The Update You've Been Waiting For
Well, I moved to Minneapolis on Sunday. Fled Madison amidst this huge winter storm they were having that left a solid sheet of ice on my car and froze several other people's cars in 6" of solid ice after I left. It was a long drive considering it was only 250 miles (about 5 hours) but I arrived in time to greet the Comcast guy and get my internet set up. That was a big plus.
The house looks great - it's about the right size for me, which is to say I don't feel cramped up, but I don't feel like I'm in a mansion. It's 1100 sq ft, so it's modestly sized but with well-updated applianes, nice window treatments and a great backyard. I'm having to have a new fence put in though because I know for a fact that Clyde-the-dog will be able to escape under this one when he gets here (he's short of stature, and there is a good foot of space underneath the fence -which looks nice, but makes it way too easy for Clyde).
I started work on Monday, and it wasn't a blast, but it wasn't hideously painful. Except for the waking up at 5:45am and being greeted by -25deg F weather. That part was painful. Walking to the bus in it, and getting to the bus 20 minutes early was also painful, but I digress. Work went OK - I work with a bunch of people who are really closely knit which is a good and a bad thing. On the one hand, they're friendly, nice people, on the other hand, it's easy to feel like an outsider. They also did some strange things on my first day - like telling me they had somebody drive by my house to "check it out".
Today, I had the joy of surveying cut up bits of frozen research dogs for retained radiation after they'd been sitting in storage to decay for 10 half lives. Yeah... Interesting job to say the least lol. That said, people keep asking me if I love my job, and I guess the answer is no. It's a job I go to, one I can do relatively easily, and it pays well. But I don't love it or feel passionate about it. The question is, is that really mandatory or is casual acceptance of your job acceptable? I almost prefer it - there's no dramatic ups and downs related to the job. Just kind of gentle acceptance of what's going on around me.
Marc's supposed to be coming up this weekend. We're going to see the badgers play the gophers in hockey. I'm excited. :D He's been the hardest part of moving here, by far.
The house looks great - it's about the right size for me, which is to say I don't feel cramped up, but I don't feel like I'm in a mansion. It's 1100 sq ft, so it's modestly sized but with well-updated applianes, nice window treatments and a great backyard. I'm having to have a new fence put in though because I know for a fact that Clyde-the-dog will be able to escape under this one when he gets here (he's short of stature, and there is a good foot of space underneath the fence -which looks nice, but makes it way too easy for Clyde).
I started work on Monday, and it wasn't a blast, but it wasn't hideously painful. Except for the waking up at 5:45am and being greeted by -25deg F weather. That part was painful. Walking to the bus in it, and getting to the bus 20 minutes early was also painful, but I digress. Work went OK - I work with a bunch of people who are really closely knit which is a good and a bad thing. On the one hand, they're friendly, nice people, on the other hand, it's easy to feel like an outsider. They also did some strange things on my first day - like telling me they had somebody drive by my house to "check it out".
Today, I had the joy of surveying cut up bits of frozen research dogs for retained radiation after they'd been sitting in storage to decay for 10 half lives. Yeah... Interesting job to say the least lol. That said, people keep asking me if I love my job, and I guess the answer is no. It's a job I go to, one I can do relatively easily, and it pays well. But I don't love it or feel passionate about it. The question is, is that really mandatory or is casual acceptance of your job acceptable? I almost prefer it - there's no dramatic ups and downs related to the job. Just kind of gentle acceptance of what's going on around me.
Marc's supposed to be coming up this weekend. We're going to see the badgers play the gophers in hockey. I'm excited. :D He's been the hardest part of moving here, by far.