The training I was participating in at work was experiencing technical difficulties. So, I will be working from home today and tomorrow to complete it.
The tech people refused to allow us access to the necessary ports to participate in the web-based training and all of the computers in our building (except one, it seems) have software that is incompatible with the web-based training software.
I get to finish the last few days of training from my dining room table. I’m not complaining.
Sometimes I think there are certain people in the Workplace who were required to read How to Lose Friends and Irritate People instead of the perennial Carnegie standard.
Meta entry: Just as I thought I was being clever, turns out someone already created my idea.
My boss is en route from London to the United States. Do you think anyone will notice if I slip into his empty office, turn out the light, lie on the floor and take a quick “power nap?” I feel this way every morning. I’m also hungry. Food and sleep are my two masters.
Speaking of my boss, he’s planning on taking a business trip to Japan over Christmas. He hasn’t told his wife yet. I hope she doesn’t read Aaafter Effect. Now I must rest.
I’m not one for posting conversations I have with other people, but I’ll make an exception for a strange moment that took place jus a few minutes ago. I called our corporate travel agency (located in sunny South Carolina) to book a flight for my boss.
Me: Hi, I’d like to book a flight for [boss’s name].
Travel Rep: No problem. What’s your name?
Me: [My name].
Travel Rep: Oh, hi [my name]. Everyone on the floor here talks about you.
Me: …
Travel Rep: Everyone says you’re such a nice guy. [Pause] So, when is he looking to travel?
I have a feeling I’m going to have a busy week ahead of me at work. If only I could get more pleasure out of being an administrative assistant. I don’t feel like I’m going anywhere…
Anyway, I don’t understand the way my alma mater works. When I graduated with a degree in music education, after student teaching, they really didn’t point me (or the other music ed graduates) in the direction towards certification. Maybe they just forgot. And since then, it’s been a bit of a farce trying to get it. I took the PRAXIS exam over a year ago, and got a great score. After turning down one job and being turned down for another last year, the district that was supposed to put through my certification forms for me didn’t. I requested the forms from the county a few months ago and still haven’t received anything.
Finally I spoke to someone on the phone today and hopefully there won’t be any more delays. My plan is to teach instrumental music in a high school, gain some experience, get a Master’s degree for educational administration, become a district supervisor of music somewhere, and at some point, become a principal. I think that’s where my interests are most suited… at the moment, anyway.
Apparently a guy who works on my floor in my office is on a show called Elimidate tonight. He told a few of us about his experiences filming. I’ll have to remember to try to catch it on the New York UPN station tonight at 11:30.