Dangers of a Sit Down Job

It has taken me the longest time to get used to sitting around for most of the day doing computer work and not running around and standing most of the day as I have for the past 9.5 years.

Danger 1: Inactivity

Danger 2: Candy.

I have gotten to be so bad. I bought Easter candy on Monday to put on my desk for everyone else. It all disappeared before I came in this morning. With a bit of my help. But I also have my own stash in my drawer. I'm trying to be good, or else I'll end up gaining weight again like I did the semester I just sat around and wrote papers for a good portion of the day and ate Hobnobs. Oooooh Hobnobs!

So those are the two dangers.

Beyond that. It is a beautiful day out and I'm having a hard time doing work. I managed to open an ancient window in one of the offices off of mine. It took some muscle.

But back to work for me. :) Ciao

Down time

There's a lot of down time at work right now since it's spring break. I've been told to bring a book since there isn't much going on.

So I've got my book and I've been trolling game sites. I had no idea there was a new GROW game! It came out in January. I absolutely love these games. http://www.eyezmaze.com is the link to follow.

They're so much fun. The combinations you can get are really cool. So check them out if you're having some down time at work today too ;)

There is life after College

I haven't posted in about a week, obviously. I work at a little retail store and the Christmas season is upon us. I'm working a lot of hours so my posts will most likely be spotty until after New Years.

Well to continue a part of the story from my last post...

I happened to see the mother of one girl that I had graduated High School with over the summer in the store that I work. Her husband happens to be a Graphic Designer (which is what my degree is in). She mentioned to me that they knew someone who graduated in 2007 in that field and how much trouble he had finding a job. Apparently he applied to over 1,000 different positions before he even got one call back for an interview. (Sadly the husband wasn't looking for any new hires, or else I would have jumped right on that).

How's that for inspiration?

Now, it's not that bad for everyone. Just for the majority of us.

Currently the two positions that I'm hanging hope on are on a hiring freeze until after the holidays. So I will not even have a glimmer of an answer until mid-January at the earliest.

I need to continue searching for jobs, but I haven't been able to keep up with it this month. So come January I'll restart my goal of applying to 5 new positions every week.

If I don't post again before Christmas...have a merry one :)