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Did someone send me a thing via Amazon? I don't remember who has already asked for my new address and I'm SO confused. 
 
It's the big week. I'm so tired. Also, in the NEW office, it's over 80F. But it's been strangely hot the last week even though the boilers aren't on. Weird.
 
Need to make coffee. Dayum.
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As I was telling [personal profile] halfmoon_mollie, I think Emily's sister is jealous. I don't recall if I mentioned that Emily purchased the house that we're moving into back in 2020 for her sister, Eleanor, and the kids since her sister had to sell the house she was in due to divorce proceedings and her credit kinda sucks. Anyway, her sister has come by a couple of times to drop off/pick up stuff and while she grudgingly admitted that the kitchen yellow is much better than the shade that was there before, she turned up her nose at my purple. The other day she made a snarky comment about the fun colorful rugs that we have in the living and dining room. It's like she either thinks she some elite taste (no, no you don't) or that she has some say in how the house looks even though 1) She never owned the place and 2) She wasn't even paying the full mortgage price for rent (she paid about half of what someone would be renting in our expensive town) and yet was annoyed thinking that she some stake of ownership in the house for the five years that she was there and her teenage kids made a pretty thorough mess of it. Riiiiight.

Well anyway, Eleanor's new wife asked Emily if it would be ok if they held Eleanor's birthday in mid-June at the house since the kids live up here and they are down in Mount Holly. Emily asked me and I said that would be just fine, if nothing else, it'll give us the motivation to continue unpacking and updating and organizing. Emily has been getting railroaded by her sister pretty much her entire life, though, and Emily is just DONE with her bossy, entitled attitude. But for the kids and since it's not a huge request, sure, we'll host the shindig. Naturally that means we'll be feeding everyone and stuff. That's ok, if we want to cook, both Emily and I are FAR better at cooking than Eleanor so we can show off there (which I'm sure Eleanor will turn up her nose at stuff just to be petty). Then I had an idea last night which messaged Emily and she is ALL in for it. I was looking at what kind of cake to get for this and I knew Wegmans makes tasty cakes. I was looking at their options and an evil grin started on my face. What I asked Emily is if she has any dorky pictures of Eleanor so that we can get it screenprinted on the cake. This is what Emily has found so far:
DorkyNora.jpg

Hopefully the resolution is good enough for the cake since that is FABULOUS. hahahahahahahaha.
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The moving estimate guy came yesterday afternoon. Really nice, down to earth and I felt comfortable with the company. As I suspected, the 27th really wasn't available but they did have the morning Friday the 30th available since they had a cancellation so I have paid my deposit and snagged it. They also rescheduled the junk haul to be the morning of the 31st which is handy. I'm not going to bother to change my Verizon appointment for the afternoon of the 29th since Emily will loan me her hotspot for that night. She's going to start sleeping at the house later this week since her bed is all set up and will work on bringing clothes and other stuff over gradually.

I'm glad that they're able to fit me in that day since the forecast looks like starting on the 31st, it's going to start getting hot again. I'm curious what the floors will look like once they're uncovered. Also, FYI, 3M velcro picture hangers come off far more cleanly than 3m hooks. I'm going to have a good amount of spackling to do in order to make sure I get the lion's share of my deposit back.

My "good" knee is not now so good and going up and down stairs truly sucks. Emily's niece offered to help so I'm going to book some time with her later this week/over the weekend to heft packed bags down my stairs and then we'll drive the couple blocks to the house. If I can get the surfaces all cleared off and most of the other small clutter moved before the movers come, all the better. I'll see if she wants cash or if she wants to go for sushi or dumplings for payment lol.

The house is slowly starting to look more like people are moving in though we still have plenty to do. Tomorrow hopefully the landscapers can come since the grass can used mowed and we're going to have a bigger bill this time since we're going to have them hack back bushes and stuff. Once the bushes are chopped back, I'll be able to get the hose stretched onto the back porch to see if I can get a few layers of green removed from the siding.

