It Has Been Awhile

I surely has been awhile since my last post. On top of that a lot has happened since my last post. The new job is fantastic. My stress level surely has dropped. I finally get to do what I love and that is work with computers. In my first month and a half at this job I have amazed myself. Before I started, I did not know if I can work with computers in a company environment. Sure I have fixed my own or a friend or family member's computer, but to do it for a company is different. For one thing, these computers do not get maintained as well as someone's personal computer would. They get beat up by the high school kids, files get deleted, all sorts of fun. An entire campus was still running Windows XP with Service Pack 1. I spent half a day just getting their computer lab up to Service Pack 2. I have also enhanced my troubleshooting skills thanks to Googling things, coworkers, or just trying stuff out. Finally the best part of it all, I work less hours, get paid more, and have weekends off. I now know what it is like to look forward to Friday. With McDonald's it was "Damnit it's Friday. I hate the weekend."

With ups, there are eventually downs. Early last month someone backed into my new car. I was at Fry's Electronics trying to pull into a parking space. I couldn't quite make the turn so I stopped to prepare to back up and adjust. I throw my car into reverse and just when I am about to start backing up, I look in my rear view mirror to see the horrifying sight of a pickup truck backing up into me. The claim has not been settled yet because of many reasons. For one thing, everyone that saw it happen kept right on walking. Two, they will not claim it to be their fault because they say I was backing up too on the basis that they saw my reverse lights on. Finally, no police report because it was in a parking lot. Right now I need to go to a body shop so they can do an estimate and send pictures to State Farm. The State Farm rep states that they can tell if I was moving from the damage. The sooner I get that done the better. However, I have found it hard to schedule appointments when I work Monday through Friday and get off work when places like that are closed. I may just have to take an extended lunch.

In other news, I am close enough to finishing at University of Phoenix (The Official University of the Arizona Cardinals...*sigh*) that I recieved a summary of what is left for me and to start planning for graduation. YAY! Soon I will be a college grad long in the making.