The exercise:
Today is the 8th anniversary of our wedding. Of course I'm working, but Kat and I will be going out to dinner (without the kids) as soon as we can manage it.
Anyway, write two haiku that have something to do with: eight.
Sunday July 29th, 2018
The exercise:
As promised yesterday, today we write about: pros and cons.
Probably my last in-post contribution for the foreseeable future. I'll try not to disappoint.
Mine:
So I've got a new job, just not the one I was initially hoping/aiming for. Let's have a little look at how things ended up, from my point of view.
Pro: I've got a job! A permanent, year round job!
Con: Unlike the utility worker position, it's not full time. That means no benefits.
Con: I'm missing out on the final two months of my cleaning position contract, which is a higher paying, more hours per pay period job.
Pro: No more ten hour days. No more four on, four off. In a typical week I'll work two six hour days, two four hour days, and one eight hour day.
Con: Again, that means fewer hours per paycheque.
Con: At a lower pay rate than what I'm making at Public Works. Can you see where my hesitation was in applying for this job yet?
Pro: The new job has a pay range and they're starting me at the top of it, so the pay cut is actually fairly minimal. I didn't find this out for sure though until they offered me the job.
Pro: With me working fewer hours, and on a consistent schedule, that means spending less money on babysitters and more time for Kat to book clients and promote her counselling business.
Con: It's a desk job for the most part, so I'll be fairly stationary (other than when I'm running programs with the kids, like floor hockey and basketball and whatever else they want me to do). No more walking around outside on nice days, working on my ta-aahhh, my um... fitness. Bicep curling garbage bags and stuff.
Pro: The weight room and gymnasium will be nearby on the five days a week I'll be working at the community centre. That means no excuses not to make use of them. I might even end up in better shape compared to working the cleaning job. Speaking of which...
Pro: No more cleaning public washrooms.
And... game over. But also...
Pro: The community centre has always felt the most like home to me out of the four locations within town I've worked. I like the people there a lot. This is where I'd rather be working, and I'll be doing what I'd rather be doing. That, really, was what settled things in the end for me.
Today was day eight. Only seven more work days to go before the switch.
As promised yesterday, today we write about: pros and cons.
Probably my last in-post contribution for the foreseeable future. I'll try not to disappoint.
Mine:
So I've got a new job, just not the one I was initially hoping/aiming for. Let's have a little look at how things ended up, from my point of view.
Pro: I've got a job! A permanent, year round job!
Con: Unlike the utility worker position, it's not full time. That means no benefits.
Con: I'm missing out on the final two months of my cleaning position contract, which is a higher paying, more hours per pay period job.
Pro: No more ten hour days. No more four on, four off. In a typical week I'll work two six hour days, two four hour days, and one eight hour day.
Con: Again, that means fewer hours per paycheque.
Con: At a lower pay rate than what I'm making at Public Works. Can you see where my hesitation was in applying for this job yet?
Pro: The new job has a pay range and they're starting me at the top of it, so the pay cut is actually fairly minimal. I didn't find this out for sure though until they offered me the job.
Pro: With me working fewer hours, and on a consistent schedule, that means spending less money on babysitters and more time for Kat to book clients and promote her counselling business.
Con: It's a desk job for the most part, so I'll be fairly stationary (other than when I'm running programs with the kids, like floor hockey and basketball and whatever else they want me to do). No more walking around outside on nice days, working on my ta-aahhh, my um... fitness. Bicep curling garbage bags and stuff.
Pro: The weight room and gymnasium will be nearby on the five days a week I'll be working at the community centre. That means no excuses not to make use of them. I might even end up in better shape compared to working the cleaning job. Speaking of which...
Pro: No more cleaning public washrooms.
And... game over. But also...
Pro: The community centre has always felt the most like home to me out of the four locations within town I've worked. I like the people there a lot. This is where I'd rather be working, and I'll be doing what I'd rather be doing. That, really, was what settled things in the end for me.
Today was day eight. Only seven more work days to go before the switch.
Saturday July 28th, 2018
The exercise:
Write a four line poem about: tying it all together.
Hmm? What's going on down there? Certainly not a four line poem of any sort.
Well, haven't seen that around these parts in a while. Let's gather round and watch Marc finally explain himself...
Mine:
I have referenced what I'm about to explain in so many prompts that I could probably spend the whole night tracking them down in order to shed light on them. Instead I'll just try to hit on the major points from the past three months or so, and the past week in particular.
So let us begin with a welcome surprise. I was working at the community centre when a couple came in to use the weight room. The husband had recently retired from Public Works, the wife had retired from Town Hall but is still covering shifts through the relief pool. She'd worked that week and mentioned that she saw that I was on the newest seniority list that had just come out.
I said "You what now?"
Because I'd been told that the cleaning job would not gain me seniority. But, because I was already employed by the town before I began, it did. Wish I'd known that was the case while I was doing it, but still happy news.
Great, I can now apply for internal postings. I'm near the bottom of the list but I'm still there, waiting for a job opening.