Ok, back to the work that pays for this move.
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Got a call from the movers to confirm our Monday appointment for the estimate and now while they can do the junk collection on the 29th, they can't do the move. They have "some availability" on the 27th or it has to go to early June. I am going to push for the 27th, otherwise I'll just find a different moving company. Because I've already booked to move my Verizon service on the 29th and I'd prefer not to mess with that. If I move on the 27th, Emily can let me use her little hot spot if I end up WFH on the afternoon on the 28th.

That and one of the things that needs junked is my bedframe and box spring since the mattress is moving to the house on top of a daybed frame so if the junk is before the move, well, I'll have to find a way to clean the floor so the mattress could hang out there until the move. Which reminds me that I need to find a way to get the few things out from under the bed.

They're still coming to tour the apartment to give the estimate for the move on this coming Monday afternoon. I'm going to see what small stuff I can organize and move this weekend so I can keep assessing what I have and what to do with it. Ugh. SO MUCH TO DO.
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Hopefully with my fancy office, we can get me a more fancy title and pay rate. Working on it. Just glad that one of the moves is DONE. Long way to go on the home move.

The only other thing that needs done is to get the curtains up but I need to take down the curtain rod and metallic 3M hooks at home for that. I don't have a space to use one of them at the new house so may as well use them at work. That and they're no longer to drill into the walls to put anything up since there's asbestos up in there that needs to stay encapsulated. Lovely.

Anyway, a few pictures of the new space.
The window in need of curtains which yeah, I got some at Ikea that should cover most all of the window except for the half moon at the top. That will be needed with summer heat
NewOffice3.JPEG

The panels are also sound barriers. I left the green ones on the wall in the old office for the new gal. She may want us to order more panels for the wall between her and Josh since it's paper thin. This is the wall people will see when I'm on a Zoom call. Also, coffeeeeee
NewOffice2.JPEG

This should work fine. I may want to pivot one of my screens for zoom fun since otherwise it gets ALL the light right into the camera
NewOffice1.JPEG
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I bit the bullet and decided on when to move and picked Thursday May 29. I got hold of College Hunks and the junk removal is scheduled for 8a-10a on that day but before they can schedule the move, they need to come for an estimate so that's scheduled for the 19th between 3-5. It's not going to be cheap but I wasn't expecting it would since I've been at my current apartment for just about 10 years.

Each day I throw together a moving bag full of whatever random bits go in it and bring it to the house. Emily asked me to bring over most all of the dishes/silverware the other day so that we could run them through the dishwasher and so she can use them while she's at the house so got that done. I still have plenty of other cups/utensils/etc. to go there. I think this afternoon I'll try to fill two of the bags with clothing that I'm not likely to wear since I have the closet to hang them in. I'm going to make my best effort to get most all of the little stuff sorted through and either brought to the house or donated over this weekend and then over the holiday weekend.

When it comes to the office move, I've moved all of my supplies and files to the office next door, now I'm just waiting for the IT dude to get off his ass to move my computer, phone and printer since those will have to be configured to the network. Hopefully that'll be this week. Also, Elaine is annoying me since they haven't committed as to when they're setting up the system for her new person who doesn't start until the 27th. She also was REALLY pissing me off with her martyr-ish "Oh gosh, maybe I'll have to come in the office over Memorial Day weekend to get it ready for (new person)." She'd said this before and the fact that she's bringing it up again is sticking in my craw. So I raised a brow and said
Me: "What do you actually need to DO to *finger quotes* get it ready *finger quotes*? Are you going to somehow figure out how to hook up her computer system?
Her: Uh...no.
Me: So you're going to bring a carpet shampooer instead of asking Marciela to clean the carpet?
Her: Uh...no.
Me: So what is it? What do you need to come in on a holiday weekend for?
Her: Muttermutter

She didn't have an answer. Because it's RUDE AS HELL to insinuate that I'm leaving the space dirty which I am NOT. Right now I've cleared out and cleaned the 8 foot high steelcase file cabinet, the bookcase, the desk drawers and most of the desk. All that needs left is once my computer stuff is moved is to wipe that down and arrange to have the mini fridge thawed out in case she needs it available for breast milk. To insinuate that she needs to *flail, fainting couch* come in on the hoooolllidayyy is INSULTING.

