Well it's been a bit since I have been able to write anything. I have been working like a mad man although it seems some days it doesn't matter.
Jen and I have been shopping around for a new apartment. I have no idea how many we have looked at but it's been a lot. Well I shouldn't say that... there were some that we just drove by and noticed it was not a place we wanted to live at. There's something about a row of apartments with broken blinds and some windows that were either covered with bed sheets or newspaper that makes you not want to stop into the leasing office.
It's funny how they make it look so nice somehow in the ads in the apartment guides but it's a whole new story when you get there. And what's with this pet fee and pet rental along with the pet deposit? Damn it's getting nuts!
So after viewing some of the ratings on the places before hand I was armed today with a lot of interesting questions for the rent people. I think some of them were shocked at the fact that I knew about a few issues that were in their pasts.
We had not decided on a place yet but I am leaning over more towards a townhouse. We found one that we both pretty much like but we have to do a little more budgeting to make it work with the new baby on the way.
New baby... well I also did some research on childcare. I put an ad out on craigslist asking people for some advice in the childcare section.... pretty cool because people actually responded with very good advice including state links to see if some people have had complaints against their businesses and also to make sure that their license it up to date.
Fun stuff... I don't think I have really cared about where I have lived before as long as everyone left me alone.. now I have a little one on the way and I'm older thinking about the things that matter.
Ciao,
Clive
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
SM
Went to Sallie Mae yesterday...
After rejecting me twice they finally offered me a position. Walked in and talked to the Big Man of the place. I asked him to describe in detail what the job would be like from day to day. He said everything I did not want to hear. Basically they were looking for a Monkey to move computers and do field support. No thanks mister.
I kinda pissed the guy off because I let him in on a little secret... I would be bored! I had no better way of sayin it to him... honestly I could not come up with a better way of sayin it. He got kinda red in the face and said: "You know we are very very picky about who we hire here and it says a lot that you are here right now."
Oh well I pretty much told him I needed more of a challenge. The room was pretty quiet and uncomfortable at that time...not for me.. I felt fine. He said he would keep me in mind for anything else in the future.
After rejecting me twice they finally offered me a position. Walked in and talked to the Big Man of the place. I asked him to describe in detail what the job would be like from day to day. He said everything I did not want to hear. Basically they were looking for a Monkey to move computers and do field support. No thanks mister.
I kinda pissed the guy off because I let him in on a little secret... I would be bored! I had no better way of sayin it to him... honestly I could not come up with a better way of sayin it. He got kinda red in the face and said: "You know we are very very picky about who we hire here and it says a lot that you are here right now."
Oh well I pretty much told him I needed more of a challenge. The room was pretty quiet and uncomfortable at that time...not for me.. I felt fine. He said he would keep me in mind for anything else in the future.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
H@PPY MY B-DAY!
Happy it's my B-day!! I'm 29 .. scarey I tell ya.
Jen made me some cupcakes sang me the Bday song. Goood stuff!
I got The Chappel Show Season 1 and The Muppet Show Season 1 and a beard trimmer!! I have been wanting the beard trimmer for a while now... I have been playin around with one for a few months now but it gets to huge and I shave it all off. So now I can keep one!
So on Friday I received a call from Sallie Mae.. a company I had interviewed with several times to be turned down twice. The first time they called me out of the blue wanting me to interview for one job.. called a few days later and said no...called me 2 weeks after that ... ran me through some tests (which I blew away!) and got the same news again. Now they called me again for the 3rd time and just offered me the job over the phone. I chose not to make a decision yet on it.. I'm at a great place now only on contract though and it's about to come up for renewal .. or not..who knows. The whole plan as explained by my recruiter was that they wanted to bring 2 guys on under contract...hire one on and keep the other on a temp basis. 3 month contract to be extended upon circumstances. I told my recruiter about the offer and he immediatly asked what he could do to keep me on.
Grrrr see here's the problem...I with TTE I am learning soo much and I'm just getting into SAP and server management..hours are flexable and it's always a challenge. With SM I would be making around 50k a year ...stable employment but no job challenge and a stiff staff and no flexable hours.
I have a baby on the way ... so I could take the high paying job now...and be bored with it and possably hate it and really add nothing to my resume and expierence or stay with a lower paying job with a raise in a month of only $2.oo and a possible extention of 6 months.
Next Day.....
Well I talked to my recruiter today and he said that I can get the 6 month extention and a $2.00 raise for sure if I were to stay. I guess it's good news but I also want to hear what the other guys have to say in the morning. I dunno ... let's see what happens.
Clive Law
Jen made me some cupcakes sang me the Bday song. Goood stuff!
I got The Chappel Show Season 1 and The Muppet Show Season 1 and a beard trimmer!! I have been wanting the beard trimmer for a while now... I have been playin around with one for a few months now but it gets to huge and I shave it all off. So now I can keep one!
So on Friday I received a call from Sallie Mae.. a company I had interviewed with several times to be turned down twice. The first time they called me out of the blue wanting me to interview for one job.. called a few days later and said no...called me 2 weeks after that ... ran me through some tests (which I blew away!) and got the same news again. Now they called me again for the 3rd time and just offered me the job over the phone. I chose not to make a decision yet on it.. I'm at a great place now only on contract though and it's about to come up for renewal .. or not..who knows. The whole plan as explained by my recruiter was that they wanted to bring 2 guys on under contract...hire one on and keep the other on a temp basis. 3 month contract to be extended upon circumstances. I told my recruiter about the offer and he immediatly asked what he could do to keep me on.
Grrrr see here's the problem...I with TTE I am learning soo much and I'm just getting into SAP and server management..hours are flexable and it's always a challenge. With SM I would be making around 50k a year ...stable employment but no job challenge and a stiff staff and no flexable hours.
I have a baby on the way ... so I could take the high paying job now...and be bored with it and possably hate it and really add nothing to my resume and expierence or stay with a lower paying job with a raise in a month of only $2.oo and a possible extention of 6 months.
Next Day.....
Well I talked to my recruiter today and he said that I can get the 6 month extention and a $2.00 raise for sure if I were to stay. I guess it's good news but I also want to hear what the other guys have to say in the morning. I dunno ... let's see what happens.
Clive Law