What's your one kitchen tool that you can't imagine being without?

Sorry for the lack of enhanced posting, but life has been very full the past week or two what with the holiday and temporary job and interview and, oh yeah, TEH EXHAUSTION.

• One more shift. I can do it, if I can get my legs to work....
• You know, if I took an analgesic, I might feel less like death warmed over. I'll have to look into that.

You know, I really expected I'd have aching arms from carrying stuff, but beyond a handful of boxes that were a lot to manage (and I had a hand-truck to maneuver them!) what has been a toll on me was getting in and out of the truck... and all the stairs.  The route I'm on is in Boston's South End, which is 90% brick rowhouses, all of which have a minimum of at least five steps to get up to the door.  It's like being on a Stairmaster for an hour or more a day....

At least if nothing else I'll be in better shape by the time the job is over.  Unless I break down in the street and somebody shoots me to put me out of my misery, that is.

• Off to networking!

There's a Job Seeker's Club networking meeting at Career Source in Cambridge that seems actually useful, if only to make me feel guilty once a week and/or give me some new hope.

I'm going to put together a blog/archive for the group -- much like the blog that my teacher for the programming class used to post class notes and example code for us.  There should be a different term for "blogs" like that, because they're more like community newsletters than individual/group journals.  Anyway, it will give me more practice, and actually could be pretty useful, if only because there will be an official place to go to for the current roster, helpful links and documents that people found and so on.  Locked down to group members, of course.

• It's been a long LONG time since I looked forward to a weekend this much! Just one of those things you miss about a job, sort of!
• You know, the cats would never doubt how much I love them if they only knew how much effort it takes me to traverse the stairs to feed them.

Back to the ow ow OW portion of our day.  I've got to say this about the delivery shifts -- they go like greased lightning.

It's been a pain to wear the official jacket the last two days with the unseasonal warmth --it's heavy and well-insulated and I've sweated like you wouldn't believe.  However, the POWER of the jacket is such that everybody immediately recognizes you as UPS, and so many people say HI to you in a friendly way, or are glad to see you when you ring their bell.  A lot of them know the delivery driver by name, and ask after her if they don't see her.

• Managed to last thru #SGU, but plan on collapsifying immediately thereafter.

I've ended up liking SGU more then not, much to my surprise.  I like that they really don't all like each other, that we get glimpses of their lives beyond the ship, that they're still not in control of the ship after a half-season of sincerely trying.

And this half-season finale has some developments that they can't hit a reset button on.  Very satisfying....

current mood: exhausted

• 07:50 Morning cat-feeding report: Muppet has perfected the art of the heart-rending "I'm about to expire O woe is me!" meow. #
• 07:52 @pollinatewildly -- Heh. just saw and retweeted that myself! #
• 08:15 Ugh! Almost forgot street cleaning! #
• 09:02 More parcel handling today. Remembering that I will get a paycheck for this. Not a large one, but whee! #
• 10:53 It's 67F out and the sun is shining. Does this mean Winter is over? #
• 13:48 Off to the parcel mines, pickaxe in hand! #
• 17:40 Back home. I think my endurance may be increasing just a little bit. #
• 19:48 Trying to decide whether to make cupcakes or a coffeecake... #
• 20:43 Decided to split the difference and used the coffeecake box mix to make yummy muffins. #

• 08:07 This was cool: yesterday we delivered a bunch of Globe Santa packages! South End run an interesting mix of $$$ and low-income population. #
• 08:16 The Evolution of Web Design ow.ly/HO1J (via @mitchwagner) -- interesting historical examples of then and now. #
• 08:25 Another call to come do a shift this afternoon! I think I can haz me a gig! #
• 11:06 Day 1.0 abandoned in favor of a long nap. Now trying Day 2.0, must buy cat food, etc. #
• 11:48 On hold w/ Unemployment, checking up on the status of my extension claim... #
• 13:32 Off to another fast-paced afternoon. South End, btw, is gorgeous and full of cool stuff. #
• 13:40 The parcels are calling out to me.... #
• 17:38 On my way home! Can't forget the Kat Fud OR ELSE!!1! #
• 18:19 The cats have been foddered and happy crunching resounds throughout the house. #
• 19:44 Nice thing I didn't know about delivering packages- almost everybody is happy to see you and people say Hi on the street! #

• 07:55 Ugh -- not quite nightmares of screwing up things like serving food (dropped dishes) and plumbing (busted). Good to wake up! #
• 08:36 Got a call from the parcel people, they want me for another shift this aft. I passed the audition! #
• 19:28 Homeward bound at last! #
• 19:46 That was one of the quickest four hours of work that I've ever experienced. #
• 20:19 RT @TeresaKopec: Politico's Cheney interview was apparently 1st in series. Next? An arsonist critiques way homeowners rebuild after fire. #
• 21:54 #DirtyJobs - Mike Rowe should definitely try a parcel delivery job. You know how he kind of bumbles around and asks questions? That was me. #
• 23:57 Let's see if Jon Stewart is a cure for insomnia! #
• 00:42 Brother Guy Consolmagno interviewed by #Colbert - he's a real FoaF of mine and a great lecturer/educator/dinner companion! #