Anyhoo, just occurred that I should see if Verizon can move my internet over that day or the day after...
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Just randomness:

I went to all the trouble of getting a few pretty plants at the plant sale on campus and I potted them in the big urn looking pot thingie at the bottom of the steps at the house. The next morning? GONE. Evidently the deer went "OOO, SALAD!" and just ONNOMNOMed it. Guys, seriously? You couldn't let me enjoy it a while? Hmph. Well, not this year but maybe next year if I get into the gardening thing (aside from the pots on the back porch that I hope the deer don't go up the ramp), I saw on the list of deer resistant plants that they don't seem to like a lot of herbs. Well hey, I do like herbs and they're useful so the front yard splotch next to the steps might just become a small herb garden. Silly deerses.

Moving offices at the same time as moving house is tiring. Still have a long way to go with the house but the bedroom closet guts have been replaced, Ikea furniture is being steadily built and I'm taking over bags of random stuff about each day. I should see if I can figure out when I can actually clear enough to schedule movers and junk collectors for the big stuff. Still aiming before the end of the month in the hopes of beating the worst of the summer heat.

How to make simple carbs like white rice and pasta healthier? Chill it! Well hey, it is about the season for pasta and potato salads and I do like to cook rice in batches for later consumption.

Ok, back to work. I so tired.
missdiane: (Evil laugh)
I was looking through local code stuff to make sure there isn't anything HOA-ish about yard decor and stuff (didn't see anything and it's a quirky town anyway) so the bottle bush I ordered should be fine in the front yard. However, I did see that in a few years when Emily wants to gut and redo the bathroom upstairs that the contractor will have to get permits. But then I saw something else, still actively on the books and started chuckling.

Seems that if I ever want to read head bumps, I gotta pay $250/year for a license in my local town to practice Phrenology. Highway robbery, I tell you!
missdiane: (Christ on a cracker)
Dude, the pope is now an AMERICAN????

Mind...boggled.

Yeah, I had to use the icon I did. I'm goin' to hell, I'm sure lol
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Just a small update - the painting has been done. Thankfully we had the contractor tear out the built in desk and thankfully we had our painter do the kitchen first since unfortunately, they couldn't get the small-ish freezer we ordered down to the basement. It just couldn't make the corner. Anyway, slightly different shade of yellow, less lemony and we prefer it and a freezer!

Cut for pics
Making progress )As if I'm not tired enough, I found out today that I'm moving to the office next door on FRIDAY so I am going to have to spend the next couple of mornings purging, sorting and packing. I already emptied tons of files that weren't really needed.
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I'm not quite certain but I'll stick things out a while and see. I brought my previous labs and such but right from the get go she was all strong pressure about statins (really don't want to go there), increasing my metformin (uh..why? My A1c went down and is almost back in the "prediabetic" range from January), weight loss injections (can we reeeally not add more inevitable side effects right now?), at home sleep study (good luck with that, feline interruptions as well as my bladder in overtime due to the masses on it won't play out well there). And this was with minimal actual questions about lifestyle, etc.

However, she did send a script for Xanax (used mostly for back spasms or when I'm on the edge of panic, not usually more than 20 pills for an entire year), did sign my paperwork to get my renewal of my handicapped placard (need to go there but not today) and we're going to retest cholesterol and A1c before making decisions on cholesterol meds. Oh and the calcium heart test that the previous doc wanted to do but they wouldn't answer their phone/online portal/DOOR.

