Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Just Waiting Around

WOW... So it just so happens that I had an interesting experience today. More interesting to me than anyone else I guess. I was sorting mail for our department and right now we're getting 1099 forms for us to file in our records. Not only are we getting 1099s, we're getting return W-2 forms because stupid people don't update their information after leaving Purdue and they come back to us. Jeez... I go through and open all of this stuff to look at what needs to be filed. Just so happens someone's stuff came here from where Adam works. I recognized the name and saw that it was a W-2 form that they were likely waiting for ALL MONTH LONG. I know I have not been the most patient person this year waiting for my W-2 information from 3 employers and unemployment. UGH! I just wanted to know if I was going to owe, break even, or get some cash back for once! Turns out, I am getting cash back, which is nice! :)

Anyhoo, I call Adam to make sure that person still worked there and then spoke with that person to let them know we had their W-2. From there, we made some arrangements and it is now in the correct hands. I for one am just glad it did not wind up somewhere it did not belong and in the wrong hands. I mean your whole life is on that W-2 and someone could just take your identity information and go to town on your behalf and not in a good way. I know this whole thing was alarming to the person, but I explained it was my job to open stuff and she didn't have to worry about confidentiality of her income information. At least she didn't have to order a duplicate W-2 and wonder what happened to her stuff. I mean, I could have just put it in another envelope with no explanation and mailed it back to her. I am not that mean! Besides, perhaps if I ever apply there again, my resume' might just stick out a little more for being so nice. So it wasn't an entirely altruistic intention I guess.

Onto other news. There stands a slight possibility that Adam might take on a promotion that may or may not come up within the next year. The positive is, it would be what he was hired on to do in the first place and he would be making more money. The possible negative is, he might have to move to corporate headquarters in north central Indiana. :( I don't object to this idea, mainly because I would not only go with him, I want to be with him. So moving isn't such a big deal when you get to do it with someone else. It's an altogether different calculation when you're moving alone because it's not as much fun and a lonely thought to process.

This will also make life interesting in the SCA since I will be closer to my fencing teacher. It also means some work to do with the group in that area since they don't have a regular practice if any at all. I looked at their web site before and I noticed you had to call to arrange for a practice because they just didn't have a regular practice set up. Eh? They are an odd lot up there; I've always heard that about them along with some other negative things. So it would be encouraged, nay-nay, required of me by my Warder that I get things moving along with that group if we were to move. Fun! Isn't it?

Not much else to ramble about. OOH! New hot water heater! No more night before work showers and waking up like a zombie for the day because I didn't get a hot shower in the morning. wOOt! Ooh and boiler explosion, or at least it sounded like an explosion this morning when the power went out on the entire campus. Someone, a moron of some kind, tripped a breaker that in turned tripped a shut down of a power grid, which in turn turned on the emergency pressure release for the boilers, which in turn made a really-really LOUD BOOM!. It made our windows, floors, and walls shake in our building since we’re right next to the damn power plant. Fun, yeah, anyone with any kind of post traumatic stress disorder issues probably shit themselves if they were anywhere nearby or in the elevators. The interviews have not returned back to me yet, I will hear from them within the next few weeks and if not, I will start calling back. One more interview tomorrow and then it's ALL DONE for now and just waiting to hear back. Yup, that's all I have to say now. =)

T~

...So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
I'm still an angel to a girl who hates to sin…

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is north central indiana even further north and more central than West Lafayette?

and moving sucks no matter what.

Tammolly said...

It's more like northern indiana and east. Nearer to Michigan and Ohio borders. :)