Nothing but Boringness

Oh, and I was also thinking while reading one of my friends' blogs that I am actually a very boring blogger. I cannot hold a candle to her style, her wit, her spunk. In person maybe, but not with the pen (or the keyboard, if you will). So I apologize, because reading hers makes me feel like I should go back to journaling..... perhaps.

Migraine + Stupid Boys = Crappy Day

Yup. Woke up with a migraine. Then I had an annoyingly deja-vous experience by being kind of stood up for a date. It just really sucks when you know that the reason the current experience is really bothering you is not because you care a lick about the current boy or the current plans, but that that is brings flooding back all the painful memories of the prior boy and the prior experience. But fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, right? No second chances to a flake - that's my lesson to apply to the current situation. Because in the end, they prove to be a flake, regardless of how much time passes. I'm too low maintenance, I let people (ok, just boys) walk all over me. Yet I don't know how to be high maintenance. It's quite a conundrum. What I need is an upstanding gentleman who actually appreciates what he's got (low maintenance is just a bonus!) so that it never occurs to him to walk all over my low-maintenance self. *sigh* haven't found that yet.

But, not to be too down on life, I want to give a quick shout out to one of my most favorite guys with whom I went kayaking today. Because that was definitely the highlight. :)

More Things I Miss

I came up with a few more things today:
I miss the super casual dress code (read: jeans and flips were ok)
I miss readmes (I never thought I would be saying that)
I miss my old supervisor
I miss user-friendly data, consistent data, blah blah basically I miss MACS data

Unfortunately I haven't come up with any other silver linings since yesterday.

Things I miss

So, it's a little after noon, I'm on my lunch break (translate - me sitting by myself at my computer with the door closed, with nothing to do because I forgot to bring a book). And I'm pretty much done with being here today. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to elaborate on yesterday's post.

Things I miss:
People to get coffee with
People to take "smoke breaks" with
People in general
Co-workers
Socialization in general
An office mate
Unix - I hate PC sas!
Knowing the data like the back of my hand
Well-formulated codebooks

But, so as not to leave things on a sour note, here are some silver linings:
A window that opens
A paycheck
A mini fridge in my office
Opportunity for improvement
Did I mention a paycheck? Yeah, that's pretty much the only thing keeping me sane right now.

One week down... only 40 more years to go

I'll try and post again tomorrow with more details about the new job (since people are harrassing me via this blog!! ;-p ) But all I have really wanted to say since Friday is that I miss Unix and I miss the MACS. I even miss JessieC. blargh.