I take my test for the Certified Supply Chain Professional certification tomorrow. I am very good at tests, and I feel very comfortable with the information I have studied. However, I do not currently feel like I have studied all the material that will be covered on the test. This means I am a little stressed and still focusing on studying. This test is NOT inexpensive, and while re-taking it is less expensive, it’s still aread more…
I acknowledge that this post is going up late enough on Sunday night, that for some of my readers, it is actually Monday morning. This last week was not hugely productive for me. But hopefully I got my “bum” week out of the way, and I will be able to be more productive with my time from now on. However, the first few days of this coming week will be focused on studying for my professionalread more…
Today is day 3 of my administrative leave. I know that’s much time, but I have already come to the conclusion that I am bad at this. I had this idea for how I was going to manage my time, for everything I was going to get done, and so far, not happening. Blog posts have gone up late. I’ve done very little of my Coursera course work. I need to do a lot more studyingread more…
You know how I kept talking about doing analysis on my project based on my Computational Finance class? Not happening this month. Today was my first real day of administrative leave, and while I spent it productively (applying for jobs, watching lectures for a Coursera course, and going to the dog park), I barely managed to check the stock prices and to decide what new stock I wanted to invest in this month. The new stockread more…
Today I finally pulled the trigger and bought myself a new laptop. I have been wanting one for a while, and CostCo had a great deal, so boom- new laptop. My intent is for this laptop to replace my desktop- eventually. I have to move everything over, which may take me a while (well, not really once I set up a shared folder on the laptop, but still…) Other than that, it’s been a fairly quietread more…
Today’s post should have been my stock project update, but I haven’t had the time to do the analysis of it that I want to, so instead, you get to hear a little more about my lay off planning. I found out earlier this week that my current employer will be paying out bonuses related to 2012. Those of us whose positions have been selected for elimination will still be receiving that bonus. Through a bitread more…
My boss is hoping that after this week, I only have to come into the office once or twice more. I had put together a schedule that had me in the office only three days next week, but she made a comment that I might not even need to come in that much. (I do need to come in Monday, I know that right now.) The thing is, is that while I am the person whoread more…
It has not been a good week. Tuesday, with the exception of a lovely birthday dinner with friends at our favorite Indian restaurant, was really one of the worst days I’ve ever had. It started with my finding out I need a root canal (the least awful of the awful things), and finished with making the decision to say goodbye to Howie dog. I feel like there are a ton of things I need to doread more…
Late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, we said goodbye to our foster dog, Howie. He was an old dog with ever increasing health issues, though his actual decline was very sudden, and we weren’t quite prepared for it. The fact that he had only been with us for 14 months, and that he wasn’t “officially” ours did not make the decision any easier. The conversations were tear filled, and I will miss seeing him at the doorread more…
I promised on Thursday that I’d write a post about the financial side of my layoff. Let’s start with the fact that while I did propose that my boss eliminate my position last September, I did not engineer my layoff. I am not going to “retire” early. Nor am I using this as an opportunity to start writing/blogging full time. Not that I couldn’t do those things. Well, I couldn’t retire early. No way do weread more…
