Getting better all the time....

Well, I still owe you a post on Drill.  Maybe tomorrow.

It's been a while since my last post.  It's been a busy 3 weeks.  My contract gig turned into a permanent full time job.  Its pretty gratifying to receive that kind recognition so fast.  It could be because, even though I'm a pretty senior geek, I'm willing to do scut work or whatever needs done.  Regardless of the reason, it looks like its gonna be a good, stable job, which is really cool, given the state of the economy. 

"But what about the commute?" You ask?  Well, that has a couple of solutions:  1) I figured out when I need to leave the house to catch the Max at the right time.  That helps.  Plus, as a permanent employee, I can park in our building for free.  That cuts my commute down to about an hour.  That's doable.  For 6 weeks of vacation a year and nice bennies, I can do a 1 hour commute.  OH, and then there's the best part - they let me telecommute 2 days a week.  That makes such an incredible difference!  It really makes the whole thing doable.

So, that's been my life for the last month or so - go to work, come home, go to drill practice, coach OHSET practice, get up and do it all again.  But the paychecks are coming in now and, with a full time job and a part time job, I am finally able to fix some things we've been putting off.  Yay.  We now have electricity back to the front of the house.  Amazing.

And that's my life in a nutshell.




 

Miscellanous Ugh!

So I started my new contract job.  Somehow, I didn't think the commute would be 2 hours!!!  One way!!! 

The job itself is fine.  The usual sort of QA gig.  They've figured out that I know what I'm doing so I'm leading a project, which is groovy.  It's nice to get recognized.  But the commute is sucking my will to live.  I have to get up at 6:00 to get to work by 8:30.  Truly.  And that's when I shower the night before.  I literally wake up, eat a bite, throw my clothes on and go.  I miss my old commute.  Wake up, put my jammie bottoms on, walk into the living room and sit down.

So that's my life.  At least for the foreseeable future.  Yay.

I have to admit, this blogging thing is kinda fun.  It's kinda like writing a diary that everyone can read.  (Well, except without the secrets part.  I subscribe to the "never post anything you wouldn't want your Mom or Boss to see" school of thought.)  But it is kinda cathartic.

I owe y'all an explanation about drill.  I'll get on that soon.  I promise. But, in the meantime, I need a nap.  I'm shot!