Done yesterday (20121001 Mo)
Yesterday I had a dentist appointment at 11am, to get my teeth deep-cleaned. As I was pulling in to the parking lot I got a phone call from $K (the contract agency) saying I'd gotten the contract at $D.
In spite of the fact that I think I'd probably prefer a full-time job at $T, which is a smaller company with a really cool product that I actually want to use, the timing for that just isn't likely to work out -- I haven't even had a phone interview yet (I expect one this afternoon, but still...) So my mood has been distinctly mixed -- it was something like depression last night. (I'll get to that later.)
The teeth-cleaning went very well -- the hygienist was surprised that I was able to handle it with just a topical anesthetic. Yeah, there were a couple of twinges, but I often get worse from my arthritis just getting out of bed in the morning, and much worse after sitting with my legs crossed for half an hour.
Which brings us to the evening, when I was feeling depressed, and made a joke about something I thought was unrelated that N. misinterpreted as sounding suicidal. And then couldn't get back in touch with me.
Apparently several of my followup IM messages simply got dropped on the floor between here and there. And she couldn't raise me by phone or text, apparently because I was reading a book in the Kindle app! The text, in fact, finally arrived a minute or so after I exited the app. WTF?????!!! Anyone ever encounter that one?
OK, getting back to the down mood. I don't know how much of that is due to uncertainty over $D vs. $T, how much is due to simple relief, and how much is due to the fact that I've gotten used to being "retired". Have I mentioned alexithymia lately? It means that, very often, I don't know what I'm feeling. It's a problem.
A few links in the notes, though nothing exceedingly noteworthy.
1001 Mo * up 7:40ish; W=194.4; d, n, t, h; shower, laundry, dishes C 7:40ish. Say 4, midnight @ Why Amazon and Salesforce are pulling away from the cloud pack (linkedin) @ A Very Strange Way to Assess the Safety of Banks - Bloomberg (linkedin) : The CVS-to-git conversion failed last night for the simple reason that the repo is missing. And git cvsimport just hung waiting for the nonexistant lock to clear rather than reporting an error the way cvs commit did when I tried it. :P : Call from $K -- I got the job at $D -- $75/hr. Texted N. * 11am dentist - cleaning. Was offered injected anesthetic; topical worked fine. -> prescription for toothpaste -> sonicare or oral B sonic - pricey but effective. BB+B Best Electric Toothbrushes | Top Picks and Reviews at ConsumerSearch ->Oral-B ProfessionalCare SmartSeries 4000 Sonicare FlexCare (runner up) * Call Mom re: $D @ Jesus Could Be Their Candidate and the Republicans Would Still Lose " That's because the American people don't have a death wish. You see we may all wallow in our own delusional fantasy lands but we want sane leaders. @ Do patent and copyright law restrict competition and creativity excessively? Posner - The Becker-Posner Blog @eff ! 7pm for some reason I'm not feeling happy -- I'm miserable. Don't know why. 7:46 and scared? Maybe. Not good at reading myself. Relief? Tired? * Responded to Norwescon pro guest invitation. 6-8 hours of programming : apparently the Kindle app interferes with phone and SMS?!! Evil!! Also weird -- I can't find any reference to the phenomenon.
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