Type type type all day long

[judecorp]

I have survived another day of entering books into a database at work. I think I have done 780 books so far, with an estimated 500 to go. Maybe more. I have a hard time eyeballing these sorts of things. There are a lot. I can't really do more than 100/day because I start to go ballistic. It's slow going. Title. Authors. Publisher. City. Date. Genre. etc. It's maddening. Not to mention that I haul the books down off the shelves, bring them to my desk, type them, haul them back.

I suppose this is better for my body than running around after sick toddlers but I really need to get some sort of stimulation outside of typing books. Hopefully when the students return they can do the majority of the book typing and I can explore other opportunities. Or something.

I got a paycheck from my first 4 days of work and let's just say it was dismal. It's tough to take a $3/hr pay cut AND drop to 3/4 time. Hopefully something good comes out of all of this because right now it's just stressful. Blah.

Is it the weekend yet?

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[kcmedc.livejournal.com]

Is it the weekend yet?

Yup it is for me! I'm done playing in the ice and hopefully by the time I return on Sunday the ice will be gone.

Sorry you have to heft books. That's not a good thing to do while preggers but don't look at me I lift 300lb people from before the positive test to around 36 weeks. I know how drab data work can be too so hopefully things will speed up and you'll be assigned another task. That or youcould insert humor here and there. ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't heft boxes of books - I take them off the shelf and type them and put them back. Usually about 10-20 books at a time (paperback) so nothing strenuous. Certainly lighter than a toddler!

I'm all about the humor but I think ruining the database would be a bad idea in my first month.. ;)

[somerandomchic.livejournal.com]

Oh how I feel your pain. Probably half my grad assistantship is doing data entry and it makes me In.Sane. It's so tedious, and the stuff I have to enter is always a mess so I can't just be brainless, I have to actually THINK. oy.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I know we decided I should do this so I wouldn't be doing hard, stressful social work during pregnancy, but I feel like I stepped back several degrees to sit here. But hey, whatever makes a healthy baby, right?

I miss thinking.

Work is fun!

[(Anonymous)]

I had to pick up a different job after becoming pregnant with my first. I was working as a Gen. Mgr for 2 Cold Stone Creameries and by the end of my first trimester I had LOST weight because of being on my feet and not being able to eat enough. The job I found was terribly poor-paying (I went from 30k to $8/hr, which we could live on..but barely). Plus it was BORING. It was an art gallery where I basically sat on my butt for 8 hours a day. I logged in hundreds of hours of a video game on my cell phone.. lots of fun..

Re: Work is fun!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am super bored and we are definitely in a deficit now. But I am just trying to think ahead to the healthy baby!

[stapynam.livejournal.com]

:( i thought the whole point of this job and accepting less money was for the *lack* of stress! damnit!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well there always has to be a LITTLE stress. The job itself is pretty stress-free for sure.

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

If it were up to me, I would pay you more. You're worth it.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I would pay you more, too!!