Back to life

I've let my life become lazy and completely unproductive. In college and at my job after, I was keeping track of things, you know, using my planner, looking to future projects and keeping fairly busy. For the past few months, I have been doing very little.

Have you ever read or seen the moving About a Boy by Nick Hornby/with Hugh Grant? The main character doesn't work, doesn't have to. His father wrote a song called "Santa's Super Sleigh" and the character lives off the royalties. Anyway, he measures his time in 30-minute units because he thinks a whole hour of time is too intimidating and most things can be done in 30 minutes (reading the paper, taking a bath, watching TV). So, in that fashion, here is how I have been living my life.

Breakfast (1 unit)
Job hunting (4 units)
Cleaning up (4 units)
Lunch (2 units)
Check job boards (1 unit)
TV (2 units)
Reading/writing (2 units)
Dinner (2 units)
TV (2 units)
Bed

Life looks so ... cookie-cutter like that. Anyway, those days are over. I'll be temping at a CPA firm this week (16 units per day). I'll be working in the IT department, which is great. IT people are... well, a breed all their own. They're very, very knowledgeable about computers and software, but working in an office setting doesn't challenge them because most of what goes wrong is born of simple misunderstanding or ignorance. As a result, they have this edge... not exactly derision for the common office worker, but more like... hmmm, not pity... well, they're tech snobs. I mean that in the nicest possible way and not as a derogatory term at all. I like IT guys, mainly because I like computers and one can learn SO MUCH from being around computer people all day.

I'll be handling their phones and scheduling. Now, this is puzzling to me. The CPA firm is a large, well-known one in the Pensacola area. Their IT department needs help just this week. So what gives? Maybe someone is on vacation or something, but frankly, I've never heard of an IT department with its own receptionist. Swanky. Maybe they're doing a big upgrade this week of something. Or maybe the IT people are fiercely anti-social. Maybe they hire help on a weekly basis because no one will stay more for a week for reasons dastardly and nefarious. I hope the office has windows... I wonder if they'll let me eat at my desk. Will I have a desk?

Temping is an adventure.