More to come

Please wait patiently for more info. I have more details about my job elsewhere..
I can't surf the internet or email anything yet for job related duties or otherwise at work. Orientations start this Friday and there's a few of them each on a Friday in the coming weeks. My benefits kick in April 1st as far as I know. Meanwhile it's 5:15 AM and I've gotten very little sleep. I'll probably be a wreck at work today.

I can't even check the time on my computer because I changed it so it doesn't give me the blue screen of death at midnight like it's been doing. I wish I could figure out why it does that. Probably a virus, but which one? Then there's the unpredictable behavior of my router. Don't get me started on that.

I'm not sure when I'll get my first paycheck. I assume I'll get one this week for last week or something since last Friday was payday.

I forgot to mention a couple details about moving night. First, the battery in my cell phone was running low. The other is that the car skidded out of control on the ice for a couple seconds. Fortunately, I bounced off the curb once or twice and straightened out. Thing is, I was completely aware of what I was supposed to do during a skid, but it just didn't make any sense to me. No one was hurt and no car was damaged. Wee.

Saturday I drove to Lafayette Hills, PA. The Schyukill (sp?) Expressway is comparable only to those hellish intersections they call circles. Apparently there is a circle in Philadelphia - the Art Museum circle. I think it's even worse than the ones in New Jersey. These roads were meant to torment us I tell you!

My next experience was with a flat tire and brakes that were wearing out. I may have inadvertently caused the flat by running over a manhole cover that was not firmly closed. The thing with the brakes could not have been noticed by someone who drives the car regularly, apparently. That was yesterday afternoon. Luckily, I was with my mother who is an AAA member.

OK so driving is supposed to be a whole series of bad experiences? I'm supposed to want to continue doing this why? Is it actually possible to have a good driving experience if I leave my home state? wtf is a good driving experience anyway? How can I have one if most driving in PA would involve that stupid expressway?

Does anyone actually find this at all interesting? To me, I find it incredibly boring. I know of maybe one other person who takes the time to read this. (you know who you are) Anyone else out there? Oh wait, I forgot, I'm alone in the world. . .

Job starting soon

I start the job this Tuesday. I guess I'm pretty excited and nervous as well. The best way to describe my version of being excited is being Droopy excited which generally means that although you are excited you don't show it. I do show my nervousness probably through my sweaty palms which actually come from a side effect of a medication I'm on (at least I think that's the case, not certain though).

I did jump through all the proper hoops in the time allotted.

All that's left to do is play computer games or whatever until that day comes around and I wake up at 5:45 AM so we can leave by 7.

hoop-jumping pretest

I was told to come in today to the BRT (Board of Revision of Taxes) to fill out a form and a doctor's appointment (really the department of health and human services). If only it was as simple as it sounded. When they gave me the form, they told me the doctor is supposed to fill it out. Then, I learned I needed a social security card. Fortunately, the person I talked with knew what building the SSA was housed in. I had some time before my appointment, so I took care of that before the appointment. It reminded me of the DMV with the chairs and having to take a number. I'm sitting there wondering if I'll get to the doctor's appointment on time. Turns out, I go right from the social security office to the doctor's office to find out I'm 40 minutes early. I end up spending a good three hours there, though. At least I wasn't horribly bored as I watched the end of the movie The Rock and 1 1/2 episodes of Law and Order in the waiting room. The doctor told me I need to go back there after I get something from one of my own doctors that says I'm fit to work. Then, and only then, will they complete the form required for me to begin work next Tuesday. Jumping through hoops and it hasn't even begun yet...

I went to my primary care physician because that's the one that was easiest to get to, only to find out that wasn't the doctor I needed to get a letter from. Don't worry if you're confused. I think this is a pretest to prove I'm capable of following orders or something.

I got the job

Yes. I finally got a job working for the Board of Revision of Taxes for the City of Philadelphia as a programmer/analyst. Can't you tell I'm excited? ;)

I was when I first found out but couldn't really do any loud cheering as my mother was sleeping at the time (midnight).

I need a bigger ego, I wonder if this thing could help. . .

Too often I feel like I have nothing to say.
Willy Loman thought he was only worth was his life insurance policy.