Me

I left work at 3:00 on Thursday because I wasn't feeling well. I ran to the grocery store to by some medicine and I picked up some soup from the Chinese restaurant next to the grocery store and got home around 4:00 pm on Thursday. It's now 9:00 pm on Saturday and I haven't left the house since. The closest I got was walking onto the front porch to get the mail.

I intended to leave the house today. I was going to pick up another wireless TiVo adapter. But I forgot the cable guy was coming so when he knocked on the door at 10:00 am I was still in my pj's and was 5 minutes from getting in the shower. Good thing I wasn't in the shower when he got here. He left around 11:00 am with plans to come back between 1 and 3 to see if he could fix the problem. That would give TiVo some time to repeat the guided set up. After he left I put in a load of laundry and got in the shower. Then I got dressed and made lunch. Then I tried to get TiVo to work. Eventually it did start to work, but only after Nate (the cable guy) called back to see if it was working and I said no. So he came back with his supervisor and they set up a 2nd card. I digress, this isn't really what the story is about.

After TiVo started working I got distracted. I was talking to Karen. Then it got dark so I decided not to go out at all.

Friday I laid in bed or on the couch all day because I wasn't feeling well. Today I still don't feel well, but I feel better than I did yesterday. I really need to get out of the house tomorrow.

This day flew by. I can't believe it's after 9:00 pm. Morgan is out of town for the weekend. She'll be back tomorrow night. I wonder if my being alone all day Friday and a lot of the day Saturday had something to do with me staying in the house all day.

Sometimes I think that I never learned how to be alone. One of the down sides of being a twin. I never spent much of my childhood alone. Everyone else I know has memories of time spent alone. They even enjoy spending time alone. Not me. I'd much prefer to be with someone than be alone. But not anyone and not many people. Usually 1 or 2 specific people. I am more introverted than extroverted. I am an ISFJ after all.

TiVo up and running

I finally got the cable company out here to "install" the cable cards so my new TiVo works! In fact I'm watching it right now. It can record 2 shows at once! I'm glad it finally works! I also have a brand new cable connection upstairs in my bedroom and tonight I'll move my series 2 TiVo up there. 2 working TiVo's, the ability to record 3 shows at once. Could life be better?

Miner 2049er

So I was reading my friend's blog and it reminded me of that game I used to play where you had to set up a bunch of stuff to make something happen. You could light a candle and it would put it next to a magnifying glass and there was a kettle. The whole point was to get a ball in a cup or something. I can't remember what it's called. But I had a unquenchable urge to play it! So I started to google things to see if I could find it, but I couldn't find it. So then I started to think about other games I used to love. Like the one where there was a bar and you had to shoot the beers down the bar to the people without letting them fall on the ground. I couldn't find that either. Then I looked for Miner 2049er. And I found it. I downloaded it. The screen is very small (2 in x 2 in or so). It took me about 20 tries to get past level 1! I couldn't beat level 2. But it made me happy. Does anyone know the name of the ball/kettle/magnifying glass game or the beer game?! *UPDATE* It's called "The Incredible Machine"!!!! And I found it! And I played it! It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Update #2* I've gotten better at this Miner 2049er, but none of the levels are the same. Sad, but still fun.

Potential career paths

Possible Career Paths for the ISFJ:

• Interior Decorators
• Designers
• Nurses
• Administrators and Managers
• Administrative Assistants
• Child Care / Early Childhood Development
• Social Work / Counselors
• Paralegals
• Clergy / Religious Workers
• Office Managers
• Shopkeepers
• Bookkeepers
• Home Economics

Or these:

Category	Percentages
Sales & Marketing	100
Manufacturing	100
Construction & Maintenance	100
Technology	100
Finance/Accounting	83
Entrepreneurs	80
Agriculture/Forestry	60
Mechanical/Electrical	50
Administrative/Clerical	50
Business & Management	40
Visual Arts	40
Natural Sciences	38
Social Sciences/Services	33
Education	33
Creative/Performing Arts	10

Leaving the picnic table

After this week at work I realized that working with my child boss is unbearable. I spend 75% of my work time wanting to rip my hair out or beat someone. Especially since we are hiring 2 more people she is on this power trip, I think about being able to "supervise" all of them and getting an office (I can't believe they think she needs an office. It makes me so angry). She keeps saying things like, "I think that'll be a great first task for the new person." I keep thinking, "your kidding me. One person already started and you were so unprepared for her to start she has worked there a full week before anyone even started to talk to her about what her job would be or give her anything to do that was her job."

I despise work. I spend the other 25% of my time there trying not to think about how much I hate it.

I'm torn between quitting and then finding a new job (I really want to quit so badly) and waiting to find another job before I quit.
But in my 8 months there I have gotten a total of just over an 18% raise. That's not bad for 8 months.

I mean if that continues maybe it's worth being miserable. Is it? No. It's not, I hate being miserable.

Also it's getting dark so early now. Stupid daylight savings time. I like the "extra hour" of sleep, but I hate it being dark at 5:00 instead of 6:00 all of a sudden. I mean it gradually gets darker earlier and then BOOM 1 hour earlier!

So, I'm making a commitment to actively look for a new job. Any ideas?