evile: Missed ya yesterday! My boss was totally hovering!!
SkyeDS: isp was stupid all day yesterday so I couldn' t get online
until after 5 anyway :(
evile: bummer!
SkyeDS: I think I have my first paying riding student :)
SkyeDS: waiting for her to call me back to confirm
evile: awesome!
SkyeDS: woman moved out to Rockdale from Liberty Hill and is working
for the Reporter now.
SkyeDS: I figure a Reporter employee is good.
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: good place to get word of mouth.
SkyeDS: plus the ribbon cutting tomorrow.
evile: exactly!
SkyeDS: and I looked up that company
SkyeDS: they are a real estate investment company
evile: cool :)
SkyeDS: officed in a historical landmarkl
SkyeDS: so if they offer the right amount of money...
SkyeDS: and, I gave it some thought
evile: yeah, that would be fun.
SkyeDS: my contract says I can hire subcontractors
SkyeDS: and there's no reason sineater can't do what I do.
SkyeDS: very little of what Hugh needs is actual legal experience.
SkyeDS: and that way I won't leave him in the lurch
SkyeDS: I'll tell them I need two weeks notice
SkyeDS: and use that two weeks to train sineater.
evile: Sounds good to me. See what Hugh thinks!
SkyeDS: /me nods
SkyeDS: I'm going to interview with them tomorrow afternoon after the
ribbon cutting
evile: *fingers crossed*
SkyeDS: I don't see any point in broaching it with Hugh until I get
an offer on the table
evile: right.
evile: sweetie had an interview last Thurs & got an offer Tuesday. It was
about 10K less than he thinks he's worth, so he's going to counter &
see what they say.
SkyeDS: wish him luck!
SkyeDS: will he take it if they don't accept t he counter?
evile: Doubtful.
evile: He wants a permanent FT job with bennies, but he's not quite
desperate & pathetic enough to go that low. :P
evile: Plus there's another possibility in the works...so he doesn't
feel like he's obligated to take this one or nothing.
SkyeDS: always good to have multiple irons in the fire
evile: Yup.
evile: (wouldn't know. I'm a permanent dead end.)
SkyeDS: I'm not an expert on salary negotiation but there are lots of
people who put such advice online
evile: Yeah. sweetie said he found a good website for helping craft a
letter
evile: He is stubborn, and we aren't hurting, so he doesn't have to
take the job. I guess that's all good.
SkyeDS: /me nods
SkyeDS: if I were in that position, I'd say look, let me be perfectly
candid
SkyeDS: I have these other offers, and the salary is more in line
with what I'm worth
SkyeDS: but I really want to work for you
SkyeDS: so could something be worked out?
evile: Heh. I suggested that he use the phrase "While I take offense
at your low offer...".. heh.
evile: (he was actually offended, BTW. Silly.)
SkyeDS: $12/hr is hardly what I'm worth
SkyeDS: but I told Hugh I'd work for what the woman before me worked
for, and that was it
SkyeDS: and at the time I made the offer I was making $8/hour, so it
was an improvement
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: of course after $20/hour at IBM...different perspective
SkyeDS: I"m worth between $17 and $20, as both legal assistant and
office manager.
SkyeDS: but for what I do here, $12 is not worth being offended about
SkyeDS: besides I was going to ask for a raise for my birthday anyway
evile: And you can't beat the working conditions.. :)
SkyeDS: and $12 will be just fine for sineater depending on what offer
the new place makes if they make.
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: brb
SkyeDS: bk
evile: me too
evile: I'm all antsy & compulsive today. I counted the days until
Montana and the days till Xmas in Vegas...argh. I could be using this
energy at home, but NO, I have to putz around at work until almost 6.
*sigh*
SkyeDS: I'm here till 6:15
evile: (very deliberately *not* counting the days until my surgery in
April..
SkyeDS: then I'm getting my hair cut on the way home
evile: cool :)
SkyeDS: got to do that stupid court hearing on that stupid ticket
before I get to go to my ribbon cutting and interview
SkyeDS: which are all sandwiched rather tightly together
SkyeDS: but the stupid evil kneivel cop was wrong on two counts of law
SkyeDS: and he isnt' going to know what hit him
evile: Heh.
