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Dot Points

• I went to Texas at the beginning of September with the other managers from work. We helped a crew in Richardson train all their new employees and open up their new store. It was pretty fun, for real. I learned a lot and am now way comfortable with what is involved in this new store craziness. Plus I got to hang out with James and Zak.
• Oh! I got my management position at the new store. Same position, more or less, which I’m totally cool with
• I got too busy to reorganize my room.
• My leg still isn’t all the way healed, which is kind of gross.
• I’m seriously considering doing NaNoWriMo this year, depending on how much free time I have on my hands post-store-opening. I threatened to do it two years ago and never even found the time. But I can do it, right? RIGHT?
• My store opens in like a week and a half. A WEEK AND A HALF. Last night was orientation, so it feels official. We met a room full of new employees that are soon going to be working with us. It’s weird, but it’ll be fun. An adventure, right?
• I kind of miss Sukkot this year, due to aforementioned new store. I’ve never missed Sukkot before; I’ve always been able to get at least three or four days off work (my manager is awesome). I may get to spend one night down there this year. Sigh.

I think that’s all. I have WordPress on my iPhone now (heh heh heh) so my blogging should come WITH me from now on.

Are You Okay?

I really hate when people feel sorry for me.

Today I was doing a bit of rampaging. There was a couple of things that were really bugging me, and I was getting through it by just putting my head down and working hard today and not letting anything else get to me. I had two people notice that I was in a bit of a funk. One kept, every time I went past, asking me what was wrong. “What’s wrong? Are you okay? What’s the matter?”

“Nothing.”

The other just tried to make me laugh, and you know, it worked. By the time I was done working with this particular person, I was laughing and talking and I wasn’t really worried about what had been bothering me before.

Would you rather someone try and find out what’s wrong, or just help you treat the symptoms?

Full Name or Nickname

I was talking to a girl I work with today; we’ll call her Cassandra. She was telling me that someone we worked with had just called her “Cassie” instead of Cassandra.

“It wouldn’t be so weird if it was someone who I knew better,” she said. “Most everyone calls me Cassandra; it was just strange that he called me Cassie because nobody uses it. It feels too familiar.”

“That’s odd,” I replied. “I’m the exact opposite.”

Which is true. Most everyone calls me “Mel” or even “Meli.” Very few people use my full name, Melanie, unless I’m in serious trouble. It’s strange to me when people use my full name, especially strangers, because it seems weirdly personal.

Which are you? Would you rather people use a full name when they speak to you, or a nickname?

Two Thousand Nine

Happy New Year! And Happy New Blog, too!

Last year I made two New Year’s resolutions, and it was the first time I seriously attempted this. The first was personal, but I’d like to say that it was a partial success. In fact… not a bad job.

The second one I did share last year, and it was a wish to get my life moving again. Specifically, go to college. My first, knee-jerk reaction is that I failed on this completely, but the more I reflect back on it, the more I realized that I didn’t completely fail. No, I’m not in college. No, I’m not really any closer to going to college. No, I haven’t even taken another online class.

But it seems like the more that I push for it, the more I feel something pushing back. I know it sounds like a cop-out, but I’m starting to believe that I’m not supposed to be there just yet, for whatever reason. I’ve been focusing a lot on my job, and you know what? In the last year, I’ve gotten a major promotion and a three-dollar pay raise. For my first job, that’s not too bad. I’m management now, working full time. I have insurance.

This leads me up to next year’s resolutions.

1. A continuation of last year’s personal resolution. I hate to be secretive, but it’s not something I particularly enjoy talking about.
2. My license. It’s completely pathetic and inexcusable that I don’t have this (and a car) yet. Seriously.
3. Work towards moving out. I SO want to be independent; it’s just a matter of getting the money to do so. This will involve putting money into savings and keeping it there.
4. Create five terrific WordPress themes and give them away. If I want to someday do some freelance web design, I’ve got to get my  name out there.
5. Finish a novel. Whether this means finishing Seasons Past or putting down an idea I’ve had recently (actually LB and I are starting a writing contest with each other this month), I just need to write more.
6. Blog every day this year. If Amanda can do it, I can too.

So, six things. We’ll see how this goes, okay?

Dot Point Updates

Please don’t kill me for this.

• Sukkot was terriffic. We went (by ourselves, alas) to a campground in Sulphur OK and just had a nice relaxing time. It wasn’t “exciting” in the traditional sense of the word, but I got off work for six days, got to sleep in, got to stay up late, and I saw the Milky Way for the second time in my life.
• The Internet broke for a while. The good news is, when they sent us a replacement, it came with wireless… and my new computer (unlike the old one) came with WiFi!
• Work is going great. I honestly really love my job, even with all of its day-to-day frustrations.
• Dearma (my grandmother who I’m really close to) is coming down in December and staying clear through Hanukkah into January. Yippee!!
• It’s almost time to open up an email time capsule I sent three years ago, in 2005. Just a few more days! When I open it up, I’ll be sure to post something up here.

So between Sukkot and a broken Internet, you can see why I haven’t been around much. Everything’s working great now, though, so while this isn’t a promise I’ll be around more… I’ll try much much harder.