started using the gym at work, and I hope I can keep going with that, but I know the extra overtime we're being asked to work will cut into my desire to stay at the office building later. Already I've had to work a saturday, and I'll have to probably work a few hours this weekend as well. They want us to work 10-15 hours of overtime a week during tax season, but I'm not so sure I'm going to do that, since I already think there's a good chance of burnout in this job. Still, I like the paychecks.
So, back to the physical fitness thing, I've attended a few of the softball team workouts, and really, they aren't as much of a chore as I thought they would be, so I may just end up enjoying it and might join in. Of course with my increased workouts at the gym, and then softball, my knees are taking a little bit of a beating. I'd like to play catcher (since I never do elsewhere), and was having fun doing it during pitching practice on Sunday, but I know I couldn't squat for a long period of time. If I could stand, and in slo-pitch, it might be possible, I may go for it.
With the increased activity and lighter, if not better eating habits, I think I lost some weight. I can't tell for sure, since I really never step on a scale, but I've been able to wear the 46 waist khaki's that I haven't worn in a couple of years and my button-up shirts have been fitting better in the gut, so I may be making a little progress.
On sunday chris and I went over to see Mikey (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mikeybeartx) and Michael (starzcub) at their apartment, and then went over to Matty's (mattycub) for TV night where I saw, momentarily all the people who came as the last moments of Battlestar Galactica came on. So much for knowing when TV night starts.
Still, it's the most that I've gotten out in a few weeks. I guess I've been wanting to see more of the Dallas folks, but have had a difficult time working everything into the schedule, with the extra work and finally closing out my apartment a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully I'll have more time for folks in the weeks leading up to TBRU. It's not that great just to see them when the bear run rolls around when there all here in town.
So I'm learning where to put the dishes when they've come out of the dishwasher, how to use the washer, and when to vacuum the carpet, which is kind of often as Joey sheds a lot. It also seems that Chris hasn't totally tired of me yet, so that's a good thing. I guess I'm starting to work into his routine.
Perhaps I'll build a routine of my own, soon.
As for work, I'm pretty sure one of the guys working on the floor is Emmanuel Lewis, TV's Webster. No one looks so much like a hairless Ewok. I guess I'm starting to get along with my co-workers, but they aren't exactly a talkative bunch. Many of them have been in their same position for several years, so I think they just work as automatons. Of course, I haven't been overly chatty either. I think one reason is that there's a much larger variety in ages than there was at AIM where I was one of the older workers in the operations group. There are many people that you'd never see at a happy hour, and nor would you want to.
Sourpuss, my mentor that I rarely talk to, was ordering a computer for her son today, talking to a Dell representative. I could tell that she knew nothing about what she was buying, and was being sold all the extras and service packages. She should have had her son on the line to help her. When she talked to her son later I could tell that he was asking her about what she ordered, and she had no idea. Good luck on getting that thing to run Warcraft or something as I heard it "was a Pentium something I think." Of course she wasted more than an hour on the phone with the salesguy. I'm guessing she won't put that on her efficiency report.
If I could, I'd so choose a later time to go to work, but if I did that, I'd be at the office until seven or eight o'clock, which is something I have been trying to stave off the last couple of years.
On the home front, I've been trying to learn where things are in the kitchen, and I wish I had brought a few things, like my pasta pot and my draining skillet. I've cooked dinner a few times, two flavors of Hamburger Helper and some tacos. Of course with the tacos it was just meat, cheese shells and seasonings. I went over to look at the lettuce (Chris was still at work, and I wanted to make tacos) and i didn't know what to pick up. There was large heads of lettuce, there were bundles of Romaine lettuce, and there were bagged salads with all sorts of ingredients, but I couldn't get a small bag of lettuce so Chris could have some for his tacos. I have no idea how to buy, or even select produce. Still, Chris got home late, so he just kind of grinned and bared it, and enjoyed the carnivore tendencies I display.
Chris has cooked a couple of times as well, but we seem to go out to eat more than not. It's good because we can get more of what we want, and there's some portion control there. Still, some of these places have pretty large portions. Still, if I had a whole skillet of hamburger Helper to myself, I would eat all of it, so I guess it's better to share. Chris hasn't complained about my cooking yet, and I still hope to start scouring the many cookbooks he has to try a couple of things.
I have started using the gym at work, and I hope I can keep going with that, but I know the extra overtime we're being asked to work will cut into my desire to stay at the office building later. Already I've had to work a saturday, and I'll have to probably work a few hours this weekend as well. They want us to work 10-15 hours of overtime a week during tax season, but I'm not so sure I'm going to do that, since I already think there's a good chance of burnout in this job. Still, I like the paychecks.
So, back to the physical fitness thing, I've attended a few of the softball team workouts, and really, they aren't as much of a chore as I thought they would be, so I may just end up enjoying it and might join in. Of course with my increased workouts at the gym, and then softball, my knees are taking a little bit of a beating. I'd like to play catcher (since I never do elsewhere), and was having fun doing it during pitching practice on Sunday, but I know I couldn't squat for a long period of time. If I could stand, and in slo-pitch, it might be possible, I may go for it.
With the increased activity and lighter, if not better eating habits, I think I lost some weight. I can't tell for sure, since I really never step on a scale, but I've been able to wear the 46 waist khaki's that I haven't worn in a couple of years and my button-up shirts have been fitting better in the gut, so I may be making a little progress.
On sunday chris and I went over to see Mikey (
mikeybeartx) and Michael (starzcub) at their apartment, and then went over to Matty's (mattycub) for TV night where I saw, momentarily all the people who came as the last moments of Battlestar Galactica came on. So much for knowing when TV night starts. Still, it's the most that I've gotten out in a few weeks. I guess I've been wanting to see more of the Dallas folks, but have had a difficult time working everything into the schedule, with the extra work and finally closing out my apartment a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully I'll have more time for folks in the weeks leading up to TBRU. It's not that great just to see them when the bear run rolls around when there all here in town.
So I'm learning where to put the dishes when they've come out of the dishwasher, how to use the washer, and when to vacuum the carpet, which is kind of often as Joey sheds a lot. It also seems that Chris hasn't totally tired of me yet, so that's a good thing. I guess I'm starting to work into his routine.
Perhaps I'll build a routine of my own, soon.
