Catharsis?

So my dad says that writing is good for the soul, as it makes one introspective. I certainly hope he's right! So 2 bad things about me are that I'm terribly impatient, and far too hard on myself. Two good things....not such an easy thing to write! So, 2 good things...today, I took some workplace criticism in the spirit it was intended, and I made myself get up at 5 am and not shirk my early work schedule even though I really wanted to.

More on this later....

Mobile phone users, how I hate thee!

So I'm getting into my groove of waking up at 5 in the morning to make it to work at 7....so that I can talk to thankless morons with no self control or sense of personal responsibility! I understand being shocked if you normally have a low bill and then suddenly it spikes, but when you're getting cut off every other month for not paying your damn bill, don't come whining to me! Show some damn restraint and hang up the phone sometimes! It sort of reminds me of the old Groucho Marx joke from "You Bet Your Life"...he supposedly talked to some lady who had 15 kids or something. He asked her why so many, and she told him she liked her husband. Groucho looks at her and says, "I like my cigar too, but I take it out once in awhile..." So y'all need to take out the phone once in awhile, and understand that your lowly customer care agents aren't getting paid to lie viciously to you. We ARE getting paid to explain your bills to you in words of one syllable or less, so that you can understand them.

Oh well, I need to cruise now and head to bed, so I can get up again at 5 am tomorrow and do it all over again. Whee.

Way new stuff....

Man, some crazy shit has been going down lately! Michael and I are exclusive now, but we still bicker more than I would like. I don't have pet mice anymore, and no more betta fishies either. But the cool thing is that we have a half-grown kitten now!

I lost my job with Jennie (she couldn't afford to keep my position open), but she left me with a great recommendation letter, so that's cool. So I've fallen back on my customer care background to take a job that has great benefits and a certain amount of mindlessness about it. I won't say what company I work for, but they sell mobile phones and Barbie would love the color scheme. We just found out that we're all going to have employer-paid health benefits through Kaiser Permanente as of March 1. Very cool! So now I can get serious for real about my health.

Anyhow, it's damned late and I need to go have a serious heart-to-heart with my benefits folder so I can fill out paperwork in the morning. More later....