Finished 2 hours of shoveling, during which one of my fairly new Yak Trax Pro, uh, trax..es broke. The rubber webbing snapped, and so my boot went through the middle. Boo. I’d had the regular type before and they worked fine until my cats bit them to pieces. However, this pro version isn’t really better. I wrote the company an email and hopefully I can get a free replacement. I asked for an upgrade to XTR extreme too, so we’ll see how that goes.
Now that I’m working downtown, I finally got a chance to try out the famed Primanti Brothers. As much as I want to be able to say my sandwich was slawsome, it was really just unremarkable. I got a sausage sandwich with egg, and while the sausage and egg were good, there wasn’t really that much sausage. In fact, it felt more like I was eating a slaw and french fry sandwich than anything else. The slaw is a sweet oil slaw, and the fries were kinda soggy. The italian bread didn’t really hold up to the grease very well, and ended up smushed and soggy. I don’t know what the hubbub is about, and I don’t think fries in sandwiches are for me (although I do like fries in salads).
I usually go about 4-6 weeks between haircuts, and by the end my sideburns are all bushed out and wack. My hairdresser told me yesterday, when I mentioned my new job that starts next week, that I could just come in in between haircuts and get a 5-minute “bang trim” (that’s how it’s booked, I wouldn’t actually be getting my bangs trimmed) for $5. This sounds so super to me, since my sideburns bother me before any other part of my hair does, and it will let me go longer in between haircuts without looking so sloppy in the last 2 weeks as I try to stretch that haircut out.
I don’t think this is a revolutionary service or new spin and so I’m continually amazed at how ignorant I am.
I am super-excited that I’ll be starting a new job next month; I’ll be working at ”Big Financial” and leaving “Big Healthcare”. Interestingly, my job search netted me two offers in the course of a week, and this was a flattering and yet difficult decision. Ultimately, I chose less money for the field I was more interested in and the company I would prefer to work for. If only I could combine the best of both offers.
I still remember those interviews and I had my metaphorical swag on. Both had a component where you are asked ridiculous HR-esque questions that seem unrelated but are meant to gauge something or other, like “What is your fondest childhood memory?” Don’t worry, my answer for that was so sweet and heart-warming that the interviewer was stunned and mumbled, “Wow, I have to steal that answer.” I got a number of these silly questions (as opposed to brain teasers) but all these years of blogging and general interview preparedness helped me fly right through this portion like I was being asked “What is the name of Pittsburgh’s NFL team?” I still don’t understand what those questions are supposed to tell the interviewer, but I could pretty easily write a blog post response for each question without missing a beat.
My next orthodontist visit is a few days after I start at my new job, and I’ll supposedly be able to just wear the retainer at night after that. I’m thinking about trying to reschedule my appointment for the Friday before I start (the only day I’m taking off, so sad), so that the first impression I give off is the witty charming me that appeared in interviews and not the slobbering, lisp-mumbling me that appears when I pop my retainer in.