I am a mountaineer In the hills and highlands
So, moving.
The company that I'll be working for is paying for relocation, including professional movers and everything. Which is great, except for the part where I talk to a "relocation consultant" and they take care of everything for me. To be fair, my consultant has been wonderful and timely in responding to emails and all that, but it took two whole weeks to arrange for/confirm movers. Two weeks, out of the four we have before leaving. And the movers can't come until the week of my start date. So our plans to roadtrip up to Seattle are bust.
But on the other hand this means I don't have to worry about driving to Seattle.
I'm sure once the movers come to move us and all, I'll be like "Oh thank God someone else is taking care of this", but right now I'm just like "... can't I call people and arrange for things instead of having you call me, then tell me you're passing the task off to a 'move specialist' who will then call the movers"? It's like the wedding cake all over again. Doing it myself sounds like a good idea, but then when push comes to shove I'll be glad someone else is doing it.
But the point here is we finally have a move date. The movers are coming to pack on July 11, and I'm heading out on the 12th while Alex comes out on the 13th (he has to supervise the movers on the 12th, I need to be there before the 13th for paperwork).
And this seems a good time as any to change my LJ theme.
The company that I'll be working for is paying for relocation, including professional movers and everything. Which is great, except for the part where I talk to a "relocation consultant" and they take care of everything for me. To be fair, my consultant has been wonderful and timely in responding to emails and all that, but it took two whole weeks to arrange for/confirm movers. Two weeks, out of the four we have before leaving. And the movers can't come until the week of my start date. So our plans to roadtrip up to Seattle are bust.
But on the other hand this means I don't have to worry about driving to Seattle.
I'm sure once the movers come to move us and all, I'll be like "Oh thank God someone else is taking care of this", but right now I'm just like "... can't I call people and arrange for things instead of having you call me, then tell me you're passing the task off to a 'move specialist' who will then call the movers"? It's like the wedding cake all over again. Doing it myself sounds like a good idea, but then when push comes to shove I'll be glad someone else is doing it.
But the point here is we finally have a move date. The movers are coming to pack on July 11, and I'm heading out on the 12th while Alex comes out on the 13th (he has to supervise the movers on the 12th, I need to be there before the 13th for paperwork).
And this seems a good time as any to change my LJ theme.