I spent my first year at TNP trying not to look stupid and get fired. My second year, I worked hard, stayed (mostly) quiet and flew under the radar. In my third year I started speaking up, sitting at the…
Halloween: How to be Baby Spice when you're over 40
This year TNP decided that instead of an individual costume contest on Halloween, there would be departmental ones. The stakes, my friends, were upped. I was desperate for a first place win after last year’s practically less-than-perfect second place, so…
Happy Halloween from the Spice Girls!
We had a department Halloween contest at TNP. Baby Spice was an age stretch for me, but I think I did okay. My boots are made of white duct tape and construction paper wrapped around black shoes. The dress was…
Working at the Philadelphia Zoo
TNP took us all to the Philadelphia Zoo for a team-building exercise. After a big ol’ picnic/buffet lunch (hot dogs, hamburgers, barbeque chicken) in the Peacock Pavilion we divided up into four teams and went on a scavenger hunt. All…
Throwback Thursday: TNP Interview 1
I know the spirit of Throwback Thursday is supposed to be old pictures of yourself, but I’ve been doing that for 11 years now, and if you’re looking for a catalog of my bad hair and wardrobe styling through the…
Cookie tally & work holiday wrapup
The cookies are done and I sang “O night Diviiiiiiine” as I shoved the cooling racks into the dishwasher and put the mixer back up on top of the fridge. Here’s the final tally: Two batches of gingerbread people One…
One-year workiversary!
Want to feel old and marvel at how quickly time passes? Yesterday marked one year at my new job. Which I suppose isn’t new anymore. When most of my TNP coworkers found out (by my chirping “Today’s my anniversary!” —…
Three months at TNP
April 23rd marked my three month anniversary at TNP. And I’m still there! So much of this blog contains accounts of abandoning diets & fitness routines, quitting hobbies and subtle accounts of self-inflicted social hermitude that I have to brag….
