Slow morning at the office, and no one really seems to want to get down to work. Fine by me! we’ve got the company “Holiday Dinner” today, which means a free roast beef meal for lunch (best advice from cow-orkers: “DON’T EAT THE SHRIMP SALAD!”). Incidentally, yesterday I applied for two positions here, one of which seems tailored to me: they’re looking for someone with a masters in chemical engineering who has experience with scale-up and a familiarity with a GMP environment. Hey, that’s me! Of course, there’s not a lot of chance that I’ll hear back from them, but hope springs eternal.
So, now we have snow in the forecast. Not a big deal, only 1-3 inches (though I note that while CBS 2 is saying 4-7 inches, the National Weather Service and Tom Skilling are sticking with 1-3). The big problem is that the heaviest snow is supposed to be late afternoon/early evening, which is to say, evening rush hour. Bring the pain! I’d leave early, or at least I’d have taken the train, except I have a doctor’s appointment at 4 PM in Lincolnshire. I figure if I get home by 7 PM, I’ll be doing good.
Hmm. Not much going on tonight – some leftovers for dinner, and the penultimate episode of Survivor for the season. I was revisiting some old episodes over at my favorite reality-show-snark website, Television Without Pity, and I came across this amusing comment in this week’s Amazing Race recaplet:
At any rate, a defensive posture for the finale — Anybody But The Weavers — is my personal plan. Because the season has already been boring and confusing, and if those people win a million dollars, it will become unspeakably evil.
Yeah, I think I can agree with that.
I hope you don’t have one of those situations where it costs them a whole lot more to hire you because they already have you as a temp, so they’ll only consider others. I’ve been in that situation, and it’s irritating as… horseflies.
Fortunately, no. I’m technically a contractor, and while there might be a slight fee to Manpower involved in hiring me on full-time, I think the amount isn’t enough to actively make them seek other candidates.
I’ve et the shrimp salad. It stands a decent chance of not killing you 😉 I also recommend ganking a piece of the pumpkin cheesecake!
Heh. Everyone says we should go over to the Taj Mahal for lunch. “They get real potatoes – we get stuff from a box!”
Taj Mahal? I’m not even familiar with that place, but the name sounds promising! Only Indian food I’ve had in the area was up in Gurnee, and while it was quite tasty, it lacked samosas and pakoras!
Oops. Sorry, I thought that was common terminology. Taj Mahal = AP6 🙂
Huh. 5 years, and I’ve never heard that 😉 They’ve been holding out on those of us here in the East Park boonies 😉
As I said in the begining, I’ve actually met Walter from the team from Park Ridge, the Bransens (When I was working AT&T installing cable modems). I didn’t actually talk with him much, or hang out or anything, but I’m rooting for them, Walter’s a nice guy.
The Florida team, the good christians will understand if they loose, it’s all God’s will. *pffffffffft* Right!