Go me!

Guess what everyone? This is the day I've been waiting for. Today I quit my job!!!!!! Yea! Woo hoo!!!!



I got a offer from the Miami firm on Friday. I accepted today, and now I'm waiting for my boss to get back from lunch to break the good news to him. I wrote him a letter too, so everything is official.



I can't wait to tell him. I wonder if I'll be able to stop smiling.

Dear Everyone

Possible announcement of good news forthcoming this afternoon. Actually, I'll probably receive it this afternoon, but not announce it until Monday.

The Miami firm called. They want me to come in again, I thought for an interview. They asked me to come in today. Since it's Friday, I'm wearing jeans, but nice jeans, and I said I'm not really dressed for an interview. So we scheduled something for Monday. But the firm called back and said just come in today, it's casual Friday there too and I won't be disappointed!!!!!

I can't stop smiling and by saying I won't be disappointed I hope they mean--$$$!

Are all secretaries annoying?

Or just mine? Or is it that this week our file clerk has been out, which means that my secretary has no one to talk to and since my door is usually open, she now talks to me non-stop. I can't take it, I'm going to just have to shut my door from now on no matter what is going on in the office like my boss.

This morning I got in, just wanted to say a quick hello to her and then get to work. Instead, I'm sucked into the black hole of conversations about how she sold her 20 year old Louis Vuitton bag on e-bay and now the buyer is giving her a hard time. She then drags out pages of e-mails which she reads aloud to me. By then end of the reading, I am totally aggravated with the secretary's buyer and the secretary. I give her this advice: "You're being too nice. Tell the buyer to fuck off and re-list the item. I think you just like complaining about this and I'm tired of hearing about it." Oops, I kind of lost my cool at the end but I really cannot stand to hear her endless complaining about everything under the sun.

*see list in previous posts of my secretary's favorite topics to complain about.

She also has an abundance of time to search the internet and comment on current events and news, but seems to have no time lately to empty my outbox so that I can actually do work and things in the office can be filed in a timely manner. Weird.

Thursday night TV

Is it weird that I look forward to Thursday night TV? The other 2 shows that I loved (Sex and the City & the Sopranos) are over forever. I can, and usually watch Everybody Loves Raymond re-reuns as much as possible. Hey, that show may be directed to people that are actually married and have kids, but it's funny.

So now I look forward to Thursdays and the Office. This season the episodes have been a hour each, which is great and helps me with my concentration. It is hard for me to focus on anything for an hour, so these hour episodes not only entertain me, but also help me cope with the ADD that I still have at 30 years old. Multi-tasking, I like it!

My boss' wife

I can't stand her. She's annoying, expects everyone to be at her beck and call, and does not respect another person's personal space. She stands way too close to me when she's talking. She asks me to do things that take way more time than they should because whoever I'm talking to invariably has to talk to her to get some sort of authorization for release of finances. And also, she thinks I have every detail of all of her cases memorized, even though I know she doesn't.

And you know what else? She is in dire need of a face lift. Sorry to say it, but come on. I know they have the money to afford it. Just get the procedure and you will no longer look like Dopey the Dog's grandmother. Seriously, you can't even put on make-up with out your wrinkles getting in the way. I know she may be considering a "lifestyle lift," which is the poor woman's solution to a face lift. But, at this point the "lifestyle lift" won't give her what she needs--the result of AN ACTUAL FACELIFT. Seriously, take care of that, other people have to look at you. That's it, that's all I have to say on this subject.

*The picture is not actually of my boss' wife. She's not that pretty and her wrinkles are worse.

A possible light at the end of the tunnel

Ok, the Miami firm called on Friday. They are interested in me. They are still hammering out details with the new partner. They asked what I make now and how much I'd like to make. I asked for 15 K more, but said that's not a deal-breaker. I think they'll give it to me. They said they would get back to me in a week or two. Great!

Plus, my boss has been super busy, leaving the office early, which means I have been able to work out regularly and I'm happier. Plus, he's been confronting me about things in the office that aren't my fault and are stupid and I've been talking back, because he's wrong and I can't let people treat me like shit anymore. It feels good. Smile.