I went to my sisters today to have an early fathers day. My dad was hanging out watching Zachary while my sister packed. My mom came to get me in the city so we could go get Morgan’s bike fixed. We then all hung out at Carries place and had dinner. It was low key but i had a good time. I am slowly starting to get a big concerned about my dad’s foot, but I was told not to worry yet. Worrying anyway!
scott
Time With The Family
Today i went to my sisters to primarily see everyone, but the alterer motive was to fix my niece Morgan’s computer. Who knows what they did but i had to fix it. This will probably be the last time i see them at their apartment in Forest Hills since they move in a week. It is always high paced but great to see everyone. You can’t sit still with little kids!
Recruiting
Over the past several weeks i have been interviewing people like crazy for open positions we have on my team. We have been a bit under staffed for a while. We had 2 people leave plus we added new positions so it since a little after i started it seemed like we were under staffed, because we were. Within the past week we have had 2 new people start. I am hoping another person will take an offer and we will be close to full strength. It is good to be able to move multiple projects along when you have the manpower to do it.
Things are starting to shape up at the new place and I am starting to feel more at home. It is a nice feeling. I just don’t want to jinx myself by saying it.
Network Issues
Today started early with a network circuit outage, and closed the day with another network circuit outage. All told i think we had three distinct circuits go on the fritz. We had backups, but one needed to be manually switched and the outages caused us to stop everything and work on the problems. It was a long tiring day. I passed up going out for my dad’s birthday because i was so tired and i had a minor head ache.
Please Pass The Crazy Pills!
I received my lease renewal paperwork in the mail this week. I knew my rent was going to go up, but someone must be on some really happy pills if they think that i will pay a 14% increase in my already overpriced rent for another year. I couldn’t stop laughing because someone was serious when they mailed this paper to me. I like my apartment, and i like my neighborhood, but it isn’t worth the price anymore. Especially now that i have a new job and it is no where as easy to get to work as it used to be.
I have already begun looking for apartments in Queens for significantly less money. I am trolling Craigslist for ad’s. Hopefully i will find something soon.
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Shrek #3
Other than selling my extra monitor today, I went to see the 3rd Shrek movie with Danny and Starr. It was really funny. Not sure if it was better than the other 2 but it was well worth the money, and walking home in the rain. Now i am cleaning up my apartment and trying to relax before the work week starts again tomorrow.
The Old 20″ Display
After puttering around for a while I finally put my Apple 20″ Cinema display up on Craigslist to be sold. I have been lazy about selling it, and frankly it would have sold on ebay in no time but i didn’t want to deal with all the shipping and fees, etc. So i tried Craig’s list. I was about to give up hope, when after a few days someone replied to the posting, and the awesome flat panel now has a new home. I mean it was awesome. I just wanted even bigger, so I have my 23″.
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Zach’s Birthday Party
My nephew had his first birthday party today. It was an interesting event. I mean he didn’t really care what was going on. He had cake, got to run around with his little helper walker thing, and got held allot. It was a great day for him, but he had no idea it was a special day. Overall I think everyone had fun. It was a one year olds birthday party, so it wasn’t total fun for adults with no kids, but the kids had fun.
I got to see my grandmother who flew up from florida to see Zach for the first time. I also saw a bunch of friends of the family that i don’t see that often.
After the party i meet up with Jayson and we headed to John’s for some poker. I lost, so did Jayson. It was a relatively early night! All in all a good Saturday.
Apartment Hunting, or Not?
It is that time of year again. Yes, summer time but that is not what i meant. It is time for me to renew my lease. I have been eagerly awaiting the paperwork from my current building to see how outrageous the rent increase will be. I have read that the average increase in NYC is 9-13% this year. That is of course crazy. I love my apartment, and my neighborhood but I don’t think i will want to pay that much to live here if the rent goes up. I am looking into alternatives, but everything is a trade off. My current apartments trade off is the cost. I have been pondering this issue for a while, and i still don’t have a final decision, but i know deep down that the rent increase is going to be so great that i won’t want to pay it. Can i afford it, maybe. The point is do I want to shell out that amount of money per month when I could get someplace nice for significantly less? If I do move the location might not be as nice. Of course that last statement isn’t true from some peoples points of view. So for now i just ponder my choices, and hope the right decision comes to me, eventually!
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