tennessee
Well, I’m sitting here at the client in Tennessee, and I’m waiting for my senior to reveiw my work. Not much to do other than type this, so here we go.
I am currently entering this in Notepad, simply because we only have one broadband connection in this room. Since I can’t be online right now, I have to make do with the tools at hand. Hence, the selection of the mighty Notepad program.
Work this week has basically been one big pain. I’m down here in Tennessee at the client, and I’m the only one from my group here. Let me remind you that I only started this job seven weeks ago, and that this is my first real engagement for the job I’m supposed to be doing. I was involved last week in some internal audit work, but thats not really what my job is supposed to entail. At least, not from the impression that I got at training.
Which is another point of contention with the whole trip. I was told time and time again in training that I would not be “on my own” or working without the close supervision of a senior. Guess what? I basically have been operating that way every since training ended, with the exception of the internal audit work.
OK, enough about that. Valentine’s Day, and the whole weekend, was quite good. Lisa got me the Family Guy DVD set (Seasons 1 & 2), a Mag-Lite, and a pair of boxers. Let me just say that, while not the most romantic gifts ever given, these are very amazing gifts. She really thought about them, and I was extremely surprised and happy. In fact, since I’m in the middle of BFE here in Tennessee, the Family Guy DVD’s are quite possibly the only reason I’m still sane. That and Lisa putting up with my complaining about how I’m not real happy about my job right now. :-)
I was just about to replicate to see if my senior has more work for me to do, but someone else is using the cord, so I can’t. More typing…
I leave tomorrow to go back to Detroit, then I get to spend all Saturday in class at the Becker Conviser review course. Not horrible, but not the most desirable way to spend my Saturday. I don’t remember if I posted this earlier, but I also got an apartment last weekend.
It’s in Maple Village of Southgate, and it’s really nice. While not exactly in the most exciting and happening area of Detroit, I think it will fit my lifestyle nicely. I wasn’t real enthused about moving up to the north side of town, by Royal Oak/Troy/Farmington Hills. Too many people, and too much traffic. Plus the cost of living up there is absolutely ridiculous. I’ll pay around $800/month for my extremely nice apartment in Southgate, while the same apartment up in Troy or Farmington Hills would cost at least $1000, probably closer to $1200.
{break for talking to my senior}
Alright…it looks like I have a little bit of work to do now. This whole thing with not having my senior down here is absolutely stupid. I’m just hired, brand new, and they expect me to be able to know exactly what I’m supposed to be doing. Just makes me feel like no one is really paying attention to what’s going on. Really, who’s bright idea was it to send me down here all by myself?
Other than my job being a big pain this week, not much else going on. New apartment, awesome girlfriend…not too much I can complain about. I’m off to go back to work now, so…hmm…later.
