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Yes, I'm still pregnant.

Ok, I know most of you are not going to feel sorry for me here. Everyone has a shitty job. I know. Mine is driving me out of my mind though. Before I got this promotion to computers, I was a tax specialist. That basically meant that I spent all day talking to taxpayers, and fixing their screw-ups, and when they couldn't be fixed, telling them to cough up the money or we wouldn't let them sell their house. it was kinda annoying, but it was busy. Then, I decided that I didn't want to do that forever (and it takes forever to get promoted, or to move around or whatever) so I got myself a computer programming job instead.

I don't know anything about computers. The last programming class I had had was in 6th grade in Basic on a Commodore 64 (I think). but, I got myself hired. and a raise upwards of $500 a month. I worked my ass off, and now I know some programming.

BUT No one will give me any work to do!!!!!! Everything right now is tied up in committees. No one will decide what actually needs done, and let us do it. And, I still can't work by myself, because there's a lot of front end stuff that I haven't been introduced to yet (Hello server, my name is Katie). But, I'm going out of my mind here. Seriously. losing brain cells by the day. My work ethic has gone to crap. I used to be GOOD at what I did. I cared. I don't anymore. I don't do anything. And it's getting worse, since they know I'm leaving soon. Here are some of the things I've done in the last weeks:

searched google for a zebra print scrapbook paper and scaled it down for a friend who is volunteering for a dinner theatre for her daughter's swing choir. She's using it for decorations.

modified a JavaScript trivia quiz for my husband who needs it for a semester project for a class he's taking. I originally wrote it about my daughter when I was teaching myself stuff. Now it's for the Beatles. Yes, that's cheating. But so is taking an entire online class for him, and I'm've done that before too.

helped same friend from above with another Paint Shop type of decoration thing she needed.

tried to decide what my birth announcements should look like.

cleaned out my desk

backed up all my digital scrapbook files, and elements to disk, so I can do it from home if I feel like it

played websudoku ad finitum

balanced my checkbook and paid bills.

read countless blogs

googled a bunch of former classmates. I can't find anyone. I came from a small town though. I'm not surprised. We didn't even have computer classes or anything, so I'm not sure they are even on the internet.

I can't even remember. It's all too boring

If it weren't for the money, I'd have to go insane. But, that's pretty good. Sometimes I feel guilty. Most of the time I'm just bored. What are some good things to do while you should be working, that you can do and no one will know your screwing off?

(Okay, so I'm a little late asking for advice seeing as how I'm've only got 2 1/2 work days left, but I'm not expecting it to be any better after I get back either)

P.S. I'm taking some more computer classes in the fall, so I'm can possibly have a chance to transfer out of this job eventually. Anyone know any good COBOL or JCL books I could teach myself with until then?

Posted by ktjrdn at 10:54 CDT

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