Seasonal got a full time job near her family. They hired her even before I returned my reference phonecall, which was a relief because I'd really like for her to be gainfully employed elsewhere; I don't wish for unemployment even upon the dumbest of schmucks, and I'd like to move on from her and paying her.
Set up my intern and the ED to discuss full time employment. He'd asked me to ask her what her asking wage was and I told him I didn't feel comfortable doing that, especially since I'm not the head of the department and knowing wages isn't in my purview. I also don't want to know if what she needs to make to pay off her college loans is more than I make. I might cry (and am glad again that at least my three years in hell paid for my undergrad degree and I never had to deal with student loans).
Fingers crossed that I get an awesome coworker. I don't know if she's been shopping around, although she's smart and most probably has. Don't go!!!
I'm still pleased as punch that her hard-assed professor was impressed with what she was doing with me at the arboretum, and the variety of work she was doing and the responsibility I was giving her. I was kind of terrified that I was abusing her unpaid internship status with too much work. We've still got some admin nonsense to do, and some offsite networking/fieldtrips, which will be fun, but I'll have to carefully schedule that in the few weeks remaining.
I'm also really impressed that this professor is really hard on me and making sure that this internship is an actual internship, and not just letting the both of us bullshit him to make our lives easier, and that it really is benefiting the intern. Because that's the whole point of being unpaid.
Fingers crossed.
That sounds pretty good either way, Suzi!
Big picture, yep. But taking over 3 hours away from work, including missing a project review call...frustrating. No one has yelled at me and I'm trying to catch up on as much as I can now.
Oh, it is a beautiful day today. Clear skies, top down on the Mustang, and time with my son. Oh, and a nice sunburn cause I forgot I have sunscreen in the back seat. Dur.
Beautiful days are nice, but they can't really make up for mechanic/car issues. Glad it was easily resolved though.
So tired. I only snuck in one nap after only sleeping 4 last night and all the crap I did today. Think I've gotten over my current phone-avoidance (of course, that comes with me getting over my writing big-checks aversion- hey, go ahead, take more of my money!)
In summary, mmph.
bear
"A bear? Bears are sweet. Besides, you ever see a bear with forty foot feet?"
On my way home tonight a driver was so determined to refuse to let me merge that he bumped the car in front of him. Hello, instant karma.
Dragons? No scorch marks. Usually, they're linked. Manticore? Imaginary. Griffin? Extinct.
The latest Tarzan report had lots of tech questions (two for lighting!)from the Q&A:
Why was Tarzan so sad, do the gorilla costume pieces include real fur, how does the set on the back wall change to different colors (which Kyle graciously demonstrated!), how do we find actors to be in the play, how do the spotlights work, where do the sounds come from, are any of the props on wheels, how did they make all the green stuff that Tarzan swings on, how did we get the green fabric tied up high on the sides of the house.
Nice!
Okay, so need some advice. I have friends who are a couple. When it was my birthday, we went out for dinner (with others), and they gave me a joint gift. The two of them have birthdays within a week of each other and the same group that went out for my birthday is going out for their joint birthday (along with one of the other people in the group whose birthday is also within a week). What's the etiquette here? I'm thinking that I just get each of them a little something and call it a day, or should they get a joint gift?
