Today is Brought to You by the Letter "M"

"M" for Moose... these two were early morning visitors to our pad...

And with guard dogs like this... I felt ohhhh sooooo safe...

As my brother told me... she's more ferocious than she looks...

"M" is also for Monday... and if ever there was a Monday of all Monday's it was today. One of my "small" hometown banks was bough out by a large corporate bank and it took me 30 minutes to make a deposit... they had promised that the only thing that was going to change was the logo... that so isn't the case... I told Bossman No. 1 that I felt like they were trying everything to make their life easier and nothing to cater to me... now if I want faster service I have to remember to take in my debit card... ummm hello... half the time I can't find the damn thing... there's a routing number for incoming wires... a different routing number for the checking accounts... and an entirely different number for other types of transactions... how is all of that supposed to make MY life easier?

On a brighter note... my psycho... er psychic abilities proved right once again when Bossman, Jr. and his wife announced their current pregnancy... oh yeah (picture me doing the booyah dance here... or not for your own sanity...) ... I called it about 2 weeks after they knew... of course they're just telling everyone now... but Bossman No. 1 reminded me that I'd called it about 6 weeks ago :) Damn... when I'm good... I'm good...

Is it wrong that I took a bit more pleasure today in Bossman No. 1's Manic Monday? He brought in his laptop for "repairs" (the whole thing is my fault... I ordered him a Dell... with VISTA... even though he doesn't own a Mac... it's all VISTA's fault... actually it's Dell's... the laptop has an issue when it's set to hibernate... anyway). This time the mouse wasn't working... of course I ask first if he's replaced the battery... he assures me he started there and that it's still not working... so I take a look... and decide to check the battery first... and he was right... he replaced it... and put it back in BACKWARDS... so of course it's not going to work... DUH! And because my life is lacking in anything that is somewhat funny... I'm still laughing FIVE HOURS LATER... what does that say about me?

April Fool's Should be a National Holiday

Background: My boss has a love/hate relationship with his Palm Pilot. He loves to use it. Hates the fact that thing crashes all the time. Before he deserted me for the week to go play golf in the sunshine state of Arizona, he asked me to import his Palm information to his Outlook...

Email from me to the bossman:

Phiz…

I was working on transferring your palm data to your outlook data. I’m at a standstill right now. I really thought it would be quite easy, but apparently it’s a little harder than I thought. I didn’t think to export the information first and instead jumped right into trying to import which apparently wasn’t the brightest move.

Don’t worry… yet… I lost all of your data (both Palm and Outlook – all emails and folders)… Todd is trying to recapture the images from your hard drive… he thinks that there is hope… let’s keep our fingers crossed… if he can’t get it you’ll find my office empty when you return… :)

~ T

Bossman's reply (hours and hours and hours later... and if you know me you know I was like a kid at Christmas waiting for his reply):

Just got it...april fools right!!!!!! Was stressing until it hit me. If not
don't worry, it will be like starting from ground zero...I have palm on my
hand held which is fairly current. Emails ??????????????

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I decided to play nice at this point and let him off the hook and in on the joke. Thank goodness he has a great sense of humor :)

How’d That Happen

Thursday, December 27, 2007

4:40 PM - How’d That Happen
Current mood: ecstatic
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers


I must've had some help from the desk fairies this week because for the first time in a very, very, very long time I am completely caught up.

No more piles of files in my office.

No last minute check runs to do.

All I have to do is get rid of the last couple of random boxes and my office will officially be "clean."

And just in time to start the new year!

Now, if only these fairies could follow me home and take care of the house too...

You Know You’re in for It...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

12:08 AM - You Know You’re in for It...
Current mood: tired
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

When the boss decides that instead of going to his 12:00 meeting, he drives past it, comes back to the office, and brings you lunch at your desk...

Yeah for the free lunch... not so sure about the onslaught of work though... can it possibly be January 1st yet... PLEASE!!!!

Huge Surprise to Me

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

10:01 AM - Huge Surprise to Me
Current mood: blessed
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

So the gal that takes care of the HR stuff here at the office came in to tell me that I'm elligible for dental insurance at the first of the year... this was a huge surprise to me because I'm on the payroll for W, but technically I'm employed by Bossman and our arrangement didn't include benefits. So... lucky me... I can finally go back in for a cleaning again. Thank goodness for small miracles. And the best part... W pays for 80% of the insurance so it's going to cost me less than $60 dollars a year

Aced It!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

10:38 AM - Aced It!
Current mood: chipper
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Whewho!!!!!!!!! I finally, finally, finally got the hang of the damn quarterly investment statement... I not only got it allocated in less than 2 hours... I did it all correctly on the first try!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course now that I think about it... perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the boss is out of town and I wasn't constantly being pulled in ten different directions.... hmmmmm... amazing what you can accomplish when you're able to focus on one project for more than ten minutes!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy God

Thursday, October 25, 2007

10:11 AM - Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy God
Current mood: indescribable
Category: Life


That was delicious and embarrassing as all get out.

Evan brought a tupperware to my office to share a treat he had been given by someone else. He popped the lid and I started salivating before I even touched the goodies... ewwwyyyy gooeyyyyy carmel corn... wait... it... gets... better... drizzled in... a girl's best friend... C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E.

He prodded and conjouled me into taking a bite (yeah, right, who the hell am I kidding! lol) and I swear there was a reaction throughout my entire body that left me flushed, fevered, and glowing standing right there in my office!

That was exactly what a PMSing woman needed this morning chocolate, carmel and popcorn. I'm going to have to chain myself to the desk so I don't meander into the kitchen and eat the entire thing by msyelf

So Much Going on in My Mind

Thursday, October 11, 2007

2:08 PM - So Much Going on in My Mind
Current mood: bored
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Beware... I'm a bit frazzled... who would've thought that it would be this time consuming to write up your own employment agreement... damn me and my paralegal skills...

Reason No. 410

Friday, August 03, 2007

2:22 PM - Reason No. 410
Current mood: frustrated
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers


You would think that after working in a person's home for two years and having known them for several years before that that they would learn how to say my name correctly...

Reason number 410 why I am quiting working for Ron and Florence... they still don't recognize that my name is not pronounced Terra. Today I've been called Terra a minimum of 15 times already... at this point I believe that it's an issue of respect. If they truly respected me as an individual and a human being they would try (if nothing else out of plain courtesy) to pronounce my name correctly!!!

Good hell, even my mechanics can say my name the way it is supposed to be pronounced...

You Know You're In For It

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

1:14 PM - You Know You're In For It
Current mood: blank

When at 12:40 p.m. the boss man hands you a twenty and asks you to go to the store to grab caffeine for the both of you... and indicates that it'll give you a quick break...

I thought that was what lunch time was for...

Oh well... can't complain too much... I got a free Mt. Dew out of it :)