Except I'm not just waiting. Because I spoke with the director of Public Works while covering the clerk job there and he mentioned he's got a full time, year round, permanent job awaiting budget approval. It's a utility person position and he tells me they'd like someone with plumbing and/or carpentry experience to add to the crew.
So I found an online plumbing course and finished it. Then, because the job still hasn't been posted, I do a carpentry course. And I wait. Because they've updated the job description and need union sign off on it, but the town is flooding and nobody is available to meet. So much red tape.
At long last the job is posted. I get an interview. I wait for their decision. I do not enjoy said wait. And... I don't get the job. It came down to me and one other guy, and he had more seniority.
Disappointing.
Except that guy worked at the community centre. And now his job needs to be filled. So here we go again. At least this time it's a quick turn around, as they need to replace him as fast as possible. And, surprise, the initial posting is internal only.
So I apply, expecting to get another interview. "You again" is what I figure they'll say when I walk in to the room for my second interview in as many weeks. But I'm also fairly certain that I'll be the only person with seniority to apply for the position, so it feels like the writing is on the wall. Which also makes it a little difficult to continue doing my current job. I figure the interview will be a mere formality, but I'm trying not to get overconfident.
Turns out? My interview was a phone call that mostly involved offering me the job.
I begin August 11th.
I'll get into the pros and cons tomorrow but for now... I hope it was worth the wait.
Write a four line poem about: tying it all together.
Hmm? What's going on down there? Certainly not a four line poem of any sort.
Well, haven't seen that around these parts in a while. Let's gather round and watch Marc finally explain himself...
Mine:
I have referenced what I'm about to explain in so many prompts that I could probably spend the whole night tracking them down in order to shed light on them. Instead I'll just try to hit on the major points from the past three months or so, and the past week in particular.
So let us begin with a welcome surprise. I was working at the community centre when a couple came in to use the weight room. The husband had recently retired from Public Works, the wife had retired from Town Hall but is still covering shifts through the relief pool. She'd worked that week and mentioned that she saw that I was on the newest seniority list that had just come out.
I said "You what now?"
Because I'd been told that the cleaning job would not gain me seniority. But, because I was already employed by the town before I began, it did. Wish I'd known that was the case while I was doing it, but still happy news.
Great, I can now apply for internal postings. I'm near the bottom of the list but I'm still there, waiting for a job opening.
Except I'm not just waiting. Because I spoke with the director of Public Works while covering the clerk job there and he mentioned he's got a full time, year round, permanent job awaiting budget approval. It's a utility person position and he tells me they'd like someone with plumbing and/or carpentry experience to add to the crew.
So I found an online plumbing course and finished it. Then, because the job still hasn't been posted, I do a carpentry course. And I wait. Because they've updated the job description and need union sign off on it, but the town is flooding and nobody is available to meet. So much red tape.
At long last the job is posted. I get an interview. I wait for their decision. I do not enjoy said wait. And... I don't get the job. It came down to me and one other guy, and he had more seniority.
Disappointing.
Except that guy worked at the community centre. And now his job needs to be filled. So here we go again. At least this time it's a quick turn around, as they need to replace him as fast as possible. And, surprise, the initial posting is internal only.
So I apply, expecting to get another interview. "You again" is what I figure they'll say when I walk in to the room for my second interview in as many weeks. But I'm also fairly certain that I'll be the only person with seniority to apply for the position, so it feels like the writing is on the wall. Which also makes it a little difficult to continue doing my current job. I figure the interview will be a mere formality, but I'm trying not to get overconfident.
Turns out? My interview was a phone call that mostly involved offering me the job.
I begin August 11th.
I'll get into the pros and cons tomorrow but for now... I hope it was worth the wait.
Friday July 27th, 2018
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about something that is: worth the wait.
Write four lines of prose about something that is: worth the wait.
Friday July 20th, 2018
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose that have something to do with: water.
Write four lines of prose that have something to do with: water.
Thursday July 19th, 2018
The exercise:
Write about: honey.
This week's prompts are inspired by Miles, by the way.
The last two days? Well, he's decided that he's the only sweetie in our house. So when Kat calls me or Max sweetie he declares, quite seriously, "You not sweetie, I'm sweetie." And sometimes he adds, 'You not sweetie, you honey."
Yup.
Write about: honey.
This week's prompts are inspired by Miles, by the way.
The last two days? Well, he's decided that he's the only sweetie in our house. So when Kat calls me or Max sweetie he declares, quite seriously, "You not sweetie, I'm sweetie." And sometimes he adds, 'You not sweetie, you honey."
Yup.
Friday July 13th, 2018
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about something that is: intolerable.
Write four lines of prose about something that is: intolerable.
Thursday July 12th, 2018
The exercise:
Before July gets away from us, let us return to Empires.
Edit: Sorry this went up earlier, I guess I messed up the time. Anyway, I finally got around to adding to last month's entry.
Before July gets away from us, let us return to Empires.
Edit: Sorry this went up earlier, I guess I messed up the time. Anyway, I finally got around to adding to last month's entry.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)