Our Chief Operating Officer let out a fart today while I was in her office. It wasn't a big one, and she's an old gal so I know that sometimes those things happen, but it was still kinda funny. I have to admit it. Of course we covered it up by pretending that nothing had happened, but we both knew that it had occurred. There was no other noise being made at that time in her cavern of an office (as compared to my cubby hole) and we both kind of got quiet right afterwards. Then after the short quiet pause (during which we DID NOT make eye contact) we picked up where we had left off a brief moment before, discussing the drafting of some employment contracts for new hires. Thank g*d it wasn't a stinky one. That would have killed me.

 

In other news, today has been a busy drafting day. I really shouldn't be posting this entry, but I'm using it as a sort of break from the tedium of clauses and sub-clauses (not Santa clauses). But really, its an interesting opportunity to explore the intricacies of our organization. In my short time here I guess I've shown some degree of aptitude and so I've been given these odd assignments to sort of "fill the gap" wherever it should develop. Today it was the employment contract issue, earlier it was the organization of our Processing department. I am in a way a jack-of-all-trades in our organization.

 

Which brings me to the next paragraph ... today we had our pictures taken for the corporate website. Beside which picture my official job title will be placed. I don't know what job title I hold here these days. I know (kind of) what it is I do here on a daily basis, and I know (sometimes) what is expected of me. Pretty good, huh? I dunno. Sometimes I think I might be "failing upward" in the grand Soviet/Bush administration tradition. Although I don't know how many times I've failed, really. I make mistakes from time to time, but nobody has died as a result of it (as far as I am aware -- I disavow all knowledge of any death occurring because of my in/actions). Life outside of school is a whole 'nother ball game.