...but not in Nottingham.
Turns out I am NOT going to St Louis. Here's the story:
Dani Johnson is the person who is in charge of First Steps to Success, and she had to have emergency back surgery last week, so she re-scheduled the seminar for February 7 and 8. My reservation to go to the seminar was still fine, so all I had to do was re-schedule my flight and hotel. Simple, right? WRONG!
Rachel was going to go with me and she bailed out because of the date change. So I called US Airways and tried to change the name on her ticket to Lance. But no luck, they wouldn't do it. Carrie (my manager) said that sometimes if you talk to them in person they are a little more understanding. So I drove up to the air port to talk to them. I explained to them what happened. I paid for the tickets, I should be able to put whoever's name I want on there, right? The guy I talked to was very nice, he felt really bad, but he honestly could not do anything. I would have to contact some corporate office and if they decided that my reasoning was feasible, they would send me a written letter of such and such and even then security might not believe me. Plus, I don't have time to wait for a freaking letter. So basically I was stuck with a ticket with Rachel Ward's name on it. I could cancel hers, and fly myself, but that's a $150 ticket change fee. $150 ticket change fee?!?!?! WTF? It doesn't cost money to electronically switch the effing dates on my flight to 2 weeks later. Come on!! So I just cancelled everything. I have a flight credit in my name and a flight credit in Rachel's name, but no money from Rachel yet. Hopefully she pays up. Hopefully the flight credit is worth SOMETHING. Even then, I have to pay the $150 ticket change fee in order to go book that new flight. It is so messed up. DO NOT FLY WITH US AIRWAYS!!
At least the hotel was nice and fair in cancelling my reservation and giving me 100% of my money back. Stupid airlines. Ugh !@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@!
That is all. ☺
Friday, January 16, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
DataWise Inside Jokes
So most of you won't understand this... OK ALL of you won't understand this. But these are some of the inside jokes at my work. I ♥ them so much!
You Know You Work at Datawise When...
–The note "MT SW TP to RB" makes perfect sense.
–The only way you know how to do anything is because you've already found every possible way to screw it up.
–Your spouse’s eyes glaze over after 30 seconds of talking about what you did today.
–You have no sympathy for people who complain about their "busy" time of year.
–You live for CHEESE PARTIES!!
–"I want a pony" is not a childhood dream.
–You have family reunions on the 4s (4 AM / 4 PM).
–1 wurd: LOLCAT.
–You have to remind people you have a J.O.B. every day.
–The "Wiseys" are the highest form of honor
–You’re drinking water out of a paper bowl.
–You find nothing odd about people laughing about a joke when no one has said a word.
–You can have an entire conversation with someone in complete silence.
–The ding of an email can bring you almost to tears.
–You clutch recently printed trend for warmth.
–You can say "DataWise" correctly.
–VD has nothing to do with a disease.
–You spell check for 'defecate.'
–You spell Bill with 3 Ls.
–You work in descending rainbow order.
–Your company mascot is a Pony.
–You've ever watched a commercial and said 'I did coding for that!'
–You get drunk-dialed with table edits.
–You hold the Cuban constant.
–El Pollo Diablo Bano Loco just means "Matt"
–Your work is approved by El Diablo
–A screen-saver ruins your new computer.
–Richard has a macro for that.
–If you’ve ever been giddy over a macro.
–You have strong opinions about macros.
–You enjoy batch files.
–You give Chad Michael Murray as a gift.
–You know what time zone Kentucky is in.
–Getting this weighted is more important than your health.
–You have every possible pen color.
–You don’t know exactly what color the walls are.
–You make sure these numbers match those numbers.
–Your training book is as thick as a dictionary.
–You love your Intelligel seat cushion.
–You have high blood pressure.
–You’ve ever answered a moral question with "It’s what the client wants!"
–You have 900 plastic knives, but no forks.
–You can't remember the last fifteen minutes on the highway.
–You demean your client in fantasy football.
–An entire page on the schedule is yours.
–You really need that stress ball.
–You are asked if you love your calculator.
–Thousands of responses don't scare you.
–If you can’t see what you did wrong, and someone instantly points it out to you.
–If Laura’s ever told you that she’s never seen that before.
–If you have an advent calendar to count down to Election Day.
–You're still having nightmares about MO HD's.
–Tomorrow comes before your shift ends.
–If "yesterday" is a valid deadline.
–You take a quiz to find out which Super Villain you are.
–You have a ninja on your desk.
–Your co-workers have "hooker lights."
–Your co-workers wear hooker boots.
–It’s perfectly normal to wear slippers at work.
–You hear a fire truck racing down the street everyday.
–There is a contest to see who can close Donni’s office door.
–You’re excited to go to Smith’s on your dinner break.
–"Dinner break" is a RockStar.
–Caffeine is your diet staple.
