Month: August 2008

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I am waiting on the street since there is some sort of fire incident in my office building.

Dinner With Morgan And A Screaming 2 Year Old

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I meet up with my sister near my parents house tonight to go for dinner. Carrie, Morgan, & Zachary are staying over at my parents from Monday until tomorrow. Since I didn’t see them while they were in PA this weekend I decided to head out to Bayside for some dinner. My parents were going to a show with friends so they were a no show.

I was surprised when I got picked up at the train to see my dad in the car with my sister. It turns out that my parents hadn’t needed to leave yet, and apparently my nephew didn’t really want to goto dinner without his Poppy. For a little guy of 2 he really lets you know when he doesn’t like something. Hoping to avert a meltdown my dad rode in the car to the restaurant (we went to Jackson Whole) and my mom picked him up there. Well, we may have delayed the meltdown but when my dad left Zach was not so happy. I think everyone in a 2 mile radius knew he wasn’t happy. My sister had to take him outside for a while. That at least gave me time to hang out with Morgan. I can’t believe she starts Kindergarden next week.

I can forgive Zach being loud, because hey he is my nephew. What I cannot forgive is he didn’t give me a hug goodbye, or even a high five. I even tried for a low five, and got nothing. Like he is going to get sugar or chocolate when my sister isn’t looking now. OK, maybe he will anyway but I won’t be happy about it.

I at least got a rid home. And to top off the evening I was able to snag my dad’s Garmen GPS for my trip next weekend.

Hanging Out Again

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Friday night I went out and meet up with Luke, Ben, Stanley & others. It wasn’t a late night, but I was out 3 of the 4 past nights. I am not normally that self destructive and go out that many nights in a row. It takes its tole on me. I didn’t sleep that well last night, but that was surprising only because I didn’t drink allot.

I meet up with Luke and Jeanette at Windfall. Stanley swung by for a few rounds. Then we headed off to Blaggards and meet up with a bunch of other people from my old job. We hung out there for a while before I called it a night. With the exception of the past two weeks I hadn’t been out allot in August so it was nice getting out and hanging with friends.

An Unplanned Reunion

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Last night I went meet up with Danny to grab a few drinks. We headed over to an old hang out No Idea! As odd luck would have it as we grabbed our second round we saw none other than Gus, and James! We all used to work together and it was an unplanned meeting. I had seen James a few weeks before when I visited the old office, and Gus back in May when I switched jobs. We talked and BS’ed for a while. It was really nice to catch up with everyone.

I was surprised that Danny got really drunk. He usually holds his alcohol and he was out of it really early. He is not a nice drunk. I got really buzzed but knew when to call it a night. I did have to get up and goto work in the morning.

Tactical Errors

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I gave my notice at work today. It has been approximately 92 days but it became apparent that this wasn’t the job for me. In allot of ways I liked the job allot, but in others it was not a fit at all for me. In the end there was a ton of reasons why I took the job and why I am leaving, but it boiled down to the environment not being a fit for me, and what I was doing was a step backwards to what I had been doing. Of course when I took the job I didn’t know the environment would be so different, but hindsight is always 20/20.

I chalk up my decision to taking the job in the first place as a tactical error. As long as I learn from it the experience wasn’t a total loss. I also believe I am not where I am today without everything leading up to this point. That means the good and the bad, so if I hadn’t made the mistakes I made over the years who knows how things would have turned out. And so far things have turned out ok (knock on wood). I think the new job I am going to start will be a good step for me. It seems much more like a fit for me. It is similar to things I have done, but is also very different in many ways.

I didn’t think I was making the wrong decision to leave, but after hearing what my boss had too saw about it I knew I was making the right decision. As much as my decision was a huge setback for him, I relieved tons of praise and encouragement. I didn’t really expect that but it was fantastic to get. I think he knew this wasn’t the right fit for me

Now I need to work on handing off my projects to others, while I prepare myself for my new position. I am very nervous, and excited at the same time. I start the new gig on September 8th. I get a whole day off between leaving my old job and starting the new one!

eee PC

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Today I got my eee PC 1000h. It is a tiny 3lbs or so mini laptop. My first impressions are mixed. It is small but feels heavier than i thought. The Vaio I have feels allot lighter but is only slightly lighter. The eee PC does feel a bit sturdier. The keyboard seems ok. The speed of the system seems pretty sluggish, but I don't plan on doing intense stuff on it. I bought it mainly tto take notes and blog like I am doing right now.

I want to plug the eee PC into a monitor and see how it performs on a big screen. From what I can tell this is a great little limited capacity computer, but by no way does it replace a full functioned laptop.

3 Month Anniversary

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Today marks my 3 month anniversary at my current company. It is weird. In many ways it feels like I have been there for ages, and in other ways it feels like only yesterday that I left my last job. I want to write more about this milestone but due to my own restrictions on what I write about work on the blog I won't go into further detail.

Today and a large part of yesterday was taken up with meetings, and vendor meetings. I am knee deep in trying to figure out the final design for a data center project I am working on. Today was spent dealing with that, and other fun administrative items. It is funny how days like today fly by.

I meet up with Luke for drinks after work. I only had two before I headed off to home to try and relax before I have to get up and do it all again tomorrow.