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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 09, 2005, 06:02:44 PM
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It's a quote from the Clifford cartoon my kids watch. I always think of it, for some reason, when the good mixes with teh bad, or else the bad happens and I'm not really upset about it.
Here's the skinny on this week for me.
I left work early two days in a row. Monday for an interview at AOL, though I just said I had "an appointment" and let them think what they will. Tuesday for class. Before I left yesterday my boss came in kind of upset about a few things that aren't getting done. Not entirely my fault, but they look bad on all of us when they don't happen, so I really need to be getting a lot done, which is why today I didn't do the article till late and I bumped Sprig up a day.
so I'm coming to work today planning to bust some serious hump to get stuff done. Well, it doesn't really work that way. The car I'm driving right now (belongs to my father-in-law) has been heating up pretty fast. I couldn't figure it out. Oil and radiator fluid are fine. Well, it was REALLY bad today, lots of steam/smoke coming out of the hood at one point, so I pulled over to a service station. The radiator cap had popped. Wisely deciding not to drive the rest of the way, I leave it at the garage and wait a good half hour for someone from work (I'm closer to there than home) to show up and take me into the office.
Ugh.
But then I call back the guy I interviewed with LAST week. They're offering me a job that would be an $8k/year raise, plus an improvement in benefits that could easily rise to another 1-2. It's down in arlington, which is not a commute I relish, but I could take public transport there and both a) get more reading done, and b) save money.
All good? It gets better. Instead of answering phone calls from angry customers all day I'd be doing that maybe once a week, and getting much fewer calls during that day. Mostly I'd be writing/editing/revising help files, documentation, some marketing info, and training materials. I may be doing training too. It's an even smaller company and much more personal. It sounds really cool
But I'm not sure I should take it.
My wife and I have both been getting impressions that maybe we should move away from NoVA. Maybe to Charlottesville, maybe to NC, who knows where. (Not to Utah though, guys, seriously).
so tomorrow we fast and pray on it.
And then, after a busy day of working really hard and still not making much progress, my wife forgot to come pick me up, so I'm still here at work. Yeah, nice (the car I drove still in the shop, y'know).
Oh well, at least lunch was on the boss today.
mmmm... beef chimichanga...
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Sounds like you have some good options coming in, SE. If you feel like moving away from NoVA is right, you'll get an offer that feels better even than the one you've got now, I think. Good luck!
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I'd follow the promptings you're getting from the Spirit. Can you make a temple trip?
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possibly. I was going to ask my dad for a blessing
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A blessing from "Bishop" Ehlers YAY!!!
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My wife and I have both been getting impressions that maybe we should move away from NoVA. Maybe to Charlottesville, maybe to NC, who knows where. (Not to Utah though, guys, seriously).
Yeah, that impression is called Property prices and Overpopulation. I'm getting it too and making a tactical withdrawl to a small town north of Albany
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well, I accepted the job. Hello metro!
Now I just have to tell my current boss.
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cool now you work close to me!
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yeah. How close to the courthouse are you?
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3 or 4 miles...
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we seriously need to get together and have some lunches then.
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SE, I just gotta ask. Is this "Clifford The Big Red Dog," or post-John Ritter "Clifford's Puppy Days?"
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Big Red Dog. I personally have not seen the puppy ones, though I understand my kids and wife have.