What the hell?

Defunct companies

equals PITA*.
(*remember that term e?)

Checking references and confirming dates of employment is a royal Pain In The Ass when former employers go under. I was jotting down names and numbers in preparation for tomorrow's interviews and have zilch to show for Xceed. My first boss is a loon, and completely unreliable. My second boss is a certified loon and has dropped off the connected zone. Soooo that leaves me with former project managers and peers. Bleh.

I'm just praying (no, not that way) the IT/ HR dudes aren't expecting a heavy tech person to show up. They've got me. Ho hum. Can't do much worrying at this late hour. But I am not looking forward to getting up so early tomorrow. I'm supposed to be shaking hands at 8 a.m., which means I need to leave myself an hour to find the place, navigate traffic and park. And since there's going to be rain (which is a big deal in these parts) there will inevitably be more traffic and (hopefully not) accidents. So everyone has suggested I tack an extra half hour to my trip. Hello 6.30 departure time.

Today Charlie and I hopped out for what was supposed to be a quick stop at the car store. He needed new window blades, no biggie. That was before he broke the actual wiper framething, the realization the 2nd wiper needed replacing, and some confusion over bosche vs. store brands. Whatever. Boring. With me 'hanging out' in the parking lot while he ran in and out of the store. To amuse myself, I kept telling the nice people who were offering to help that my brother wasn't letting me sit in the car. (In reality, he had forgotten and I was amusing myself making phone calls.) I am terrible.

It's a big deal in southern cali when the rain is coming and people literally run to the stores to prepare. The parking lot was full of folks replacing wiper blades and refilling wiper fluid. (The store shelves were beginning to look bare of wiper fluid when we left.) Everyone was worried about 'the big storm'. It's rain people. Geesh.

Wish me happy thoughts. Nite.

posted by irene @ 11/08/2002 02:59:00 AM