Session Over

Why do so many websites place their logout links/buttons in counter-intuitive locations on their pages? Yeah, I'm looking at you AT&T with your horrible white and creamsicle orange color scheme...tucking the logout button in the hinterlands of your page makes online bill pay that much more cumbersome. The Comcast signout button is located in the top middle left portion of their bill pay website, which is really tough to find at first...and why do I have to enter my login and password on two separate pages? And why is the account information that is displayed so wildly inaccurate? About the only bill pay site that is remotely close to being user friendly is the Puget Sound Energy page...but they seem to have outsourced that to a vendor...still, the entire PSE website experience is intuitive, which is somewhat shocking since they are a utility company.

I'm off to bed to think of more petty grievances to conjure up....

What's Old Is New Again

So, I started a new job today and I am feeling pretty darn good about it. The last 3 1/2 years of my professional life have been excruciating, to say the least. I took 10 steps backwards in pay and twice as many career wise when I accepted the job...the only thing that made the gig tolerable were the people I worked with. Otherwise, it was a depressing slog into work each and every day...a slog into a job I accepted because my unemployment benefits were set to expire. You see, back in the days when I was laid off from a job we didn't have the fancy emergency extensions you kids get today. It was 6 months and then you were off the dole! Yes, well....

Anyhoo, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders with the new job...everything feels new and possible again. It's funny how being somewhat recruited for a position will invigorate the psyche and self-esteem. The commute is going to be tough some days, but I chose to live where I do because I love the neighborhood and house...I can't see myself moving just for a better commute. Having attended a new school every year until the 8th grade was rough, I don't want to do that to my kids.

Maybe now that I have regained a bit of a hop to my step I'll post more regularly...no promises....