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kairotic elsewhere on the web, and reminded that it's been an awfully long time since I've posted, I figured it was about time I got off my butt and updated you all on my big news.
I got a new job!
In fact, I start today. I'm slowly in the process of getting ready here, but I am up much, much earlier than is really necessary, so I have plenty of time to putter around before I have to leave. This is partly due to the fact that I have a VERY short commute now! It's about a 15 to 20 minute commute from here at the most, and I'm actually working within the same community as I live now. Once I work up to walking to the train, I will need to leave about 20 minutes before I need to be at work. This is one aspect of the job I am definitely looking forward to!
I'm going to be working, once again, for a sole practitioner lawyer who does mostly family law. He seems like a really nice guy though, unlike the last one. I'm also going to have only a 30 hour work week, and flexible hours, so I will be allowed to choose what hours I want to work and how many days I want to split those 30 hours over. I haven't decided yet whether I want to do 4 days of 7.5 hour days, or 5, 6-hour days per week. I'm going to try both and see which I prefer. I'm making enough that I could stick with the 30 hours and be just fine (it works out to 2k more than my previous job, even with only 30 hours a week), but I'm contemplating various options of supplementing my income, though I haven't decided on anything yet.
So now that I will have an income again, I have many many plans. At the top of the list, is to get out more and be social. I actually did a good job of this last weekend - I had a date on Saturday night (another dud, won't be seeing him again), and then on Sunday night, Ian and I had a celebratory dinner for my new job at Shabusen downtown. Mmmm, korean barbecue. It was awesome, and I even tried fish! I had 1 piece of a tuna roll, 2 pieces of a california roll and 1 piece of a prawn tempura roll. I've decided to try and train myself to like fish, so this was a start on that goal.
When I was on my way downtown on the train on Sunday night, a couple of guys got on the train a couple stops past me dressed in tuxedos, and were carrying musical instrument cases. I asked them what group they were from, and they said the Academy Symphony, and I mentioned that I hadn't played in an ensemble since highschool and that they were making me miss it even more. I've been missing music for a long time, actually. So I am thinking that some of my extra spare time from my new job will be rectifying that.
kairotic elsewhere on the web, and reminded that it's been an awfully long time since I've posted, I figured it was about time I got off my butt and updated you all on my big news.I got a new job!
In fact, I start today. I'm slowly in the process of getting ready here, but I am up much, much earlier than is really necessary, so I have plenty of time to putter around before I have to leave. This is partly due to the fact that I have a VERY short commute now! It's about a 15 to 20 minute commute from here at the most, and I'm actually working within the same community as I live now. Once I work up to walking to the train, I will need to leave about 20 minutes before I need to be at work. This is one aspect of the job I am definitely looking forward to!
I'm going to be working, once again, for a sole practitioner lawyer who does mostly family law. He seems like a really nice guy though, unlike the last one. I'm also going to have only a 30 hour work week, and flexible hours, so I will be allowed to choose what hours I want to work and how many days I want to split those 30 hours over. I haven't decided yet whether I want to do 4 days of 7.5 hour days, or 5, 6-hour days per week. I'm going to try both and see which I prefer. I'm making enough that I could stick with the 30 hours and be just fine (it works out to 2k more than my previous job, even with only 30 hours a week), but I'm contemplating various options of supplementing my income, though I haven't decided on anything yet.
So now that I will have an income again, I have many many plans. At the top of the list, is to get out more and be social. I actually did a good job of this last weekend - I had a date on Saturday night (another dud, won't be seeing him again), and then on Sunday night, Ian and I had a celebratory dinner for my new job at Shabusen downtown. Mmmm, korean barbecue. It was awesome, and I even tried fish! I had 1 piece of a tuna roll, 2 pieces of a california roll and 1 piece of a prawn tempura roll. I've decided to try and train myself to like fish, so this was a start on that goal.
When I was on my way downtown on the train on Sunday night, a couple of guys got on the train a couple stops past me dressed in tuxedos, and were carrying musical instrument cases. I asked them what group they were from, and they said the Academy Symphony, and I mentioned that I hadn't played in an ensemble since highschool and that they were making me miss it even more. I've been missing music for a long time, actually. So I am thinking that some of my extra spare time from my new job will be rectifying that.
