Okay Vox world, I am asking for your help. In a mere 17 days, we'll be headed out to UT for a week of shredding (hopefully only snow and not knees). So what I need to know is if you've been to PC, is there a spot that's a must see or something that is a must do while there? We're a crazy bunch so all suggestions are welcome. Thanks!!
Month: December 2007
INGRATE!
I'm sitting here at my desk at work and I receive an email from someone here in the company that I don't recognize. It was obviously sent to many people. The email went something like this:
Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to report to the 5th floor to pick up a package. We cannot tell you what is in the package, you must pick it up yourself to find out. The codeword is "Service Award".
I was slightly confused by this little note. Not only by its level of vagueness, but by the fact that today, or this month, or even this year is nothing special. I started through a temp agency on 1/4/06 and was hired on permanently on 4/13/06. Seeing as how I just can't stand to not know things, I chose to accept the mission.
I went into stealth mode and took the silent (but deadly) route to the 5th floor. I dodged cleaning crew to get there, but I made it. Under the cover of florescent lights, I gave the codeword and received my package. I left the dungeon of doom to return to the sanctuary that is my desk. I now have in my hands two things: a small, flat, white container approximate 5" by 6" and a slightly larger black container measuring 7" by 4" by 5". I decide that good things come in small packages (quite like myself) and open the white container first. It is a card. I open it and to my surprise it reads like this:
Dear MiamiShyner,
Warmest congratulations on your 1st year Anniversary with Company XYZ! Your dedication and commitment are an important part of our success.
We wish you health, happiness and continued success in the years to come!
XYZ Corporation – 2007
Right about now, you may be thinking the same thing that I was thinking as I read those words: Did I forget how to do math? I mean, I know that I'm not a "degreed professional" but I can still do the easy stuff like add.
The second container had a one year anniversary pin and a lovely pen set. Super! Man I am one ungrateful bitch.
How old are you anyways?!?!
I think that I've mentioned before that people always mistake me for much younger than I am. (I get asked for ID for booze and sometimes lottery, and once, quite recently, I was asked if I was old enough to drive.) I should take this as a compliment. Mostly I do. When I'm with my mom, people think that we are sisters and when I'm with my daughter people also think we are sisters. I think when all three of us are together, people just don't know what to think.
Yesterday, Lovey took Kiddo to the dentist for me as I had a work function to attend. I am familiar with the people in the office and on our first visit, they mistook Kiddo for my sister. We cleared that up. Usually, I go into the room with Kiddo and talk to the dentist, mainly because he's a funny guy. Lovey chose to stay in the waiting room while Kiddo went in.
I think there may have been a new hygenist because the regular one knows me. The new hygenist asked Kiddo, "What does your brother do?" I can only imagine the confused look on her face because the hygenist clarified herself by mentioning 'your brother who's outside waiting for you'. If I know my Kiddo, she laughed directly in this woman's face before explaining who Lovey is.
We will be young forever!!
A hummer in the bathroom
Ha! Got your attention didn't it?
Here's what this is really about. Here at work, I had an overwhelming urge to use the ladies room. I power-walked out to the restrooms only to find that a member of the cleaning staff happened to have chosen that moment to do a little afternoon touch-up cleaning. Could I have gone to a restroom on another floor? Yes. Would I have made it with dry pants? Probably not. So, in I go and I take care of business.
Now, I don't know if she was humming to cover the sound of me taking a tinkle, but she was humming nonetheless. Here's the kicker: she was humming "If I Only Had A Brain". You know, from The Wizard Of Oz. I wonder what she fills in the blanks with after the title. 🙂