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back with the travel dreams

I’m kind of a fan of visiting big cities and I’m always a fan of any kind of online travel guides. of visiting a new one from time to time. I’m also a pretty big fan of Trusted Tours & Attractions does a good job of honing my interests in on a particular locale from time to time. Last summer, Jenni, Matt, Bill, and I took a long weekend to hit up a few baseball games. And while we weren’t at all at a loss for things to do in Chicago, it’ll be nice to catch up on a few additional things next time we visit. The Bean, Wrigley, Lake Michigan, downtown, the Sears Tower, Navy Pier – I can cross all of those off my list of things I’ve done (and would do again in a heartbeat), so adding more things to the list will be an adventure as always.

The list of things to do in San Francisco? Sigh. One day. One day soon, I hope. And maybe a visit to Madame Tussauds should be in order some day, too. I might need a wax figure of myself at some point.

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an update on my job

July 30th marked three months for me at Awesome Staffing Agency. (Man, I wish that was the name of it.) I figure there are about 62 billion staffing agencies in the Twin Cities, so I’m not too concerned about any crazies out there figuring out which one it is.

1. I seriously love it a lot.
2. It makes me happy to go into work and rarely am I late; if I am late, it’s by 10 minutes MAX and I think that’s only happened once.
3. I’ve won ridiculous Twins tickets and third row orchestra tickets just for being there.
4. We get birthday cake once a month.
5. We have staffing meetings every two weeks, but we get free lunch and the staff meetings are incredibly productive, so I don’t mind them at all.
6. My co-workers? 98% fabulous. You should follow my Twitter for those tidbits of information.
7. My direct supervisor? Always full of positive feedback and open for coaching opportunities. (Such a change from my previous Douchebag Asshole Manager.)
8. The President of the Company? I’m totally in love with her in like a Utmost Respect from a Business Standpoint way. She’s kind of everything I want to be when I grow up and just a little bit more. She’s tough as nails, but it’s just easy to work for her. In my three months, I feel like I’ve learned so much about the actual business world, work attitudes, team communication, and anything else you can think of.

So, yeah. I love it. I have five billion awesome work stories to tell, but, well, I love it so much I have no desire to get fired just for talking about it. Kinda not worth it!