Evidently being diabetic means being seen every three months? dayum. I have an appointment for August but I don't know if I can squeeze the surgery in before that depending on when I get moved.
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Ok, once Emily and I get moved and somewhat settled in, I need to schedule the surgery. I shouldn't be having spotting and stuff and it concerns me so just need to get through a couple more months-ish and hopefully I can get the works yanked out.

I certainly don't need the hassle of bloating and more low back pain because my system is all confused, either. Bah.
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I emailed the leasing company to ask about early termination and also tossed in some bits about moving to a place that has disabled-friendly amenities for a touch of insurance. They at first emailed the part from the lease saying that they'd charge two months rent for early termination but I hadn't yet seen that since I was on the way home and they called when I was sorting out lunch for the boy.

They said that since I was such a good tenant for so long that they'd waive those charges and explained about the walkthrough process and stuff. So now I gotta be out of here by June 30. I picked that instead of May 30 since while I'm hoping that I can move within the month, I didn't want to rush too much and end up screwing up my back. That and it'll give me plenty of time to clean and to patch walls (note 3M hooks don't always come off cleanly)

But now it's REAL real. Eeep!
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Haven't done any packing yet but the new place just needs SO much prep. Let's put it this way, our soon-to-be-regular cleaning person that Emily's sister hoped we'd keep employed is over deep cleaning the house and it took her over FIVE HOURS just to do the three bedrooms and one bathroom upstairs. No, she's not slow, not at all. It's that there were three teenagers up there and it was absolutely DISGUSTING. Millie seems super sweet and we're probably going to have her come every other week to help us out. Emily said that she folded little bows on the toilet paper upstairs. lol. But when I was there earlier, you could hear her going to town and she had her work cut out for her. Thankfully Emily's sister is paying for this, as she should.

To try to save her some work (so that the important stuff does get done), after I painted the inside of the metal medicine cabinet with oil-based primer, I went to work sweeping all the floors and baseboards and under the base heaters on the first floor, especially my bedroom. I had purchased a swiffer that you use for wood floors that has solution that squirts out and cleaned my bedroom flooring and it was CRUDDY. But now she really doesn't have to do anything in there. I tried cleaning the windows there the other day but the ones in back are double paned. Great for utility bills but sucks when somehow in between the panes, they get dirty. Well, they look better than they did when I got there.

Speaking of painting, I'm going to need to put out a call on the personals at work to see if I can hire anyone to paint my bedroom, the kitchen and maybe the bathroom. Because I can't paint for shit. I try, I really do, but I'm so godawful at it.

I ordered some stuff for the boy, another stainless steel litterbox from the TikTok shop (highly recommend them as the one I have is SO easy to clean), a cat tree and other odds and ends that will go straight to the new house. The trees I have here are more than ready to retire. I also ordered the ClosetMaid guts to replace the innards of the bedroom closet. Moving ain't cheap, especially if you're trying to make it an improvement.

Anyway, brain just went PLOINK so that's about it for now. All the hugs, not too tight back, I'm sore.
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House update

Cut for pictures )

So that's the construction-y progress so far. The cleaner is going to come next week so once that's done, we're going to start slowly moving things over in bits in our zippered moving bags. I also ordered a full size daybed frame, a lumbar pillow for the daybed so I can lean against it when sleeping and a rug for the bedroom. I shopped sales and looked for discounts. I am obviously having them shipped to the new place and will drag them in when they arrive but won't open the boxes if they arrive before the cleaner.

Tomorrow is my annual review and thankfully Josh is going to do it. Hopefully we don't have to track down old bitch Bosslady to have her sign off on anything. We're going to be talking about upgrading my job. We had a surprise last week when Josh had a conversation with the head of the Business/HR/Budget office who mentioned to him that he was hoping that he could pass off the duties of the idiot business guy I've dealt with for a decade.

