Week 2 — it's a brave new world

[garnigal]

I was right — the work is interesting! I'm also starting to think that the company might not be quite as crappy as I feared.

Now that I'm into actual work, no one is watching over my shoulder. So I have lunch with VV every day 11:30 to 12:10 (lunch is prescribed 12-1), and after school I take VV to the park 3-4 (I'm supposed to work 8-5). That seems to give me enough time to do work to their specifications, as well as get VV outside with her friends. Then I work until 5:30 and leave things in a good state for the next day.

The computer is still shitty though. ;)

 I did have to talk to VV about using her powers of observation to notice when we are working and to not interrupt. I can usually get back to what I was focused on, but Derek loses his train of thought like a derailment and then he's done for the day,

Shit! I just hot glued VV's head phones back together with the ear piece backwards! Undo, UNDO!

Clearly there is more downtime at work than I feared, given I'm writing an LJ post and hot gluing things.

I am still looking for other jobs though. I've got the resume and cover letters in good shape, I might as well keep going. If I can get into someplace that offers more vacation and $ and better benefits, why not?