–You’re so sick of eating out at the normal places that you start making up funny names for them.
You Know You Work at Datawise When...
–The note "MT SW TP to RB" makes perfect sense.
–The only way you know how to do anything is because you've already found every possible way to screw it up.
–Your spouse’s eyes glaze over after 30 seconds of talking about what you did today.
–You have no sympathy for people who complain about their "busy" time of year.
–You live for CHEESE PARTIES!!
–"I want a pony" is not a childhood dream.
–You have family reunions on the 4s (4 AM / 4 PM).
–1 wurd: LOLCAT.
–You have to remind people you have a J.O.B. every day.
–The "Wiseys" are the highest form of honor
–You’re drinking water out of a paper bowl.
–You find nothing odd about people laughing about a joke when no one has said a word.
–You can have an entire conversation with someone in complete silence.
–The ding of an email can bring you almost to tears.
–You clutch recently printed trend for warmth.
–You can say "DataWise" correctly.
–VD has nothing to do with a disease.
–You spell check for 'defecate.'
–You spell Bill with 3 Ls.
–You work in descending rainbow order.
–Your company mascot is a Pony.
–You've ever watched a commercial and said 'I did coding for that!'
–You get drunk-dialed with table edits.
–You hold the Cuban constant.
–El Pollo Diablo Bano Loco just means "Matt"
–Your work is approved by El Diablo
–A screen-saver ruins your new computer.
–Richard has a macro for that.
–If you’ve ever been giddy over a macro.
–You have strong opinions about macros.
–You enjoy batch files.
–You give Chad Michael Murray as a gift.
–You know what time zone Kentucky is in.
–Getting this weighted is more important than your health.
–You have every possible pen color.
–You don’t know exactly what color the walls are.
–You make sure these numbers match those numbers.
–Your training book is as thick as a dictionary.
–You love your Intelligel seat cushion.
–You have high blood pressure.
–You’ve ever answered a moral question with "It’s what the client wants!"
–You have 900 plastic knives, but no forks.
–You can't remember the last fifteen minutes on the highway.
–You demean your client in fantasy football.
–An entire page on the schedule is yours.
–You really need that stress ball.
–You are asked if you love your calculator.
–Thousands of responses don't scare you.
–If you can’t see what you did wrong, and someone instantly points it out to you.
–If Laura’s ever told you that she’s never seen that before.
–If you have an advent calendar to count down to Election Day.
–You're still having nightmares about MO HD's.
–Tomorrow comes before your shift ends.
–If "yesterday" is a valid deadline.
–You take a quiz to find out which Super Villain you are.
–You have a ninja on your desk.
–Your co-workers have "hooker lights."
–Your co-workers wear hooker boots.
–It’s perfectly normal to wear slippers at work.
–You hear a fire truck racing down the street everyday.
–There is a contest to see who can close Donni’s office door.
–You’re excited to go to Smith’s on your dinner break.
–"Dinner break" is a RockStar.
–Caffeine is your diet staple.
–You’re so sick of eating out at the normal places that you start making up funny names for them.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Alcohol Free Hangovers
Seriously, I'm just bored.
So here's my new hair! You can't really tell in this lighting though. Oh well.
I don't feel well. I slept way too long yesterday. Long story about that, lemme share!
I leave for work at 6:20am to get there by 7. Well, yesterday, a truck decided to get himself jack-knived right after point of the mountain. It was blocking all the lanes except for the carpool lane. Yeha... so it took me 50 minutes to get from Lehi (right before the point of the mountain) to the Bangeter Highway exit. I don't exit there.. but that's about where this gay truck was. OMG it sucked! Ok, so I worked and work was dandy, and then on my way home, guess what happened? THE EXACT SAME THING!!! This time it was in Lehi though. So it took me 45 minutes to get past that one. How freaking retarded is that? At the time I thought it was funny, and I was extremely patient, but I was so tired when I got home that I took a 3 hour nap. I woke up and watched TV for maybe an hour and then went back to bed. So I slept from 9pm to 11 am, plus my 3 hour nap. So that's 17 hours of sleep. Now I feel hungover, only, without alcohol. It's bad.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Work Lay-Offs
I want to start by saying no I did not lose my job, luckily.
These past few months at work have been really hard. I've gone from feeling underappreciated and over-worked, to being grateful I at least have a job, to feeling appreciated (and maybe even promoted!).
After the cycle (our busy time of year the months before the election) the bosses talked to all of the employees and told us that in January they have to lay off 5 people. Five... Rumors went around the company about this and that, but what Dana (my boss) told me specifically was that there wasn't enough work for the amount of employees, and that we all need to "prove ourselves" (yes he used those words) in order to keep our jobs. So, I worked my butt off (seriously, it's gone), and got about halfway done with my level 2 certification, which I'm pretty proud of. I learned a lot, and I think I impressed them.