Um...wut? I mean while he's a dumbass and needs replaced, I wasn't thinking that *I* would be replacing his job. I'm not a business person and I've not done any of it though I guess I could learn it. Well, I'll be telling Josh that anything that doesn't have to do with the land-grant stuff can be passed to someone else in the business office. Also, one of the other people on my "team" is going to take some of it. We're going to talk about that. They also may have her report to me which woo, minion, I suppose. Though not really, probably more on paper. I don't like that it's also not being proposed to make me the same level as Elaine or as my equivalent in the Extension office. We'll see.

Oh and no, I won't feel one bit bad that idiot business guy will lose his job. He's been a burden and a waste of space for more than a decade. He does the bare minimum and does it badly and he STILL saves the shit from his side gig on our shared drive.

It's a lot, though. Everything's a lot right now and it's quite the Jenga stack with missing bits.
missdiane: (Amelie turns off the tv)
Former Bosslady (FB) sent a zoom link yesterday afternoon to what should have been a pretty big audience at the entire University and Josh forwarded it to Elaine and I so we could attend this morning. Mind, Bosslady is now the Vice Provost for Research and making an obnoxious $300K.

This zoom has had a max of 20 people on it, four of them being FB, Elaine, Josh and myself. That is a pathetic number. Also, this was a camera on type situation and she greeted Josh and Elaine and not me. Fuck you, ho. I hope that you lose your job since you are clearly USELESS. Come crawling back to faculty and don't expect any favors from me if you're on the Ag Experiment Station dime.
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Emily got a quote of a little over $3000 for the basement demo work, including getting rid of stairs that are NOT to code (we suspected) and it also includes putting in a new set of stairs. Sounds like a reasonable start to me. We weren't sure when it was going to be scheduled and then she got a message today that he had a cancellation and can he start this Tuesday. YOU BET YOU CAN. They're going to put the dumpster in the driveway tomorrow and then one of us will need to make sure we're there on Tuesday to let him in to get work started.

After the demo and the stair reconstruction, since the ceiling the previous owners slapped in will be down and things will be exposed, then the contractor will call in the electrician to see what needs done there (only half of the basement has power at the moment). Our goal here is not anything fancy, make it safe and functional. Also half of the floor is dirt so that'll have to be taken care of too. Our aim is to have laundry, freezer and mini fridge (Emily has that at her current house) and storage, mostly wire racks and boxes.

It would be awesome if all of the work could be done by summer since I loathe being in this apartment in summer. Her sister still needs to clear some things out and near the end of this month, her sister's cleaning lady Millie will be doing a deep clean - thank goodness because it NEEDS it. Once her sister has cleared out the rest of her bits, Emily and I will be bringing over the contents of our places bit by bit to clear space for proper packing of the bigger stuff. We'll probably keep Millie coming every two weeks as long as we both stay gainfully employed. Maybe when I get my surgery, we'll have her come weekly to help out with cleaning.

I have a bag hanging out in my kitchen with two extra long shower curtains and extra long liners that I ordered - 84" since that's what the walk in shower needs. I also got new metal hooks. I'm wondering what I can do to restore the bar that they're hanging from without having to replace it? It looks old and rough. Well, I guess I can just clean it as good as I can and then put WD40 on it so things slide along ok.

I have to replace the bar and shelves in my bedroom closet to be and so I'm going to get this.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/ClosetMaid-Selectives-12-in-W-White-Custom-Tower-Wall-Mount-6-Shelf-Wood-Closet-System-7033/100597846
I won't have shelves on top because the top bars are about 82"-ish high and the while the inner part of the closet is 92", the outer part is 80" so it would be a pain to put anything on top. But they'd be high enough that I'd be able to use the floor space

This is the listing with pictures on the house from when Emily purchased it for her sister and the kids in 2020. The room with the daybed and the bathroom with the flowery curtain are next to each other downstairs so that'll be mostly my domain. The upstairs bathroom is honestly...well...not great so if Emily wants to use my shower, I've no issue sharing. I've measured and have some plans for the best use of the space. 

