So I haven't been as consistent as I had hoped I would be and I am sure there are many out there in the cyber-sphere that are heartbroken, but buck-up I'm back! I wish I could say my days have been too packed with thrilling adventures and archaeological expeditions to far-off places, but sadly, I cannot. My summer thus far has consisted mostly of work and weekend trips to the moving picture viewing theatre (Dark Knight anyone? Yes please!)
Now I should be fair. While I have not been galavanting around the globe, work certainly has (or rather had) become more interesting. You see, I was put on a project to audit mortgage loans underwritten by a certain company that will herein remain nameless. With the recent mortgage crisis that has gripped the nation the company I work for has decided to investigate certain loans that it has insured, that have defaulted to see if there was any foul play on the part of the loan officer approving the loan against company and industry guidelines. The part I took in this project was data geek. I navigated the important people throught the loan files and various excel spreadsheets while they determined if the loan could be rescinded or if there was not sufficient documentation to determine or if needed further investigation. Makes perfect sense right?
I don't really expect anyone to really follow all of that I just wanted to show off how much I knew, just in case any eligible ladies happened to be reading. I like to wow women with my intellectual prowess. Actually I just keep a thesaurus (not the dinosaur) next to me so I can look up cool sounding words. I don't even know what they mean.
Really I brought up all that insurance nerd-talk to simply say I had part in an interesting and actually important job and to segue into my next thought. I learned something very important while working here this summer and that is: If you have a job that someone can learn in a week you need to diversify your skill-set. You see last week I decided to take a week off to go to the beach with some friends. I figured it was a pretty safe bet. I was wrong. I returned to work this week to find they had trained someone else (who was supposed to be my replacement after I left) and changed the process just enough so it wouldn't be worth training me again for only 2 weeks of work. So here I am sitting at work, updating my blog. Gotta love summer jobs.
This entry is really boring, so sorry to all my die-hard fan. It lacks a certain "pictureness" to it. I will make up for later when I tell the tale of "Wes the New Nephew and the Gutted-House". Stay tuned!
