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Jan. 7th, 2010 11:06 amI feel like death.
Anyway, yesterday was my meeting out in maryland. It was still dark out while I waited for the bus. It made me hate life.
I got to my final stop too early, so I took the train back a few stops so I wouldn't have to wait out in the cold. Then came back right on time.
My coworker's driving was terrifying, but we made it there in one piece. Then we were given a tour of a printshop. They specialize in lots of personalized projects, so many of their big machines were fancy computerized things. They also had machines for big jobs. They were very loud.
After that tour, we drove to another printshop. On the way there, I noticed that the river had started to freeze over. It's cold out there!
The other printshop was less focused on personalization. They were more into really big mailings. The machines to stuff envelopes were neat. They were really old too. The lady giving the tour said the new ones aren't worth buying cause they work exactly the same but fall apart faster. (Made with cheaper materials.)
That printshop had kitties. They collect stray cats, get them fixed and vaccinated, then introduce them to a little kitty city they build for them outside. It had a bunch of kitty houses with heated plates inside. And there was a pond with running water. (Fishes too when the weather is nice, they said.) And an automatic feeder. A pretty good setup for homeless kitties.
After the tour, we were taken out for lunch. It was a seafood restaurant with very few non-seafood and even fewer non-meat options. I ended up with a cup of bean soup. It didn't take me long to eat, and I spent the rest of lunch watching tiny icebergs float down the river while the others talked business.
On the drive back, one of my coworkers said a very silly thing. She said she was going to hire a day of coordinator for her wedding so that nothing would go wrong, and if something did, she wouldn't have to hear about it and she could have a PERFECT day. I suggested to her not to emphasize perfection so much, because with weddings things get really chaotic and something will inevitably go wrong but in the grand scheme it won't be a big deal unless she makes it one. I hope she takes my advice, or at least thinks about it a little. Lots of things went wrong with my wedding but I still had a great time because I expected there to be a few disasters. It was not even close to perfect, but it was good enough for me.
Later in the drive, we were talking about work and she suggested to me that I randomly sit in more meetings (unannounced!) because it shows initiative. That doesn't sound right to me. I would be quite offended if a member of my company came to my meeting uninvited and unannounced for a topic that they have no participation in. Besides, when would I have time for these extra meetings? I don't think my coworker realizes that I already go to a lot of meetings. And if there is a meeting I was not invited to but I think would be beneficial to me, I contact the person running it and ask them if they think the topic would be good for me to know and if they would mind me sitting in. So really I'm already showing my own initiative in a much more focused and relevant way. Coworker needs to butt out of people's jobs when she doesn't know what they do all day.
Anyway, when I get back to work I deftly handled the few things I needed to deal with that day. Then went home for some much needed rest. Ben brought home dinner for me (soup in a bread bowl!) and then I went to bed early. I didn't sleep well though because of evil cramps that gave me nightmares and made it hard to stay asleep.
As a result I feel like death today and look forward to going home. I am going to try to make it to my last meeting. Then I'll see how I'm feeling. I may go home early after that.
Anyway, yesterday was my meeting out in maryland. It was still dark out while I waited for the bus. It made me hate life.
I got to my final stop too early, so I took the train back a few stops so I wouldn't have to wait out in the cold. Then came back right on time.
My coworker's driving was terrifying, but we made it there in one piece. Then we were given a tour of a printshop. They specialize in lots of personalized projects, so many of their big machines were fancy computerized things. They also had machines for big jobs. They were very loud.
After that tour, we drove to another printshop. On the way there, I noticed that the river had started to freeze over. It's cold out there!
The other printshop was less focused on personalization. They were more into really big mailings. The machines to stuff envelopes were neat. They were really old too. The lady giving the tour said the new ones aren't worth buying cause they work exactly the same but fall apart faster. (Made with cheaper materials.)
That printshop had kitties. They collect stray cats, get them fixed and vaccinated, then introduce them to a little kitty city they build for them outside. It had a bunch of kitty houses with heated plates inside. And there was a pond with running water. (Fishes too when the weather is nice, they said.) And an automatic feeder. A pretty good setup for homeless kitties.
After the tour, we were taken out for lunch. It was a seafood restaurant with very few non-seafood and even fewer non-meat options. I ended up with a cup of bean soup. It didn't take me long to eat, and I spent the rest of lunch watching tiny icebergs float down the river while the others talked business.
On the drive back, one of my coworkers said a very silly thing. She said she was going to hire a day of coordinator for her wedding so that nothing would go wrong, and if something did, she wouldn't have to hear about it and she could have a PERFECT day. I suggested to her not to emphasize perfection so much, because with weddings things get really chaotic and something will inevitably go wrong but in the grand scheme it won't be a big deal unless she makes it one. I hope she takes my advice, or at least thinks about it a little. Lots of things went wrong with my wedding but I still had a great time because I expected there to be a few disasters. It was not even close to perfect, but it was good enough for me.
Later in the drive, we were talking about work and she suggested to me that I randomly sit in more meetings (unannounced!) because it shows initiative. That doesn't sound right to me. I would be quite offended if a member of my company came to my meeting uninvited and unannounced for a topic that they have no participation in. Besides, when would I have time for these extra meetings? I don't think my coworker realizes that I already go to a lot of meetings. And if there is a meeting I was not invited to but I think would be beneficial to me, I contact the person running it and ask them if they think the topic would be good for me to know and if they would mind me sitting in. So really I'm already showing my own initiative in a much more focused and relevant way. Coworker needs to butt out of people's jobs when she doesn't know what they do all day.
Anyway, when I get back to work I deftly handled the few things I needed to deal with that day. Then went home for some much needed rest. Ben brought home dinner for me (soup in a bread bowl!) and then I went to bed early. I didn't sleep well though because of evil cramps that gave me nightmares and made it hard to stay asleep.
As a result I feel like death today and look forward to going home. I am going to try to make it to my last meeting. Then I'll see how I'm feeling. I may go home early after that.
