Spring Break 2013 Part 1
Yesterday was our first day of Spring Break. Steven is working, so we aren't going anywhere, but so far we are enjoying a relaxed schedule with nowhere to go.
I said Steven is working. Like I mentioned in my last status update blog, Steven has been working a contract job, standing in for a lady who is on maternity leave. Unfortunately, he isn't particularly enjoying it. For one thing, even though he has been there for over a month, and is supposed to continue for two more months, no one has taken any time to get to know him or even treat him as a real person. He only exists when they have something for him to do, he isn't invited to any office parties, doesn't have access to the company gym, or even access to the company intranet. They have incredibly complex and inefficient processes, and haven't appreciated any of Steven's efforts to improve their efficiency. (Yes, we have over 58,000 formulas on that one page of a 50 page spread sheet, and yes, it does take 20 minutes or so to run the macros, but no, we don't want to use the pivot table you designed that vastly simplified it and only takes 2 minutes to calculate - it doesn't match the spreadsheets used in other departments. That isn't how we do it here. Go back to to your cubicle and pretend you don't exist until we have something else for you to do - where it takes 20 minutes to run the macros to change one number on the spreadsheet...) Steven has continued his search for a real job, and we are praying that he finds something soon, before the job he is at drives him totally over the edge.
Meanwhile, the rest of the family spent most of yesterday playing with Legos, watching movies (Despicable Me, The Princess and the Frog, and The Pink Panther), playing on the computer (Poptropica's Night Watch Island and Sweet Home 3D), playing battleship, and otherwise having fun. It snowed on Saturday, and it is still freezing cold outside, so we didn't go outside really. Hannah gave me the use of her friendship bracelet making kit, and I've been having fun reliving my childhood, making different patterns of bracelets for each of the kids.
Today Hannah has gone to the temple with the youth from church to do baptisms for the dead. When she returns home we'll all walk to the nearest library to get some more books to read. We didn't go to the college library on Saturday as we usually do because of the snow, so we are low on reading material. (The hundreds of books that we actually own don't count...) The boys already have the Legos out, and it is looking like it will be another fun day.
I said Steven is working. Like I mentioned in my last status update blog, Steven has been working a contract job, standing in for a lady who is on maternity leave. Unfortunately, he isn't particularly enjoying it. For one thing, even though he has been there for over a month, and is supposed to continue for two more months, no one has taken any time to get to know him or even treat him as a real person. He only exists when they have something for him to do, he isn't invited to any office parties, doesn't have access to the company gym, or even access to the company intranet. They have incredibly complex and inefficient processes, and haven't appreciated any of Steven's efforts to improve their efficiency. (Yes, we have over 58,000 formulas on that one page of a 50 page spread sheet, and yes, it does take 20 minutes or so to run the macros, but no, we don't want to use the pivot table you designed that vastly simplified it and only takes 2 minutes to calculate - it doesn't match the spreadsheets used in other departments. That isn't how we do it here. Go back to to your cubicle and pretend you don't exist until we have something else for you to do - where it takes 20 minutes to run the macros to change one number on the spreadsheet...) Steven has continued his search for a real job, and we are praying that he finds something soon, before the job he is at drives him totally over the edge.
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| The arm is Josh's. He didn't want to take his off for the picture. |
Today Hannah has gone to the temple with the youth from church to do baptisms for the dead. When she returns home we'll all walk to the nearest library to get some more books to read. We didn't go to the college library on Saturday as we usually do because of the snow, so we are low on reading material. (The hundreds of books that we actually own don't count...) The boys already have the Legos out, and it is looking like it will be another fun day.
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