Man, it wasn't even a month ago that I posted last and I already am on my 3rd post today to get everything out! Okay, let's try to cover everything...
My job under the contract RHYTTAC ended with September, although we didn't find this out for sure until Monday, October 1st. We then had to get all of our stuff prepared to transfer over to the new contract holder and figure out what stuff couldn't be transferred. That's what was happening for that week. Then, on Sunday, October 7th, I came down with a stomach bug. This lasted for way too long, turned into a cold, and I missed work on Monday, October 8th and Tuesday, October 9th. Even though I was still kinda sick, I came to work on Wednesday, October 10th and in the afternoon moved my stuff to my new desk in my new department [Resource Family Training (RFT)].
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| RHYTTAC desk |
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| New RFT desk (very similar to the old desk...but with plants...:^)) |
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| Went back to the RHY area a few days later to raid all of the leftover boxes. |
I began really working in RFT on October 11th and have been hard at it since then. The department was down several people for awhile, so we're still not caught up. It's a very different environment than what I was used to, but I think I've getting used to it and they're getting used to me. After I got access to the DHS database that we use (and a DHS e-mail address...randomly...), it was pretty smooth sailing. Well, as in, I knew what I was doing. I'm still not super fast at the process and keep double-guessing myself, so I'm behind. :^( I hate being behind. Anyway, this is the bulk of what I've been doing in the past month.
We've also done some home renovations/decorations:
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| I decided we needed a fall wreath for the front door. |
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| Remember these guys? They finally got sealed! Now they're ready to be hung! |
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| We finally decided on new silverware that we both like. (Yet had to take them back after they rusted after the first wash! :-( The hunt is back on...) |
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| Trimmed back branches from scraping our roof. |
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| The dogs enjoyed the branches. |
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| Jon began phase 1 on popcorning the office ceiling. |
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| We bought a new ceiling fan for the office. |
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| Jon had to change a door knob and deadbolt because the old one started locking when it wasn't supposed to. |
The season of fall had some surprises up its sleeve:
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| Random bloom in October |
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| I guess we have mums. I also guess they don't bloom in spring - only in fall. |
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| Our yucca plants are back again. |
Jon became Dad to another musical instrument sometime in the past couple of weeks:
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| Playing it a lullaby...on...itself.........okay, so the dad/kid metaphor doesn't work... |
I participated in Halloween at work this year and our group won for most creative!
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| Rock Paper Scissors...me, previous boss Danielle, and our bestie Merritt |
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| Look how many people dressed up at work! We're a fun group. Yay. |
I also found out that the health insurance I had selected will no longer be an option for OU employees next year, so just today I researched which one I needed to choose and enrolled.
Now we have Election Day coming up Tuesday and I have printed out our sample ballot, but I've yet to research everybody and everything. I'm most worried about the state questions. I don't feel like I really know what they are saying. They also have a question about "abolishing" DHS and I kinda work for them and have a sister-in-law that works for them and the term "abolish" is pretty much terrifying me.
So, there you go. There's everything. Or at least as much as I can remember right now. Big Gulp, huh? Welp, see you later!
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| Ramdom added cuteness that describes how I feel. |
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