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It was an absolutely beautiful day today. Lots of sunshine and nice breeze. Food didn't suck either so overall, a good day. A few frustrations though that we'll get to in a minute. I've been doing pretty well for myself...now if only I could motivate myself further and raise my grades a bit. I want more than just one A this semester and I know I can get it if I just apply myself.
Frustrations:
**I have a labor position for the summer with the computer science department and so far the professor who hired me has given me little to no information about what I'll actually be doing!!! There are four other people working on this program and they have all been given more information than I have been. Now, she needed to hire me to apply for the grant that she needs to get to pay us a different salary...translation: she needed a woman to go on the paperwork. And now, I am really being made to feel that's the only reason I was selected. I'm the only woman in the program and the other guys have expressed to other people their opinions that the only reason I'm there is because I'm a woman. Realistically, no I do not have as much experience as them. BUT...that does not mean that I'm less capable or less intelligent and I'm really pissed off that they are acting as if I'm just going to sit back in a corner, let them do what ever they want and just nod because I know nothing. *sighs* Obviously I don't suck at this or I wouldn't have the top grade in my class and I wouldn't be getting such good grades on my homework. I really just want to tell them to fuck off because I know that I can do whatever I want given the proper resources and the time. I'm going to be doing this for 10 weeks and it's not like they've ever done this before either. *sighs*
**At work, they finally listened to me and upgraded the Mac that I've been stuck on for the last two semesters. So it now has OSX and more RAM. It runs like a dream comparatively and is making me much more efficient in my work output. Today, the "techie" boss was complaining about the upgrade because he doesn't know how to use the new operating system. Does he try to learn? NO. All he does is bitch about how he doesn't know exactly how things work. He only deals with Macs when dealing with me because the computers he uses for his work are both Windows machines. And he's getting frustrated that I know more about using the computer then he does...but after all, the man didn't know the difference between RAM and ROM so I don't know what I'm expecting.
**My brother is getting rec leave from Afghanistan for almost three weeks in the month of November. For one thing, this is awesome because he'll be back for his birthday. Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic that he's getting to come home to visit. My frustration lies in the fact that my mother has decided to have the family Christmas in November for when he is home. I get a total of five days off in November to celebrate Thanksgiving and he leaves the day before Thanksgiving to go back. So basically, not only am I probably not going to be able to see my brother unless I skip classes (which I will might do despite the negative effects it would have on my grades because I *do* want to see him) I may miss Christmas this year. It's a two-day drive there and then a two-day drive back. 18 hours each way. I just wish that for once my mother would have thought of me. So she'll end up with a Christmas missing my dad and me instead of my dad and my brother.*sighs*
And that's enough bitching for now. *takes a deep breath* Now on to the homework that is never ending.
Frustrations:
**I have a labor position for the summer with the computer science department and so far the professor who hired me has given me little to no information about what I'll actually be doing!!! There are four other people working on this program and they have all been given more information than I have been. Now, she needed to hire me to apply for the grant that she needs to get to pay us a different salary...translation: she needed a woman to go on the paperwork. And now, I am really being made to feel that's the only reason I was selected. I'm the only woman in the program and the other guys have expressed to other people their opinions that the only reason I'm there is because I'm a woman. Realistically, no I do not have as much experience as them. BUT...that does not mean that I'm less capable or less intelligent and I'm really pissed off that they are acting as if I'm just going to sit back in a corner, let them do what ever they want and just nod because I know nothing. *sighs* Obviously I don't suck at this or I wouldn't have the top grade in my class and I wouldn't be getting such good grades on my homework. I really just want to tell them to fuck off because I know that I can do whatever I want given the proper resources and the time. I'm going to be doing this for 10 weeks and it's not like they've ever done this before either. *sighs*
**At work, they finally listened to me and upgraded the Mac that I've been stuck on for the last two semesters. So it now has OSX and more RAM. It runs like a dream comparatively and is making me much more efficient in my work output. Today, the "techie" boss was complaining about the upgrade because he doesn't know how to use the new operating system. Does he try to learn? NO. All he does is bitch about how he doesn't know exactly how things work. He only deals with Macs when dealing with me because the computers he uses for his work are both Windows machines. And he's getting frustrated that I know more about using the computer then he does...but after all, the man didn't know the difference between RAM and ROM so I don't know what I'm expecting.
**My brother is getting rec leave from Afghanistan for almost three weeks in the month of November. For one thing, this is awesome because he'll be back for his birthday. Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic that he's getting to come home to visit. My frustration lies in the fact that my mother has decided to have the family Christmas in November for when he is home. I get a total of five days off in November to celebrate Thanksgiving and he leaves the day before Thanksgiving to go back. So basically, not only am I probably not going to be able to see my brother unless I skip classes (which I will might do despite the negative effects it would have on my grades because I *do* want to see him) I may miss Christmas this year. It's a two-day drive there and then a two-day drive back. 18 hours each way. I just wish that for once my mother would have thought of me. So she'll end up with a Christmas missing my dad and me instead of my dad and my brother.*sighs*
And that's enough bitching for now. *takes a deep breath* Now on to the homework that is never ending.
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Re: IT quotas etc
Date: 2005-04-06 02:44 pm (UTC)From: