Working Long Hours Again

I finally got assigned to a project last week. That's the thing about my line of work I guess. It's either you're really busy or you're really slow...no in between and constant hours. So since I've started this project, I haven't been able to get my new Plasma delivered since I'm not home. I had rescheduled the delivery for this Wednesday but my project is not going to be over by then so I've asked that old subletter of mine if he could come and hang out in my apartment on Wednesday to wait for my TV. He said yes...so he's at least good for something...he'll probably also come by to fix the bar on my bed that we determined could be fixed by just welding some metal together.

I hope this project ends soon...or at least slows down so I don't have to work late or weekends...see how hard it is to work these hours when you're not used to it anymore.

3.06PM

God time does not move when you're having no fun at all. I've been sitting in the office all day and now I'm bored out of my mind. Actually today has been a more productive day than others. In the morning, I managed to buy about 5 items on the internet. Normally, I just keep browsing and browsing and don't buy yet cause I'm afraid I'll find a better deal somewhere else. Today was not the case. I decided that I haven't done anything all last week and this week, so finally, I decide that I need to start buying stuff or I'll never do it. My credit card is really hurting this week!

Let's see, a laptop, a plasma tv, slippers, toilet paper holder, canisters, dvd player, on top of my regular shopping...boy I'm broke. This was starting as a bored blog and has not turned into a depressing, I'm so broke blog.

Well, this killed 9 minutes...I can now feel my day has been completed cause I've blogged.

Free Stuff at Time Square

Walking around time square today during lunch, there are lots of things to be given out. We walked by and they were giving out samples of CK1...I guess it was for the new opening of Hard Rock. Then on the way back to the office, there's a stand that's giving away 1.5L of Lemonade. Not so bad...of course we go up and grab one. Even though I don't drink Lemonade, I figured someone in the office would like it. The girl I'm with goes on to say that she always gets free stuff on her way in to work. They just hand them out on the streets. How crazy is that? Maybe if you're lucky, you won't have to buy groceries...but doubt it.

Subletting

I don't know if it's just me or if other people out there think that if you were to sublet your place to someone you would expect to have it returned to you the same as you left it. Meaning...when you return, there should no longer be items of theirs in your place, the apartment should be clean and things unmoved and unbroken. Is that not the norm these days?

Of course to my surprize, I open the door to my studio apartment in NYC and find a bike starring me in the face right in the entrance. Let me say now...my apartment is only 460sf. Anyways, fine, a bike, not so bad, so I walk in further (oh and this is all after I have flown red-eye and missed my connector flight in Toronto) to see some chairs, a desk and hamper. I look in my kitchen and look up on the cabinets and see cardboard boxes! I never like cardboard boxes showing in my apartment...anywhere. Just doesn't look right. So I decide to rest a bit first before anything else. When I've finished resting, I decide to unpack from my 3 months away from my apartment. I open my suitcase and start taking my clothes out to start hanging in the closet...but can I? NO!!! I open the closet to find more cardboard boxes, suitcases and a bunch of clothes hanging in my closet so of course there is no room for my clothes at all...so I decide to lay them out on the couch. I notice something under my couch and I look..yup...more stuff, and under my bed...more stuff. I decide to get some water to drink in the kitchen and realize the floor is gross. Where are my slippers!!! There is no way I'm walking around in bare feet on that. I realize then that the hardwood floors are the same. I look at the stove and yup...dirty. Now let's say, I know my apartment wasnt' the cleanest when I left it but it was more like it smelled like Dim Sum and not all this other stuff. I never even really cooked when I was there cause I knew I was leaving for 3 months. Then I open the fridge...and it's full...I open the freezer...and it's full! God...did this guy not move out at all?

So I finally call him...cause I can't take it anymore. "oh, I've moved out half my stuff already...I know it may not seem like it but I have" I don't know how that much stuff could have fit in my apartment. So he finally came by on Saturday to pick up some of his stuff. But there is still stuff there...I'm trying to be understanding cause he's studying for some exams right now but come on! It shouldn't be my problem. I'm trying to be nice...but sometimes it's hard.

So today, I finally looked under my bed to see if Dim Sum has left any surprises for me...what do i see...one of the supporting beams for my bed is bent! How is this possible? What could have been done that this would happen? Moving my bed maybe? I know my bed was moved the day I got back but I didn't think anything of it. Well, I'm jumping to conclusions...without seeing exactly what the damages are since I can't get to it to see and knowing if he knows anything about it. I sent him an email today so that I don't yell at him on the phone and told him I wanted to talk about it on the weekend when he comes to pick up the rest of his stuff.

Yesterday I was going to make rice, I open my nice rice cooker to find it all dirty and brown. What the heck did he make with my rice cooker...that's disguisting. My rice cooker should not be covered with brown stuff! God...makes me think about ever subletting every again!

Back in NYC

So I'm finally back in NYC. Boy is it hot! I went on the subway for the first time being back on Wednesday and oh my...was it ever hot. I felt like I was going to faint...it was so stuffy down there. Luckily there is AC on the subway cars. I feel sorry for my friend in Paris that has no AC in the subway cars. Being back in this muggy weather isn't so appealing. It's making me tired and not wanting to go out since once you step outside you want to run back in to take a shower.

Anyways, I finally bought my TV online yesterday and am not trying to hook up my internet and cable at home. But I guess I'll have to wait till my TV arrives before I can have that all hooked up.

My first official day at work was on Wednesday. What was I to expect at my office in NYC that I have never been to. I show up at 8am...go to the security desk to find out that my name is not on the list of visitors to the office. I have to go and call the Deleware office to have my name added to the list. 20 minutes later, my name is added and I'm given a temporary pass. I go upstairs to find out that there is no one at the office yet. The lights are off and doors locked...great! What to do now. To top it off I have to go to the bathroom and it requires a key. I go back down the elevator and head to starbucks to use the bathroom and grab a water. Decide to sit there for 30 min so that they door will be open by the time I return. I go back up the elevator and lucky me, it's open. I sit at my desk and what do I do? Surf the internet. Find projects to do...so now since I don't have any client assignments, I sit in the office 3-4 days a week and do "personal development". It's great for me for now since my personal development includes, buying my TV and setting up my internet and cable. But what am I to do if I'm here for too long...how will I ever be able to go back out and do real work? Well I guess this is the life and I can't complain. Oh and for now...I get to work from home 1-2 days a week!