Left in time

One of my early temp assignments was at MCI at Pentagon City. This was before they merged with Worldcom. In fact, they broke off merger proceedings with British Telecom while I was working there. While listening to the additional bad news about Worldcom, I learned a rather startling fact. They've lost so many jobs now that the two Pentagon City buildings where I was based are now empty. Everyone has either lost their jobs or moved out to Dulles. They've put up the PC properties up for sale.

I was glad when I left. I had had quite enough of *that* mentality. People kept asking "Don't you want to be a permanent staff?" Seeing this situation, I'm glad that I didn't.

Life

There are times when I absolutely hate my life and my apartment. I continue to experience problems with the a/c, usually humidity issues. My allergist was pretty specific on this issue. Keep the humidity down and you won't have to worry about the mold. I can't do that. I've *tried* everything, but the humidity stays up in the 60% range. My landlady doesn't understand at all. The handyman couldn't find anything in the main part of the a/c unit, even though I pointed up at the damn flow vents between the rooms as the real culprit. They've been coated with moisture at odd times. Of course everytime they come to look, it has already evaporated. They're going to try to change the filters and see if that helps. I only hope my new job has started by then.

Oh yeah, law firm turned me down, so I've said yes to the hellish hours job. Hopefully being away from the apartment will improve my health and my emotional state.