work has been very good. my project is, i think, finished for now. though i was told today that there are 60 more boxes to go, coming in increments of ten. and i guess someone wants it done by the end of august and my boss was telling me not to worry because he doesn’t seriously expect me to get it done that fast. and i was like, why not? i’m awesome! (that’s my new catchphrase.) i can totally get it done by then. he didn’t believe me, which is probably good, coz i guess i can’t really get it done that fast, but still. it’s good to appear confident, right? something about this job (or maybe a summer alone) has done a lot for my confidence and self esteem. i really do feel like i can do the impossible, and i’m not afraid to say so. on the other hand, i’ve also become more of a bitch, i think. i don’t hold back when i’m feeling optimistic, but i’ve also become less likely to bite my tongue when someone or something is pissing me off.
but lest you think i’ve gone all extrovert suddenly, i’d still much prefer to kick ass in the subbasement rather than rock faces at the circ desk. while the clientele is much better than the previous batch – for the most part – i would way rather be alone and listening to my mp3 player, away from prying eyes, where i can wear my lip ring (yes, my supervisor got permission for me, and i can wear it as long as no one complains) and kerchief (i can wear it as long as i’m not at the desk).
despite being insanely sore all week, i am still feeling invincible. we got new pillows and a mattress pad, which has helped with the soreness a lot. but no matter how crappy i feel, it all still gets done somehow. and then i come home and do more. i feel like a new person. i never would have thought i was the kind of worker who actually cared about doing a good job and working hard. i never thought that i’d wake up feeling like i wanted to stay home, and not only go into work anyway, but not drag my ass once i get there. i know all these work posts sound a lot like bragging, but i’m really amazed at the change in myself.
also, at one of the many meetings i went to today (okay, there were only two, but it felt like a lot), i got volunteered to research the feasibility of access training, and also to train staff on html. this was the first meeting i’ve ever been to for this committee, and i’ve already got a full plate. i’m excited about it, though! i used to dread this stuff. but i’m going to be running a training session. how cool is that? the chairguy asked if i’d look into the access thing, and i said sure, and then he asked if i’d worked with it for school, and i said i hadn’t worked with it at all. but it was okay because i can do anything, you know? i’m great like that. (unfortunately, i don’t think any of these people know me well enough to know i’m actually a puddle of insecure goo, so they may all actually think that i think i’m completely full of myself. fortunately, i’m too awesome to care what they think.) so i’m going ahead with it. then html training was brought up, and he asked if i wouldn’t run the session for that, and i was like, okay, i know i said i could do anything, but standing up in front of people is not one of those things. i couldn’t let everyone think i was less great than i’d claimed, though, so i agreed to do it. besides, some people are under the impression that i’m a web developer with mad skillz. (i wonder where they came up with that idea?)
so it was a(nother) very good day. and, also, usf gave me a $1000 grant for the year, just because. seriously, i didn’t apply for it, so i don’t know why they gave it to me. because i’m so awesome, i guess.