Traffic Jam Tuesdays #4

Look, I know he has anger issues.

And yes, maybe he did beat Rihanna...

But I've loved him since I was a pervy 21 year old crushing on a 16 year old hip hop artist!

Shockingly, I purchased his album on Itunes instead of "downloading" it, and I love it. I don't care what the world thinks! I love me some Chris Brown! He makes the drive to work quite smooth and sensual ;)

Chris Brown "All Back"

This one is dedicated to my bestie....

Chris Brown "Forever"

Enjoy your Tuesday...I'll be driving home from approximately 5:30-7:30...BLEH.

Sir, put the letter opener down.

I kinda thought I left the crazies behind when I quit my restaurant life.
I was, oh so very wrong.

Charlie had called the office a few times to speak to Ms. Type A. He works for a mortgage loan non-profit?? I don't get it. Naturally, I told him she was busy each time, and sent him to her voicemail.

"Wow, she's a really busy woman, isn't is?"
Um ya.

Apparently, she called him back and told him we would provide some materials about volunteering for his company. I would make big bets he works on commission .

Shortly after she made contact with him, Charlie called five more times in one day to schedule a meeting with Ms. Type A. Oh boy. Take a hint!

Imagine my surprise when I'm eating lunch at my desk, and Charlie walks into the office unannounced. I nearly spit out my salad! I gave him the materials we'd promised, and he was very nice....but VERY enthusiastic. It was creepy. He asked if Ms. Type A was available for a sit-down. Shocker.
No I'm sorry. She's on a phone call.

He accepted the answer and started to leave, but then.....

...he reached onto my desk, grabbed my letter opener and one of the envelopes I'd placed in our outgoing mailbox...

"How do these things actually work?" 

Ummm...they're pretty easy. You just slide it underneath.

"Like this??"

Yes, but could you not open that?....It's to be mailed.

Note to self: Keep letter opener away from visitors.

Traffic Jam Tuesdays #3

It's only Tuesday, but I'm wishing it were the weekend again.

Anyone with me?

At least this woman provided some wonderful entertainment when I went to the post office to mail a grant proposal...Presenting: The Braid Mullet!

Cage the Elephant provides the theme song for this week, with a single off their 2008 debut album. I vision myself driving a low-rider with the top down whenever I hear it. Let me know how it makes you feel!

Cage the Elephant- Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

Minutes

I'm two months in to my new job, new life.

And so far, it's been a huge learning experience but also rewarding.

In my first two months I've...

• Been told my boss was leaving
• Learned how to report our accounting, mostly on my own
• Assisted at our 2nd largest fundraising event with only 2 weeks of training at the organization 
• Taken charge of maintaining our website and newsletters with full confidence from the team
• Started planning for my first fundraising event as the key point-person

...I've only come home on the brink of tears a few of those days.

And the biggest news is that our Board of Directors decided to promote Ms. Type A to be our new Executive Director! Honestly, I'm feeling extremely relieved since I was pretty nervous to have someone completely new come in and ask me to do things I hadn't been trained in yet. It's also great that my Ex-boss is being added to the Board of Directors, so she'll still be around for support. 

In one more month, I'll be...

• Off my probationary period of employment! Woo hoo benefits, health insurance, and PTO!
• Getting ready for my first big event in Malibu
• And moving out of my dad's house...AGAIN. For good, I hope.

Everybody Poops.

Have I mentioned my office is pretty small? There's only 7 of us, but there isn't a lot of extra room.

We have one bathroom located at the back of our office, for convenience purposes. 

We have another public bathroom in the hallway of our office building, which requires a key and is maintained by the building.

Since I sit at the entrance, and the bathroom key lives on my desk, I've noticed sometimes my co-workers use the office bathroom, and sometimes they take the key to the other bathroom. Hmm.

I have this theory the public bathroom is where my co-workers have a little private time to, umm, go #2. 

It's just bizarre that I sit right there and have to know when someone "has to go." I can tell you who in our office is regular, whose morning coffee has kicked in, and who really needs a good BM.

The other funny thing is, we have our visitors use the public bathroom. 

So just know if you come visit my office and ask for the bathroom key, you're about to use the poop room.

Have a great day :)

Traffic Jam Tuesdays #2

Sometimes, I have to trick myself into going to work.

How do I do this?

I listen to party music on the way to work.
You should try it sometime. I feel like I'm about to go take shots of tequila, but really I'm going to sit at a desk for 8 hours. Eh. Whatever works.

Afrojack feat. Eva Simons- Take Over Control

LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem

Get your "I wish I was in Vegas" on. 

Printer Battle

I'm from the generation of technology. I'm a blogger, doesn't that say enough?
But for some reason, our printers at work drive me up the wall.

I need to print labels pretty frequently. And envelopes. But our black and white printer just won't let me do it! I've tried everything. I load the labels perfectly in the manual feed. I check the settings before printing. But without fail, I get an error on the printer EVERY SINGLE TIME. The first time it happened, I asked one of the other girls in the office for help. She did something with loading that I must not have, because it worked. I tried immediately after. ERROR.

At some point, I give up and switch to the color printer, because it always works. I find the whole problem to be really frustrating. What could I possibly be doing wrong?? I think I even had a nightmare about it recently! And now that I've been there for awhile, and have clearly printed a lot of labels the correct way, (as far as my boss is concerned) I'm too embarrassed to ask for help.

Geez. I thought I was so handy with electronic devices.

Printer 1 Me 0