Tuesday, July 01, 2008
How's it Going?
I had a couple of calls last night to see how I was doing, so I thought I'd give an update. Work still sucks. It's getting better... maybe? Things have been running "relatively" smooth, but of course I'll never get to rest. The latest issue is a giant pain and I barely know anything about it. Here's the deal. Every time a student shows interest in the campus, even if they're like 2, they get entered into a database so that when it's the magical year to try and recruit them, we know who to call etc. Normally the number of these prospective students is pretty much the same every, give or take some. Well this year we're somehow thousands of students short... and they just figured this out (even though they're constantly getting reports about it)... and now it's my job to figure out why, when I hardly know anything about it. I did find that students were being entered for the wrong year i some cases and I found about 2,500 stuck in a process that wasn't running. As for the other 3,500... I don't know. The real problem is that it takes FOREVER to get them entered... At least now I have my Mac to cheer me up.Outside of work, things have been going pretty well. I've been in my house now for one whole month. I'm really liking it, it's defiantly the nicest place I've lived, which is good because I'm kind of stuck with it. I made my first mortgage payment last week, which knowing that I'd be writing a check for that much every month from now on was kind of an interesting feeling. I've got a few plans for it in the near future including tearing up the carpet and painting. For now nothing that costs too much.
A friend has been living there the past month. It's been nice to have someone to hang out with still and go see movies and stuff. He'll be moving pretty much any day now into his own apartment, which in ways is kind of disappointing, but that's okay I guess. I think he feels kind of the same way, but maybe he just likes not having to pay rent :) Which means more then ever, it's time to get a dog! I've been looking online and went to one of the shelters in town. I'm totally ready to have a dog, but not to decide which dog I want. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about getting a dog that isn't a puppy, but we'll see. Any suggestions?
written at 8:28 AM
Comments: 2
At 1:09 PM,
Becky said...BEAGLE BEAGLE BEAGLE! Or any dog, I guess...I love dogs! Can I come visit you and your dog? Live vicariously through you? SWEET!
At 7:01 PM, said...I really think that you should get a dog and not a puppy. Dogs won't chew stuff like puppies will and they usually come potty trained. And for some one who works 40 hours a week it may be hard to get a puppy trained and not be lonely.