I'm indefinitely employed, until they change their minds again.
I never did update, but I decided to accept the offer to extend at work. I figure I've got another year or two before the company decides to cut their losses and shut down the whole building. Or, you know, the call centre portion. The warehouse is still the main distribution centre for all of Canada, so I don't figure they'll be able to shut that down. On the other hand, they've started to weed out long-term and full-time employees who do work in the warehouse and replace them with people working through temp agencies. Means they don't have to pay them as much and they don't have to be benefits.
In another year and a half I'll have put in a sold 10 years, so my severance package should be better in the event that they do shut us down. They've also come forward and asked if I'd be willing to help with payroll after September, which, what? I don't have any idea how to do payroll! I'm a Data Entry clerk! I punch in numbers and answer emails all day! Plus, I don't get paid well enough to handle a job like payroll.
Whatever. It's unlikely, but maybe I'll get a raise. (when minimum wage goes up again, probably)
Okay, enough work-talk.
In family news, my sister just had another heart valve transplant. This is her third, she's almost 23. They're optimistic about this one, and considering she's just two and a half weeks out of surgery she's doing really well. Already up and about and chomping at the bit. We had to talk her out of going to see a movie last weekend when her lips started turning blue and her hands started shaking. We played Doctor Who Monopoly instead. I won.
In friends news, Leanna's getting married! The wedding is planned sometimes next year. First tentative date was March, then May, and now she's saying sometime in the fall? They're trying to movie into a bigger place, a townhouse or something, so they might need some extra time to save up enough funds. I'm super happy for her and Steve. He seems to make her genuinely happy, and he's a good guy. We talk about video games a lot when I'm able to make if out to Ottawa for a visit. I'm going to be the Maid of Honour, which is, yeah, an honour, but man. I don't even know what all my duties are outside of the bachelorette party. Google, don't fail me now.
In fandom news, I sunk back into the Marvel hole after I saw The Winter Soldier. Pretty sure it's not possible for a fangirl to go into that movie without leaving with seriously intense Bucky/Steve feelings. Which is weird, cause I was a casual Tony/Steve shipper up to this point and now I'm just like, "Ahahah, nope. Keep Stark away from those boys." Which is okay, cause Tony has become my fandom bicycle. Poor Tony. Just keep your mits off Steve. Also, started shipping Clint/Coulson, which is kind of weird and I don't even know how that happened, but I think I've gone through most of the fic on the AO3 tag. I keep meaning to watch Agents of SHEILD, 'cause Clark Greg, man. That man is all kinds of adorable.
A couple weeks ago I went and saw a live performance of Welcome to Nightvale. I don't think I've ever mentioned WTNV here? Anyways, so good. Worth the roughly $45 I paid for the ticket and then the gas to get there and driving through rush hour traffic in downtown Ottawa. I know going to see a liveshow of what's technically a podcast, even if it's more like an audiodrama, seems kind of weird, but you have no idea. It was a pretty awesome to see Cecil Baldwin actually on stage and interacting with the audience. The script was completely new.
But I have work tomorrow and I keep promising myself I'm going to go to bed at a decent hour. Jesus, it's eleven o'clock already.
In another year and a half I'll have put in a sold 10 years, so my severance package should be better in the event that they do shut us down. They've also come forward and asked if I'd be willing to help with payroll after September, which, what? I don't have any idea how to do payroll! I'm a Data Entry clerk! I punch in numbers and answer emails all day! Plus, I don't get paid well enough to handle a job like payroll.
Whatever. It's unlikely, but maybe I'll get a raise. (when minimum wage goes up again, probably)
Okay, enough work-talk.
In family news, my sister just had another heart valve transplant. This is her third, she's almost 23. They're optimistic about this one, and considering she's just two and a half weeks out of surgery she's doing really well. Already up and about and chomping at the bit. We had to talk her out of going to see a movie last weekend when her lips started turning blue and her hands started shaking. We played Doctor Who Monopoly instead. I won.
In friends news, Leanna's getting married! The wedding is planned sometimes next year. First tentative date was March, then May, and now she's saying sometime in the fall? They're trying to movie into a bigger place, a townhouse or something, so they might need some extra time to save up enough funds. I'm super happy for her and Steve. He seems to make her genuinely happy, and he's a good guy. We talk about video games a lot when I'm able to make if out to Ottawa for a visit. I'm going to be the Maid of Honour, which is, yeah, an honour, but man. I don't even know what all my duties are outside of the bachelorette party. Google, don't fail me now.
In fandom news, I sunk back into the Marvel hole after I saw The Winter Soldier. Pretty sure it's not possible for a fangirl to go into that movie without leaving with seriously intense Bucky/Steve feelings. Which is weird, cause I was a casual Tony/Steve shipper up to this point and now I'm just like, "Ahahah, nope. Keep Stark away from those boys." Which is okay, cause Tony has become my fandom bicycle. Poor Tony. Just keep your mits off Steve. Also, started shipping Clint/Coulson, which is kind of weird and I don't even know how that happened, but I think I've gone through most of the fic on the AO3 tag. I keep meaning to watch Agents of SHEILD, 'cause Clark Greg, man. That man is all kinds of adorable.
A couple weeks ago I went and saw a live performance of Welcome to Nightvale. I don't think I've ever mentioned WTNV here? Anyways, so good. Worth the roughly $45 I paid for the ticket and then the gas to get there and driving through rush hour traffic in downtown Ottawa. I know going to see a liveshow of what's technically a podcast, even if it's more like an audiodrama, seems kind of weird, but you have no idea. It was a pretty awesome to see Cecil Baldwin actually on stage and interacting with the audience. The script was completely new.
But I have work tomorrow and I keep promising myself I'm going to go to bed at a decent hour. Jesus, it's eleven o'clock already.