Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Update

Not so much on me, really, but on some things in my life. I looked in my archives and I didn't post about my new year's resolution to not be stupid anymore (I know, I know, the flogging will continue until blogging becomes a higher priority), but I wanted to let you know about the progress of this resolution. It is not going well. I would like to say that my overall stupidness has gone down, and that stupidity has been cropping up in my life (work, specifically) less often, which, though debatable, seems true to me. However, that could be because I don't remember much about the last three months, mistakes made by me in the hullaballoo could have been attributed to someone else, or that stress, paranoia and busyness have some how cut down on the stupid factor. But I learned today that the goal for me to not be stupid was most likely laughable in the first place, which is what people are probably already doing behind my back.

Why? Well, today I was getting ready to make copies of a series of bonds. They are printed on special green paper that costs a ridiculous amount of money and once they are printed, they pretty much represent the amount of the bond, which is over a million dollars in some cases. Anyway, once they are printed and signed, they are sacred. We make a copy of the bonds on regular paper before we deliver them and then stamp the copy with a stamp that says "specimen", then make copies of the stamped copy. I have done this process at least 20 times, probably more. Then today, I was asked to make a copy of a series bond, which just breaks the total amount of money into yearly bonds and basically means more green paper and more signing and more work. So I start stamping "specimen" on the amount and the signatures, only to have my boss ask what on earth I was doing. Why? because I was stamping the green papers. So bad. So stupid. Luckily, it wasn't unfixable. Because there were lots of signature pages, I could copy one from another bond onto the green paper to replace it, print off another copy of the front page, and have the bank representative sign another copy of his signature page. So, no real damage done, luckily for me, but I did feel (and look, I'm sure) really stupid. Why can't I just give it up?!! Why?!!

And the other update, this sign was finally changed in February as I learned driving to my play on a Saturday morning. However, it has not been changed since then, and it's another lame one. In case you were wondering.

5 comments:

Morgan said...

Play? WHAT PLAY?

Marisa Jean said...

Tara, I don't know if you remember me, this is Marisa Killpack (well now Larsen) from our old ballet days. I found your blog through Sara's and I thought I'd say hello. Looks like you are a busy lady! It's always better to be busy than bored in my opinion. Well you look great! I hope life is treating you good.

Teandra said...

I know. Good thing we have awesome anniversaries! Koodos to Ryan for saving you guys lots of money. It might end up being a family affair, Dad's stoked I guess. Maybe we should invite Toni and Travis as well..

Morgan said...

So, why can't we just be on the same page?

Melanie said...

TARA! I finally found you! You thought you could run and hide but you just can't! :) Oh how I miss you wonderful sense of humor! Especially cuz I can just picture you saying these things! I definitely think that the sign would bug me too! ha ha! Oh well, anyways, lets stay in contact! My blog is mkjacobs.blogspot.com. I hope everything is going well for you! You look so cute!