Blissful Shelley

So, I’ve been passed up twice for getting hired as a full time, permanent employee at work. I’ve been working for 5 months at a job where I was hired as a temp for 8 weeks. The other person in the Tier 1 service desk here has decided it is time to move on. That leaves me…. just lil old me… here to handle all the IT needs of two floors in two different buildings. Sounds easy right? ha! Not only that, but we also handle email requests from offices in CA, VA, PA, and GA.

So, the this is the third time they have a reason to hire me full time. Will it happen? Time will tell.

Last Sunday, September 6th was our first Wedding anniversary. It made for a great weekend! We went to Church in the morning and got lots of “congratulations” after our Pastor announced it. Then we went to lunch at Red Lobster. The food there was delicious! We exchanged gifts too. I tried to go traditional since this is my first truly happy marriage. I found a website that prints poems, along with your names and anniversary date. It is matted and framed, and has a place to place your wedding picture. I really love it, and I hope Tim does too.

He got me a digital picture frame that holds oodles and oodles of photos! We haven’t had time to load it yet, but I did put a few pictures on it. I have it sitting on my desk at home, next to my computer. I kind of want to bring it to work so his smiling face can brighten my day when he isn’t here, but I also want to leave it at home so that he can enjoy it too. What a dilemma!

I love you soooo much, Tim. I thank God every day for bringing you into my life.

I’m back at work after a 3 day weekend for Labor Day. I didn’t get paid for being off yesterday (Monday), but it was still nice to have the day off. I drank way too much at a neighbors party on Saturday. Tim was there for me though, and made me switch to water after a while. Then we went for a walk around the lake, I’m sure I was quite the sight to see, since I couldn’t walk in a straight line! When we got home, me made me eat some honey. They say the fructose in honey helps your body burn the alcohol off faster. About 15 minutes later I was no longer slurring my speech. The best part is that I didn’t have a hangover Sunday morning!

I was hired in April, for the remaining 8 weeks of a contract, doing technical support for a medical management company. When I started, there was one “permanent” employee, and one other contractor. FOUR months later, I am still here. The other contractor left back in July (i think). They then hired a second “permanent” person to fill a position that I applied and interviewed for, but didn’t get. Two weeks later he quit. I’m still here!!! I thought maybe I’d get hired this time around, since the position was again open. Nope. They put a freeze on all IT positions. Oh, they are also spending tons of money creating new teams, ordering new computers for all the new people on the teams, and getting them all set up…but they can’t hire ONE measley IT person. Whatever. The “permanent” employee that was here when I got here, will most likely be putting in her 2 week notice soon. That leaves me…. STILL a temp…and STILL here. I wonder what they’ll do?