Things I've learned in 2008 and 2009

warning: serious snarkiness to follow

1. never work onsite at a client
you'd think it wouldn't be that bad, that'd you just have to be on your best behavior. nope, the worst part is that you have no "work posse." no friends to talk to, no one to go to lunch with - and pretty much constantly feeling like the outsider. in retrospect, probably not the best position for someone who's achille's hell (i mean, heel) is feeling like they don't belong.

while people at least smile in the halls here,i can't tell you the number of meetings i've sat in where someone will say "oh, we've got new people!" they then have the new people (me) intro themselves but neglect to introduce the rest of the people in the room.

another fun part of this is when i intro myself to someone they say "oh, i'm david so and so" but no explanation of what dept they work in. excuse me, david, i've never heard of you so while you think you're damn special, how 'bout you tell me what you actually do here.

2. a boss that's not around isn't always a good thing
my boss doesn't live here, and he works out of three different states.while i certainly sympathize, i also get no attention. if i knew how to do my job, that would be swell. alas, shock and awe, i dn't know what i'm doing so i spend a lot of time sitting in my cube, IMing w/ leah or gina, yapping to mom; while pondering how stupid i feel. fun times.

3. fostering a dog ain't easy
have tried it twice. have failed twice, and not in the joking "i failed b/c i adopted the dog" way. at least the last one is still alive, and my nickname is no longer "doggie hospice."

4. 32 feels old
i'm talking eggs drying out in the ovaries old. dating someone 28 doesn't exactly help, although it's not a big contributing factor. more annoying and detrimental are the incessant marriage and kid updates from people on facebook. i understand it's prob b/c they have nothing else to talk about, but really - find a new topic!

5. much like buying a new car, never go work for a company that hasn't fully developed the new technology they say they have
think this one is pretty self-explanatory

hmm think that's all for now. if i write any more i might be too beat down to function.