I like the system they have for the computers. It walks you through, step-by-step, as you progress with a call. The system provides you with suggessted scripting so you never really need to be at a loss. It helps provide you with questions to verify that you're selecting the correct price and has numerous tools for helping you find more information if needed. The calls aren't bad. You have your usual experience with people. Some are very fun to speak with, others are short-tempered and quick to hang up. No taking it personal, you just move on. Sometimes the call volume is crushing, other times it is leisurely.
Right now my biggest problem with work is that I'm not used to leaving Lisa and Lex (Caleb & Cassandra are still gone for this part of the summer) in the morning. I'm used to having time to play with Lex or chat with Lisa. Many times when I'm leaving for work they're just waking up, so that's rough. I miss them while I'm gone. I know that as I grow used to this my missing them will effect me less, but right now its quite poignant.
Meanwhile, Lisa and I are prepping for Caleb's birthday party... and we keep meeting roadblocks. The pirate theme is surprisingly difficult to find decorations for. Lisa found some great ones on line, but shipping is insane; it costs almost as much as the actual price for the items themselves! We're ok with spending $50 for great decorations... but another $40 (or so) on top of that, just for shipping? Hell no! Unfortunately our local party supply market has real crap for pirate decorations. We're piecing things together as much as possible, but we won't be having the party (visually) that we wanted.
We also adopted a stray cat this week, the one we've been feeding for a few weeks now. We've named her Lugosi (Lugo for short), and we're positive that she's pregnant and in heat (cats can go into heat again during pregnancy). We have her blocked off in a bathroom so she has a little room to roam (it seemed kinder than keeping her in the cat carrier), but we can't let her near Bella, in case Lugo has any diseases that might pass on to Bella. We have a vet appointment with an old family friend, Emily Gabriel (it was Emily Buck when we were in preschool together... I still forget sometimes) for Thursday. Hopefully she'll be able to shine some insight on what we'll need to do to get ready for all of this.
I haven't had much time for writing. Getting used to work and the sheer SPEED that things move at there have left me exhausted when I get home. I'd hoped to work on something tonight, but my day off is just vanishing so quickly. Hopefully I'll get something do this following week. I'm working more hours this week (total of 40), but that will actually give me more breaks, so maybe I won't feel as wiped out at the end of it. (It's crazy, I'm scheduled for 8 hours, but it will be more like 6 hours and 50 minutes at my work station, as oppossed to the 5 hours and 40 minutes for when I was scheduled for 6 hours.)
That's all for now. We'll get more later.
End of Demented Rambling.
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