Bloggy has been kind of dead lately because I started my job at the USPS last week. I am a Customer Support Technician and that means I work at the help desk call center in Eagan in a huge building and we take most of the tech support phone calls for all of the USPS locations in the US, including Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc. It’s pretty exciting and not as official as that sounds. The coworkers I’ve been talking to give me advice like “Sound like you know what you are doing.” “Bullshit your way through.” “They [the person on the phone] don’t know what they are doing either.” “The knowledgebase is your best friend.” “Know what people are good at what apps and ask them questions.”
Worst thing right now is I have to get up at 6 and have a long commute, 25 miles. In the morning I get there in about 1/2 hour but in the afternoon the traffic is heavier so it takes an hour or so to get home. Its totally worth it though because they pay very well, have good benefits, great job security, opportunity to move up, and everyone I work with is really nice. When I’m done with training in 3 more weeks I will start at 9 instead of 8 so I can get up at 7 and that will help.
Tom and I are going to start looking at apartments/rent townhomes soon, we are both antsy to move out of our parents’ houses. We have some certain specific townhomes in mind that we have been interested in for months. I will be saving for a new car too so I am not sure yet what will come first, car or aptmt. If aptmt comes first Tom has a car that I can use until next spring. He takes the bus to the U so we need to find somewhere by a bus route for him. His car is a little nicer than the one I’m using right now but I still realllllly want a new one, I’m looking at the cheapy cars like Honda civic, nissan versa, toyota corolla, hyundai accent. Requirements are GOOD MILEAGE, automatic transmission, power windows, keyless entry, AC, and a plug-in for my iPod. A compass in the mirror would be nice too since I have a tendency to get lost… Really demanding I know.
As for wedding right now we are trying to get a photographer friend of Tom’s sister… she will work for us outside of her studio but someone else is considering her for our date and so we wait to see if she will be free.
Here is a picture of the building I work in, click for enlargement
