Yep, has a better sound to it than Secretaries' Day, but sure is a mouthful.  This morning my partners-in-crime and I arrived to pictures of us everywhere, and goodies and treats in the kitchen, all in our honor.  Seriously- doughnuts, bagels, breads, fruits, yoghurt, juice, sodas, etc.  It was really sweet.  Whats better, is that each of us had a card awaiting us on our desks, and The Council gave each of us $50.  Let me tell you, that's TWICE what we got at Christmas.  It was entirely unexpected too; apparently they never get this ellaborate.  Maybe they're worried about holding on to their admins- 4 of them have been here JUST a year, and 2 of us less than that, out of 7. 

Mind-set: cheerful What are Tags?: goodness, work

Thanks to an upcoming conference and one of the conference planners being out on Maternity Leave I have been super, duper, ultra busy at work.  I've been working with the girl I sit with non-stop for days and it's been absolutely awesome.  She's a riot!  And unfortunately she'll be at the conference next week, and then gone on a week long cruise.  

I miss Jill- I'm invisible in my work group.  My supervisor Sara is nice, but she is very restrained and unconversational with me- she talks and jokes with some of the other people, just not me.  Reasonably it could be because it takes her a while to open up to people, I hope that's it.  I can go almost the whole day without really hearing from her or Katy, or Sue.  It's a little lonely.  *Warning* Geek reference in progress:  It's like I'm the Ianto of my work group.  I do the filing and sorting and take care of things, and nobody sees me.  I even make the coffee.*End Geek Reference*
I think I'll bring it up at my meeting with Sara Friday.

On good news- I weigh less than it says on my driver's license for the first time in 5+ years.  Go me.  Russ is taking me out to a movie. 

Bearings: Couch Mind-set: blah Tunes: Simpsons What are Tags?: badness, goodness, work

Today Sara took over as my supervisor, with Jill giving me my evaluation and officially taking me off of probation.  I have to tell you it was a really, REALLY fantastic evaluation.  Not anything like the insulting ones I got at my last job.  I spent the whole day working to compile and verify a list of the administrative offices of the courts, the state judcial educators, and the state advocacy groups.  This devoured a great deal of my time, and is actually rather difficult because every state is different, and they all call the departments by slightly different things.  I figured google would make it easy- I was wrong.  I have a deadline of tomorrow at 4pm to get the list compiled, printed on mailing labels, afixed to the materials, and sent out.  WHOO HOO for things to keep your brain going.   After work we all met at a restaurant and surprised Jill and her husband with a very big goodbye party.  It was fun, and sad, and great.  And right now I'm baking my black forest cheesecake for the work goodbye party, "Jill's desserting us", is the theme.  Corny eh?  I knew I worked at the right place.  I'm actually trying to make the recipe without sugar.  The crust and 1/4 of chocolate chips are the only non-sugar free things in the whole shebang.  We'll see how it works.  If it's awful, I can always stop by Raley's.  Now, I'm exhausted, and ready for bed, but I have another 20 minutes on my dessert before it can come out of the oven. 

Bearings: home Mind-set: blank Tunes: Doctor Who- Dalek What are Tags?: badness, cooking, goodness, work