o/` Enya – Evacuee o/`
Today was a very frustrating day.
No, not more stuff with PLUG. The flame died and considering the attention span of most of the guys on the list the ones who flamed wont remember it in a week. I have been doing a lot of work on the PhillyChix site though, working to make it a real community thing, going on feedback and such I’ve gotten from the other chix. I have a whole new respect for LUG coordinators that keep up to date with everything %)
The phone kept ringing.
5 calls this afternoon.. when I’m used to getting none. I wasnt in the best mood anyway, so getting a bunch of phone calls wasnt something I was happy about. One of them was FINALLY the guy i had been talking to about the business website I made… finally found out why I hadnt been paid yet. It was just an honest mistake, but I had started worrying because he wasnt returning my calls. Another was some recruiter that saw Myk’s resume, two calls were from the car insurance agency about “changes in the policy that they needed to advise the customers about” and then one call from my cousin asking about me coming up to visit family. UGH! Of course calls like this from family always upset me, especially if my sister had nagged me about the same thing earlier the day (via IM). Then of course Open Office was being a pain… I was trying to print on an envelop, and it wouldnt let me print sideways.. you know, so i could put the think in the printer! Hehe… after a bunch of frustration I decided to install abiword. Well I was unsure if abiword uses gnome stuff, ’cause at the moment (because of a frustrating issue with my sources.list which is my fault) gnome stuff on my system is broken… so I was afraid that i wouldnt be able to install abiword. Well of course the broken gnome thing was really bugging me anyway, so I thought “Maybe I should reinstall debian tonight” … so i started backing things up. Eventually I finished that and decided to try to install abiword just so i could get the envelop pritned. I was able to install it, got the printing done (abiword is very nice…). And of course we dont have any stamps. I think my problem is I just didnt get enough sleep last night %) I hate being crankie!
On the bright side, we went grocery shopping last night. I hate shopping, but the day after a shopping trip we have lots of yummie food! Hehe.. tonight we’re probably going to have boca burgers mmm. We got eggplant too, so i can make eggplant parmesean tomorrow! Oh I love food %) hehe. And more good news.. Myk’s boss knew that I was into computers, and asked Myk if I would be interested in a summer volunteer internship at their company. Volunteer as in, no pay. But what have I got to lose? This time spent unemployed has been to expand my skills and learn. I think I am ready to take a step to get at least some exposure to a real working environment. Plus, he said if I do good enough he might even hire me! AHH!! That’d be so cool. Of course at the same time I’m scared… I mean I’ve never done anything like this before. But Myk does know my capabilities, and he said he would have never recommended me for the job if he didn’t think I could do it. I should work on my self esteem and my morbid fear of failure %) Honestly.. best case scenario, i get a job with Digital Wave. Worst case? I admit defeat and go home, and I’ll be back where I started. There isn’t really a risk since in the beginning it is understood that it’s a trial thing.
Yeah, so I’m going to go make dinner now. *wanders off*


