It's Done.

It's been a while since I blogged, but I can tell you that the main reason for the radio silence was because I couldn't talk about - My New Job! For fear of losing my old one, of course; that would be sloppy of me, very sloppy. I finally gave my resignation today - it was all very formal. I cannot believe I was there for four full years - that is my record for the longest time I have stayed at any one establishment. My plan was to stay there until I graduated, but as you likely read in that last post, some things came up.

In the end, I'm grateful for my personality conflict with my boss. It has taught me many things. I often have trouble with authority figures, especially when I'm smarter than they are (trust me, it happens). This time, I was able to not let it affect me the way it has in the past. Sure, it got on my nerves, but that by itself was just not a reason to quit. I had worked too hard, and though I didn't like her, I did like my work and my co-workers pretty well. Then the events of a couple of weeks ago happened, and the account that I've been working on for years is slowing down - all of these events converged at just the right time.

An opportunity presented itself at school and I leaped onto it and hung on like grim death. A couple of my professors wrote a grant for me to do consulting and research for the University. I'll be getting experience doing what I love to do, redesigning business infrastructure for small to medium sized enterprises. My resume will gleam, it'll be so exciting. It's more per hour, but less hours, so I'm looking for part time gigs to fill in. I think the best part of all this is that I'll no longer spend 40 hours a week focused in a direction I no longer want to go.

I didn't sleep a wink last night. My brain kept flipping between some stuff I'm creating on the website and what I was going to tell my co-workers today. Kind of a roller coaster of emotions, to tell you the truth. And after all that, things turned out fine today. My boss acted exactly like I expected her to act. It was amazingly easy to predict. And through everything, I just get to keep to myself. I do have a choice. I'm learning that the high road, in this case, is the path of least resistance. Nothing more needs to be said or done. Some people will die angry and lonely, and I won't. And that's enough.


That's all for now - I have to catch up on some work I didn't get done over the weekend. Further bulletins as events warrant!!

Rainy Sunday Afternoon

There's been plenty of rain in my corner of the universe today - complete with thunder, which Jazz completely dislikes. It is really cute the way she snuggles up to me when a big boomer comes along, but it makes it kind of hard to type with the dog in my lap. I'm finding myself pretty grateful for the little things today - roof over my head, dogs to hug, friends, books to read. I'm looking forward to the future, as well - many new adventures to come. More on this as the details develop! For now, I'm just going to grab a hot cup of coffee and continue reading.

It's on.

I decided this evening to post my resume on my website. Which does seem a bit dodgy, but what the hell! I'm putting it out there. It's probably about time anyway. Also, it's not that much of a risk, since my workplace is quite afraid of anything technological. They consider instant messaging suspicious. I think we still have an abacus in the back...

All right, rant pretty much over. I may end up taking it down, but for now it makes me feel better!

Night, all.


-- Posted on the run!!

That's right, third time today...

I just got home from a going away party - my friend Dusti is moving away. She finished her degree and is off to Maryland with Kip and the kids. I kept thinking - my turn next time! Minus the husband and kids part. Also, I'm sure I'll choose something hotter than Maryland.

I have so much on my to do list right now, but today I chose to get things in order. When my life gets cluttered, (especially mentally), I have to hit the brakes and clean it up. I love school, but I don't always organize my time well, and I end up paying for it. So, I'm trying to do it a little differently this time. Part of this is getting as much as I can done before the semester starts. We'll see how this goes for me - tomorrow is a big day.

Jazz needs her mom, so I'm signing off. Night, all...


-- Posted on the run!!

Wow.

My life almost drastically changed this morning - I was leaving home for a meeting, and on my way through the parking lot, and this guy ran right out in front of me. He just sprinted out from between a couple of cars - he noticed me just as I slammed on my brakes. It was pretty scary. He just kept running - perhaps the look on my face deterred him from speaking with me.

All this to say - life could be a whole lot more complicated right now, know what I mean?


-- Posted on the run!!

Potential badness

It was one of those weeks, to be sure. I went to a work meeting on Tuesday, where my boss introduced a "promotion structure". Long story short, I'm the only one they're not promoting that has been there over two years. In addition, when they read the list of qualifications, it sounded like a job I would hate. It was like I'd gone to bed, and overnight someone had rewritten my job description - for someone who is not me. Added to that we have my review coming up in two weeks. Not looking forward to that at all. Spending some deep time exploring options this weekend... Suggestions welcome!


-- Posted on the run!!