With her sister, three teens and then her sister getting a new wife, the house is...well...kind of beat up. So we're going to do our best to make it clean and nice before we bring our stuff into it.

I only took photos of the bedroom and bathroom that I feel responsible for making nice. I'll take pictures of the living/dining areas when I go over next time so that I can do some better before/after shots. But here's some of the before of the bedroom and bathroom:

Snip for Pics )

So that's the so far. Wish us luck!
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Forgot to post yesterday or well, do anything but it was a big day - MENOPAUSE DAY! One full year and so it's official! Hopefully as the hormones continue to drop, the fibroid(s) will shrink a little before I get things yoinked out. Fingers crossed.

I cleaned out one shelf of my linen closet and tossed out a ton of stuff that was expired. But then I also gathered most all of the pads that I had randomly stored and I brought them to work and put them in the basement bathroom. There were only five lonely tampons sitting in the basket and the bathroom gets used by students who visit the academic offices upstairs. The basket is now nicely full.

Now my pads at home are more of the ones for bladder issues. lol
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The Zoom was annoying because it's like they couldn't accept that I don't think hiring the person with no experience is a good idea. It's like they were determined to make me change my mind and agree so that everyone on the ~*~team~*~ is in agreement even though I'd tell them that hey, one dissenting vote is what it is. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong in my assessment and she'll work out well (which that got a passive aggressive reaction from Elaine,good grief piss off, what do you want from me?). If the rest of you feel she's the best person, then proceed with next steps (which they did).

Josh wanted to chat later in the day, which we did. He wanted to let me know that he respects and values my opinion, yadda yadda. I mean the sentiment is appreciated but ugh, that just feels so squicky. We are also evidently going to talk about potential upgrade and stuff next week. I said ok and will do but I internally absolutely cannot get excited for that. I mean yeah, he might try but there's been so many obstacles thrown in my way for no good reason since I'm always toted up as the all knowing, fabulous, wonderful, essential employee in the over 22 years at the University and the 13 years in the department I'm in that until the pay and title I deserve actually happens and I get some help for whatever they'd plan to toss on my plate, I can no longer get my hopes up that it will.

We found out in the meantime that the person they want to make an offer to cannot get a pay upgrade for coming over. It would be a lateral move for them and there isn't enough change in the job she's taking nor any evidence that her skills are high enough that it would warrant a raise. Elaine was allowed to make a verbal offer to see if the person really wanted this job change. We also heard through our campus HR that University HR is going through a conversion in systems and they're all flailing and angsting about it. Are you freaking serious? Candy asses. Their tiny minds would explode at the number of times I've had to learn, test and implement new and complicated systems on the fly. Hell, I'm still on a working group where I was recruited by USDA for the shit system we're using (BTW, just this week USDA finally implemented a change we've been wanting for years that I would bring up in every meeting - go me!)

Aaaanyway, Elaine gave me a call all excited and shit later that the person took the offer. Woo. Good for you. Did she actually expect me to be gleeful or something? I was friendly but ain't no way I'm going to match the manic energy. Also, be prepared to train her yourself since she ain't falling in MY lap until she picks up some skills.

I don't know if it was stress, sleeping wrong that night before or what but my stomach is SO distended since early Friday morning. Elaine looked concerned since yeah, I was not feeling good at all. Last night I had to sleep in the recliner since I couldn't sleep comfortably on either side. This morning it's still pretty big but a bit better than Friday. Just in case, I'm also going to avoid fizzy drinks and anything too acidic.

It's also 80F right now outside. Yuck. I had the windows open last night and was annoyed when the heat kicked on (I have no control of that) and so I put a window in the window and was able to get it just under 70F inside and then now I have all the windows shut. I'm hoping to avoid turning on the AC but I've a feeling I'll have to turn on the living room one this afternoon since my apartment is a heat-seeking missile.