SkyeDS: last time I set for trial, years ago, I walked into the
courtroom and they immediately dismissed it
SkyeDS: because the prosecutor didn't want to deal with me
SkyeDS: (he lost the last time we locked horns)
evile: awesome.
SkyeDS: here I am all ramped up for it and just watch, the cop won't
show or something else.
evile: probably. But it's best to be prepared
evile: I managed to walk almost an hour yesterday after work. I am in
pain today. wuss that I am.
SkyeDS: I haven't walked at all this week :(
SkyeDS: I'm tryin gto talk Hugh into going for a short walk with me
to look at some office spaces down 13th towards the Cap.
evile: Is it still sprinkly out?
SkyeDS: looks like
SkyeDS: wish it would be sprinkl y at home.
evile: helps the grass grow.
SkyeDS: can always tell if we've gotten enough rain for this time of
year by the bluebonnets or lack thereof.
SkyeDS: just don't want another year like last year when it just flat
stopped raining in May.
evile: yuck.
evile: Shoot. [aunt L] just called & I forgot to ask her if [brother A] & The Rubber Pig
came & stayed with them this weekend.
SkyeDS: I would have forgotten my head all this week if it weren't
for being attached to my hair.
evile: heh. I know this feeling...
SkyeDS: sineater finally put a CD in my hand this morning and said take
this with you (after I forgot it two days running)
evile: Nice of him.
evile: I'm seriously looking at ipods & such
SkyeDS: only problem with them is the battery issue I'm sure youv'e
seen about
evile: 1 or 2 OT checks down the road...maybe in time for my
bday. ..yeah, the battery thing sucks.
SkyeDS: Hugh buys his teenager a $120 mp3 player and then spends $25
on a service deal and just replaces it every three years.
evile: heh.
evile: I just don't know enough about any of those things to feel
like I'd be making a wise purchasing decision. And i don't spend that
kind of $ without knowing EXACTLY what I'm buying & how it works,
etc.
SkyeDS: bet sineater & sweetie know all about them.
evile: Bet sweetie doesn't.
evile: he isn't an 'entertainment' geek.
evile: He knows about boring stuff like routers & firewalls. Nothing
about games or toys.
evile: Peglegasus or Big James might know...but there aren't many people
that I'd willingly display my dirt-ignorance to. Probably better just
to to to Fryes or wherever and play with stuff& read boxes until I
find something I like and feel like I could use.
evile: Mostly I never want to listen to the radio again, and I would
like another buffer between me and my fellow bus-riders. Sometimes a
book just isn't enough.
evile: It would also be nice to have an upbeat 'workout soundtrack'
of some kind.
SkyeDS: /me nods complete agmt to all of the above
SkyeDS: some poitn I'm going to invest in a treadmill and some movies
so I don't have the weather excuse.
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: when I went to the skating rink as a teenager I'd laugh at
the old people bringing their own music
SkyeDS: now I understand, lol
evile: heh. Some people do that at skate night.
evile: I'd worry about not hearing someone saying or shouting a
warning that they were about to run into me...
evile: Sort of the same concept as 'no headphones while driving'.
SkyeDS: we had a skating rink and a movie theater in Rockdale many
years ago, wish we still did
evile: aww. suck. Maybe someone will start it up again.
evile: ooh, free Yoga! Too bad there's just 1more class :(
http://www.yogayoga.com/press/yogainparkFeb
SkyeDS: lots of yoga around, more opportunities will arise for the
vigilant I'm sure.
SkyeDS: but no more yoga on mt bonnell
SkyeDS: too tiring :P
evile: Oh, Ithought they'd cancelled it.
evile: Last time I went it was brats brats as far as the eye could
see. I haven't been back since.
SkyeDS: no thanks
evile: I don't mind climbing Mt. Bonnell. Given enough recovery time
between the climb and the Yoga, it's probably a great workout. But I
can't relax when I hear squealing, whining, and feel little bodies
bumping into me.
evile: I should just go up there on my own with my yoga mat & my yoga
deck sometime.
evile: Or out to 'my' park. :)
SkyeDS: if the critters didn't turn out to be an issue, I have a
great spot overlooking my pond
SkyeDS: bare ground, completely tree canopied
SkyeDS: brb