The hardest part of my new job is getting used keeping track of every minute of my day in order to bill clients accurately. I have to note when meetings start and end, times of phone calls, and minutes spent replying to emails, which is very difficult since I never wear a watch!

That’s all going to change next paycheck when I buy a new Seiko watch and stop getting clients price breaks by just approximating my time. I’d like a heftier watch with a little bit of bulk, and since black is all the rage in watches, I’d love to go with a silver band to match all my jewelry but a black face to be a little trendier.

BlueDial.com has just the watch for under $100. I wonder if a new watch is reimbursable?

Do you know someone that is habitually late? Do you tell a coworker that a 3:00 meeting starts at 2:30? Do you tell your boyfriend that the movie starts at 7:00 when it really doesn’t start till 8:00? Don’t you want to tell them to carry a pocket watch and get their act together?

I’m one of those people that needs a watch strapped to each wrist, not because I’m always late, but because I’m always early. I hate when people are late so much that I make ever effort to be 5-10 minutes early so that I don’t inconvenience anyone else, but when I think of the time I waste waiting for other people, my efforts seem fruitless.

So, are you an early bird or are you always coming to the party late? Do you despise being held up by other people or are you the one doing the holding up?

Mike went to a friend’s 21st birthday party last night, which he was leary about going to in the first place since they were meeting at a bar because somebody’s mom worked there.

I get a text message from him around eleven that says “now a white stretch Hummer is involved”, and I just have to laugh, because I know he was like a turd in a punch bowl the whole night riding in a Hummer and having someone’s mom sling him drinks. How classy.

EDIT: It gets better…they ended up at a strip club!

I try not to complain about my every day life much on this blog, but work is driving me insane today.

Don’t give me a task and then ask to see it before I distribute. Don’t say it’s my project to handle, and then want to be invited to all the meetings, and then decline the meeting invitation when I send it out. Don’t ask the same question ten different ways in a single meeting, because no matter how you ask it, I’m going to answer it the exact same way.

I’ve been working since I was 17. I can take instruction, I can get tasks done, and if you leave me alone, I can get them done quicker and better than you ever dreamed possible.

I have a meeting at the coffee shop across the street in 15 minutes with a woman from a local newspaper. The meeting would be in my office on the 11th floor of our building if she wasn’t afraid of elevators.

I wish I were joking.

In her email requesting a meeting, she asked if we could meet at the coffee shop because she “dislikes elevators”.