Oh, next Sunday the 6th, I'm going to take the train in to NYC to have an early dinner with the sister and her husband. Reminds me that I'll have to text to see if she was able to find any family photos or mom's recipe cards to bring. At least we're going to go to a fancy dumpling place that she's been to in Vegas and loves. Hey, you had me at dumplings. Politics will NOT be discussed.
missdiane: (Brain Bleach)
For context, this is the job that was posted to work with Elaine where I'm on the search committee - putting it behind a cut since it's a lot of text.

Job Listing )This job is the same pay grade as me (I'm a program administrator rather than a project administrator), I'm stuck at the midpoint and honestly, I deserve and should be two pay grades higher, but that gives minimal context why tomorrow they are not going to be happy that I'm going to go against the "team" and say that I don't support hiring the person that we interviewed today. The person we interviewed today:
  • ONLY has HR work experience, none of which is useful to us
  • Has no experience working with faculty
  • Has no knowledge of grants or research
  • Wants to leave her job for a lateral move since where she's at doesn't seem to have opportunities to go higher (mind, she got a promotion there after two years and then another one after another year in 2023)
  • Expressed no reason for being interested in moving to research administration
  • Kept going on about how she wanted to work "at SEBS"
  • Has degrees in English, HR Management and just about to get an MBA but doesn't know what she wants to do
  • Only questions she asked were 1) What is a typical day like? 2) Why was the job listing out for so long? 3) Are there more members in the team? (this one I clearly pegged as wanting backup for when she wants to go for her umpteenth degree or wants to be out of the office

Yes, I understand that we're under the gun because there may or may not be a hiring freeze coming but this person has no qualifications for the job, hasn't shown an interest in what we actually do and is only interested in jobs where she can get upgrades (you know, like the ones I've never had in TEN FUCKING YEARS?) and can take off randomly because she is still on maternity leave which she isn't set to come back until May.

I could tell by Elaine's actions and expression that she had her mind made up before this interview started. She doesn't want to put the listing out again, she doesn't want to interview anyone else and she made every single excuse in the world for this person. The only positives I could give about this person is that she seemed intelligent enough and friendly enough and that was being GENEROUS. I also got a lot more hints that Elaine had tattled yesterday since he was making reference in the interview to the person also learning some of what I do and blowing smoke up my ass with compliments. Stop. I'm tired of that. Really tired.

We stayed on after the zoom and brought on our admin person to talk. I gave the laundry list of valid reservations which Josh agreed with but Elaine was in her bull in a china shop mode and just kept cheerleading and making excused. She looked irritated when she brought up to me that she could help with the database I've been asking for the last decade and I said "uh, she doesn't have any database creation experience?" She tried hard to wear me down and Josh was capitulating to Elaine and all wanting the "team" to be in agreement but dammit, NO. I fought to keep my reasoning solid and my tone even. She's not a good fit, she won't stick around and I'm sorry, this is NOT an entry level job, the person should at least have some experience or hell, some INTEREST in the field we're hiring for. It's an insult to me to think you can just drag anyone off the street and "train" them. Besides, if I agree to this, then I'll have to be part of the "team" training her and no, just NO.

Since I wouldn't give in, we're going to sleep on this and have another zoom at 10 am tomorrow. I really don't want to go into the office since I know very well that Elaine will get to work between 8 to 8:30 and drive me up the fucking wall until the zoom and I can't be stupid like I was the other day and say, well, ANYTHING. I wish I could shut my door but I can't do that for two hours unless I want to burst into flames since my office gets ungodly hot and I have to turn on a tower fan to blow air in from the main room.

There's a 9am webinar hosted by endocrine/animal sciences titled "Hypothalamic Circuits Underlying Feeding Behavior Dysregulation" that I can turn on and pretend that I'm involved in (no, I haven't a damned clue what that's about - something something TOTALLY SCIENCE something). I just need to load up 8-9am with something that I totally have to get done RIGHT THEN.

Ugh.

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