Well - they finally laid me off - end of Sept 05-ish, we all knew it was only a matter of time. We were down to 5 or so users in CT. And I didnt want to take a job in NYC so they couldnt justify keeping me on anymore to support such a small staff. So was sad - end of an era so to speak... my longest gig. felt like I was at home there... oh well. Dont know what else I'll have to say in this Martha blog - but I'm sure I'll come back from time to time to update gossip or recheck the pics...

So the new gig: Contract position until aprox April 06 as a Corporate Trainer and Training Administrator at a large international company, that owns several "Adult" beverage brands, Ginss, Smrnff, Cpt Mrgn, Bailys, JoCrvo, Crwn Ryl, Jon Wlkr, .. To almost name just a few.

I am working out of their North American corp headquarters in the IS dept (best of all its 5 minutes from my son's daycare and just 8 minutes or less from my house!!). Great facility with a full cafeteria and gym and on-site bar (that opens at lunch time every day) and has weekly happy hours (featuring all the brands the company owns, of course!)

All else is well - of course I miss my Martha folks and I had to do a slight shift to get adjusted to the corp culture here after being so buried in the informality of a TV/Entertainment environment for so long. But I haven't had many "foot in my mouth" or inappropriate ADHD moments here! And one of the best parts is, I get to dress like a grown up again and am no longer crawling under desks as the tech support gruntess!!

the new MARTHA

they are up and running with the new show pre-pro... "MARTHA" its called. I go back and forth between wanting to be a part of it and knowing that I couldnt take the daily commute to NYC. (not as a 9 to 5r) I reinforced that knowledge by volunteeering to go to the new site and train the incoming new hires on our email and ip phones... Its a heck of a haul to get there!!! I soooooo enjoy the time i get to spend there with my former co-workers who were laid off when the boss went away to camp cupcake... and do i enjoy working with the new peeps but I am just as happy, if not more, to run my butt back up to midtown and GCT to take that hour long train ride that brings me back home to hubby and Baby Boy in CT!

Sigh... what me gon do?

she's baaaack...

kinder, gentler? humility? nicer to her "elves"...?
hmmmm... repeat after me, "I signed a non-disclosure agreement..."

*[original ranting content has thereby been edited in consideration of my desire to continue my employment]*

all I CAN say (here) is, the more things seem to change (to who? the media?), the more they actually stay the same... (if same = "intense on steriods"...) to those inside the compound...

the martha machine

my prelim post:
I'm just a tiny cog in this mighty machine called MSLO (I forget, did we drop the L?)... but believe it or not - MS really does try to get to know all her cogs little and big... more to come