Branching Out Into Office Supplies, Maybe...?

So I have a recruiting firm talking to me about going to work for OfficeMax! That would be pretty cool - printer ink at wholesale and all. ;-)

I went for an interview at the recruiter's office last week and it went very well. They want to submit me as a lead or manager position at the corporate IT center - I would direct a dozen or so people and be the go-to guy for second and third level problem escalations. The best part is that this is a direct-hire position - not contract - so I would have bennies! I have zilch as a contractor; in fact, I'm having to pay COBRA fees to continue my insurance from Sara Lee because the plan from my contract firm sucks blue whale. So this would be better.

It's been almost a month since my interview at Lucent, so I'm going to e-mail the manager there to let him know I'm still interested and to keep on the top of his list. It's good to have choices.

Had a really nice weekend. Mary Lynn and I went to the Egg-clectic Cafe for brunch on Saturday - then did a little shopping at WalMart and Sam's Club. At the cafe MLM ordered a patty-melt on sourdough which she said was the best she'd ever had - she ended up giving me half and I agreed! I had an excellent grilled chicken and fresh fruit and greens salad - had to pack up 2/3s of it to bring home "for later." Then to Woodfield Mall for her to have her nails done and pick up her new glasses at Lenscrafters. The glasses look great on her! Oval lenses in thin RED metal frames. Also, instead of getting the photo-sensitive lenses this time, she got magnetic clip-on shades like I have. We are both very cool now. Then we went to dinner. We'd been talking about trying new places for a while so since we were at the mall Mary Lynn suggested Red Robin (the world's greatest gourmet burger maker), and it was really great! The atmosphere was fun and noisy - lots of families and rock music in the air. Huge, tasty burgers and appetizers - MLM took over half her burger home and I took over half my hot wings appetizer "for later." Anyway, good fun food - we recommend it. ;-) We were going to go to a movie but the day was shot by now and so were we, so we went home to relax.

Took some movies back to Blockbuster and picked up two more that were lots of fun! We recommend Kung Fu Hustle and Guess Who? Check 'em out! If I have time I'll discuss them on a later post. Gotta go for now.

Oooh, it's the ides of August. Everybody watch your step!

;-)