Musings

• It's always the few who fuck it up for the whole. My work building's administrators put up signs outside several weeks ago telling smokers to dispose of their cigarette butts in the cigarette urns and to not put out their cigarettes on the bulding. A very simple request, really, and one that I already (and many others) already followed. Because of the rain last week (or the week before), the signs have been taken down. Then, today, I see this usual crowd of people that smoke (that I know work in the call center on the third floor). And they were just throwing their butts on the ground, after putting them out on the building. It angered me so, because now I know some signs will more than likely be put up again. Grrr. I guess I could've told them something, but seeing as how these are people I don't work with, I thought I'd just be passive-aggressive and post about it.

• Work isn't slowing down much, as I hoped it would by the end of this month. And it's only going to get worse in the coming months because our resources are dwindling (read: three people in my department have quit in the past month, including the person who's last day is this Friday). I hope things don't go as badly as they did with our last hire (where we searched for about six months to fill the position). Oy. I shouldn't be as concerned as I am, but I am because 1) I've gotten more involved at work and 2) less workers doing more work means me having to work longer hours, and I've already been putting in more than 40 hours every week since mid-May. Again, oy.

• I need to aim at getting my car insurance and cell phone under my name. Currently, both are under my parents, and I just send them money every month for them. This is getting tedious (and gets many guilt calls from my parents, which I usually let go straight to voicemail and then don't return). So I think my goal for July will be to get me a new cell phone under my name that I pay for. I'll cover the car insurance in August, preferably after my birthday.

• Fresh food needs to come back into my life. Because of the over-workiness, my diet has suffered. I haven't eaten fresh fruit or vegetables since early May. The same goes for yogurt (which I used to have two cups per day). And I haven't made a meal from scratch in a while. Yet another goal for July and the coming months.