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Dec. 11th, 2024 09:00 pm Decent day at work today; first group meeting with an onsite manager who was just hired as a manager for the department which hired us temps/contractors. This suggests to me that perhaps this work we were hired on to do as a project will become a new 'business unit' with him as our local leadership, and some/all of us will be hired on permanently. I like the work and I like my coworkers. I don't think the new manager particularly cares for my style of interaction, but I think my results speak for themselves. note to self: shut the hell up in future team meetings. Head down, work hard, keep up pleasant interactions with the high level big-money individuals I was hired to speak with, and keep completing work at a good pace, on time, and high quality.
The building's property management co. catered lunch for all the building tenants today; it was from Peached Tortilla. Pretty good. Kind of wierd. mexican/asian fusion. good chicken. wierd baked cauliflower--lots of salt and I think nutmeg (??!?). Generic tortillas that seemed like they came from a package. Decent sauces.
I had tried to get everyone to wear a tacky Xmas sweater today and take a group photo; I was mildly successful at herding some of the cats. It was fun, anyway. I like all of my coworkers very much; they are all very smart, nice, funny, and hard working people. Some of them are so smart and quick that I think they are getting a little bored because they've done all of the data gathering stuff and are just trying to get ahold of the people at the company that we have to talk to to confirm our information is correct/current. And that's a frustrating sticking point for a lot of folks. I've had decent luck with most of my assigned bigwigs. A couple of jerks, but mostly good people. Once they figure out I'm nice to talk to, pretty smart, and won't waste their time, they are usually OK to schedule calls with a second/third/etc. time. Getting that first meeting is tough.
Another contractor/coworker has been taking a data analyst boot camp course that will be completed end of January. She has already received two job offers; one at 'Austin HQ fruit' company hybrid $50/hr. The other she didn't say what the company is but it's fully remote, $56/hr. I may have to look into this course. She is an Excel whiz kid and I am not, but it may be something I can do adequately, if not as fast and clever as she does. If the industry is that hot, even the slowest kid in class might have a shot at a good job. I am accurate. And speed generally comes with repetition. I'm getting faster at the data gathering part of this job; it still takes me longer than it seems to take anyone else, though. Oh well. I'm pluggin away and getting things done within the required time frame, and any hold ups are coming from not being able to pin down a meeting.
Anyhoo....Life is OK. Everything that is within my control to keep on track and pleasant and working properly is doing so. The country, the state, and the world are out of my control and worryng isn't productive.
I'm buying extra coffee and dog food every trip to the grocery store. I will probably start stocking up on veggies too. frozen and or canned. sigh.
Thinking of taking my mom on a drive through trail of lights either this weekend or next; we'll get drive thru fast food on the way. I havent' gone to see her in a couple of weeks and apparently it's distressing my aunt, who sees her daily. I don't think my mom cares one way or the other, but I dont want to upset my aunt, who in hindsight has been a better mom to me for most of my life than my bio mom ever was. So...once more through the FOG, my friends. lol ...fog fog, my entire life, and all of my family relaitonships...nothing but fog. lololol.
The building's property management co. catered lunch for all the building tenants today; it was from Peached Tortilla. Pretty good. Kind of wierd. mexican/asian fusion. good chicken. wierd baked cauliflower--lots of salt and I think nutmeg (??!?). Generic tortillas that seemed like they came from a package. Decent sauces.
I had tried to get everyone to wear a tacky Xmas sweater today and take a group photo; I was mildly successful at herding some of the cats. It was fun, anyway. I like all of my coworkers very much; they are all very smart, nice, funny, and hard working people. Some of them are so smart and quick that I think they are getting a little bored because they've done all of the data gathering stuff and are just trying to get ahold of the people at the company that we have to talk to to confirm our information is correct/current. And that's a frustrating sticking point for a lot of folks. I've had decent luck with most of my assigned bigwigs. A couple of jerks, but mostly good people. Once they figure out I'm nice to talk to, pretty smart, and won't waste their time, they are usually OK to schedule calls with a second/third/etc. time. Getting that first meeting is tough.
Another contractor/coworker has been taking a data analyst boot camp course that will be completed end of January. She has already received two job offers; one at 'Austin HQ fruit' company hybrid $50/hr. The other she didn't say what the company is but it's fully remote, $56/hr. I may have to look into this course. She is an Excel whiz kid and I am not, but it may be something I can do adequately, if not as fast and clever as she does. If the industry is that hot, even the slowest kid in class might have a shot at a good job. I am accurate. And speed generally comes with repetition. I'm getting faster at the data gathering part of this job; it still takes me longer than it seems to take anyone else, though. Oh well. I'm pluggin away and getting things done within the required time frame, and any hold ups are coming from not being able to pin down a meeting.
Anyhoo....Life is OK. Everything that is within my control to keep on track and pleasant and working properly is doing so. The country, the state, and the world are out of my control and worryng isn't productive.
I'm buying extra coffee and dog food every trip to the grocery store. I will probably start stocking up on veggies too. frozen and or canned. sigh.
Thinking of taking my mom on a drive through trail of lights either this weekend or next; we'll get drive thru fast food on the way. I havent' gone to see her in a couple of weeks and apparently it's distressing my aunt, who sees her daily. I don't think my mom cares one way or the other, but I dont want to upset my aunt, who in hindsight has been a better mom to me for most of my life than my bio mom ever was. So...once more through the FOG, my friends. lol ...fog fog, my entire life, and all of my family relaitonships...nothing but fog. lololol.