Well, January came... and my carpool buddy and friend, Bethany, got laid off. It was so sad. I really liked her. Rachel Ward got laid off, and my sister in law, Rachel Evans, also got laid off. 2 other people left, but I think that was voluntary.
After Bethany was laid off, Dana called me into his office and wanted to make sure that I wasn't upset about it. I told him it was sad, but I understood, and that I bet it was really hard for him to have to do that to her. We talked for a bit, and then he told me how Donni (my other boss) isn't going to be coming into the office as much, and they want me to do more HR stuff, and he would "adjust my pay accordingly."
So these months have paid off. I still have a job. I know more things in my job, and I might be getting a promotion here in these next couple of months.
These past few months at work have been really hard. I've gone from feeling underappreciated and over-worked, to being grateful I at least have a job, to feeling appreciated (and maybe even promoted!).
After the cycle (our busy time of year the months before the election) the bosses talked to all of the employees and told us that in January they have to lay off 5 people. Five... Rumors went around the company about this and that, but what Dana (my boss) told me specifically was that there wasn't enough work for the amount of employees, and that we all need to "prove ourselves" (yes he used those words) in order to keep our jobs. So, I worked my butt off (seriously, it's gone), and got about halfway done with my level 2 certification, which I'm pretty proud of. I learned a lot, and I think I impressed them.
Well, January came... and my carpool buddy and friend, Bethany, got laid off. It was so sad. I really liked her. Rachel Ward got laid off, and my sister in law, Rachel Evans, also got laid off. 2 other people left, but I think that was voluntary.
After Bethany was laid off, Dana called me into his office and wanted to make sure that I wasn't upset about it. I told him it was sad, but I understood, and that I bet it was really hard for him to have to do that to her. We talked for a bit, and then he told me how Donni (my other boss) isn't going to be coming into the office as much, and they want me to do more HR stuff, and he would "adjust my pay accordingly."
So these months have paid off. I still have a job. I know more things in my job, and I might be getting a promotion here in these next couple of months.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Hair Dye Tricks...and other things...
I heard somewhere...probably Cosmopolitan magazine, that after you get your hair dyed, it's best to not wash it for 3 or 4 days afterward.
So, today is hat day for me, and tomorrow probably will be too. My hair is nasty. You know how when you wash your hair for the first time after getting it colored, all that dye runs down the drain? Yeah... I think that leftover dye makes my hair greasier than just normal head grease. I cannot wait to wash my hair, but I want this dark red brown to last longer, hence, the hat.
What's for lunch today? Spaghetti. And no, it's not moldy. Thank goodness!
I went to the Jazz game last night. Even though we have season tickets, I haven't been to a game since the vs. Orlando game back in the middle of December. Partly because of the 5 game road trip they had, but also because I don't like going to them during the week. We don't get home until 11, and I wake up at 5, and 6 hours of sleep just is NOT enough for me. I am so looking forward to a nap when I get home today. BUt yeah, so between last night's game, and the game Dec 13 against Orlando, all the games were on weekdays. Except one where we decided to go to Tucanos instead because it was really stormy outside.
Tucanos! I freaking love that place. Hands down, my favorite restaurant of all time. I've been there a total of 4 times now. Go me, right? W00t! This most recent time, I discovered that the salad festival has a cold side and a hot side. Yea, I had no idea there were 2 sides. I'd only seen the cold side. How awesome is that? Not that I go there to eat from the salad bar.... bring on the beef! Oh and pineappe. Gotta have that!
So, today is hat day for me, and tomorrow probably will be too. My hair is nasty. You know how when you wash your hair for the first time after getting it colored, all that dye runs down the drain? Yeah... I think that leftover dye makes my hair greasier than just normal head grease. I cannot wait to wash my hair, but I want this dark red brown to last longer, hence, the hat.
What's for lunch today? Spaghetti. And no, it's not moldy. Thank goodness!
I went to the Jazz game last night. Even though we have season tickets, I haven't been to a game since the vs. Orlando game back in the middle of December. Partly because of the 5 game road trip they had, but also because I don't like going to them during the week. We don't get home until 11, and I wake up at 5, and 6 hours of sleep just is NOT enough for me. I am so looking forward to a nap when I get home today. BUt yeah, so between last night's game, and the game Dec 13 against Orlando, all the games were on weekdays. Except one where we decided to go to Tucanos instead because it was really stormy outside.
Tucanos! I freaking love that place. Hands down, my favorite restaurant of all time. I've been there a total of 4 times now. Go me, right? W00t! This most recent time, I discovered that the salad festival has a cold side and a hot side. Yea, I had no idea there were 2 sides. I'd only seen the cold side. How awesome is that? Not that I go there to eat from the salad bar.... bring on the beef! Oh and pineappe. Gotta have that!
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