Life In a New Town

Well I thought that the moving would be the hard part, and it was hard. I am still unpacking because even though I had five full days to finish it I totally didn't. Things are mostly put away except the pile of 8 boxes in my bedroom. Oh well I will get that done on Saturday.

I started my new job on Monday. It is probably the most horrible job I have ever had. While it is almost the same job I had before, it is far worse. I knew that some things would be different, but I just didn't think that it would be this bad. I know I can be overly dramatic sometimes, but now isn't one of them. I have never been "corrected" for doing things that I know for a fact are right before in my life. These people have no clue how to run their business and it drives me insane. To top it off I feel like I have no one to talk to there. All of the people there are just irritating. I have this weekend off work so I am spending it applying for new jobs and fine tuning my resume.

Other than the job part of my life, I am actually doing pretty well. The move went smooth enough, the girlfriend is happy to not have a long distance relationship again (as am I), I forgot how much I missed about living alone, I have a washer and dryer that don't take quarters for the first time in 7 years, and I got my internet installed and it costs me half as much as it has for the last 3 years. I can't think about the last one too much or I will realize how much money I wasted (just did $720). Except for the money thing those are all good things.

Time to Move

Well today I being a two day process of moving to the new place in Cleveland. I will have live in a even smaller place and have to be on a strict budget. I know it sounds to good to be true. I have to get used to having no cable and I won't have internet until Friday. So I have to get used to network TV and reading for the next few days while I unpack. Saturday we are heading back to BG for the night to go out one last time. This is another one of those times were I have been told I must get drunk. Last time I heard that was on my birthday, and that didn't turn out so well (meaning I throw up a lot). Oh well I guess once every six months won't kill me.

Yep, I'm Moving

Well I now have a new job (still shitty) and an apartment (super small). I can't help but feel nervous still. It is still a huge change and I have so much packing and moving to do that I don't feel excited yet. My last big move was to college seven years ago, so I guess I am a little out of practice. The fact that I have a wonderful girl who loves me waiting there is the only thing that really makes going through all of this trouble worth it.

Right now I am so broke that I will have to pull a big chunk out of my emergency fund to make the move happen since I am pay for rent on two places for a few months. This is on top of the money I have spent traveling to and from the new place to see the girl and find an apartment. Now that I have I place I don't have to make that drive for a week or two. This is good also because it is a terribly boring drive as well as being two and a half hours long.

I am looking forward to leaving my current job. I just feel like I have done everything I can for the place. I know that I would never get promoted again and that would be the only way I could get more done. Still I feel bad because there are not enough people in the company to really replace me at the moment. As angry as that place makes me sometimes, it is still like another home to me and the people there are like my family. Going to a job that is almost the same for another company doesn't make me feel any better. Oh well time to move on.

Well I know I have not posted in forever, but who cares. I have found I don't want to post a lot when I am actually happy, so I haven't been posting. I am at the moment a little upset. My girlfriend is moving to Cleveland. It is good for her and she will have a better job. But now my girlfriend will live 150 miles away. This sucks, so I applied for a job online. I already have an interview set up for next week, but that still means some time apart. I had hoped that when I got another job it would be one that would be completely different from my current job. It doesn't look like that will be the case, since I am trying to get a job that is pretty much the same job I have now only in Cleveland.

I still haven't told my parents that I am planning on moving. I already told my boss and my friends, but I just don't want to worry them so I'll tell them once I have a definite plan. I don't think it will bother them, I just think they will be worried. At least they will know where I am which is something they can't say right now about my wayward brother. Anyway I am just hoping for the best so I can have a plan for the future, even if it is in Cleveland.

Not such a Sweet Day

Just a question, did everyone else in the world know that yesterday was Sweetest Day? Apparently I am just stupid. In the five years I was single I seem to have to forgotten what month this greeting card holiday was even in. Unfortunately my girlfriend did not, awkward huh?

Economic Crisis?

Well the economy may be going to hell, but gas prices are going down. So it was great not having to pay over fifty dollars for gas so I was really happy. I may be a horrible person, but screw everyone else I saved some money.

A Sickeningly Fun Weekend

Well I had a good weekend for the most part. I got to go out with my girlfriend, two of her friends, and Becky on Saturday night. Problem was I drank a lot. Very stupid. I don't remember most of the last bar we were at and I was so sick I couldn't leave my girlfriend's house. I have never been that drunk before, it was embarrassing. Nothing like spending time nauseous on the floor of your girlfriend's bathroom.

The next morning I only felt a little better so I was driven home and slept until noon. I woke up and decided not to waste any more of my weekend and went to visit my friends in Toledo. I had been invited up to celebrate my friend Maria passing a major point in her graduate program early in the week and I wanted to congratulate her. I went with them to the mall and helped babysit while the my friends were shopping and then we all went out to dinner. By then I was mostly over my nausea and could eat more than the crackers and tomato soup I had eaten earlier in the day. Except for the way I felt on Sunday it was a really good weekend. Next time I go out I am just not going to drink.

No Private Life

Well I was reminded today that nothing stays secret for long. I know that everyone in our small company knows I am dating some else at work. While I knew that this was a really badly kept secret but, I just assumed that it would stay quiet just a little longer. I just wanted to have no one at work knowing or caring about my personal life. Oh well, what is done is done. I don't care that much or anything, I just feel like my privacy is gone.

Other than that I have been really busy this week. Work has been busy with all of the college kids moving back in. I am still not done unpacking. I think that this is becoming an endless process. I am going home tomorrow for a family lunch thing at my grandma's house. So I have a hour and half drive each way to be there for a few hours to look forward to, great.

New Levels of Torture

The moving has been over for a week now, but the unpacking may have another week to go. My room is still in god awful shape, the rest of the place is only better because my roommate has done the work. I went out last night to buy several space bags to try to make my stuff fit. While I am not convinced that it will, I have to do something since it is making me go nuts. I can't stand bumping into stuff that is lying around. I have today off work and I am promising myself that I will have this at least mostly finished.

Meanwhile I have been more than a little distracted from the job hunt. I also had no Internet until Wednesday so my options were limited to say the least. The only thing that has gotten me through the last two at work has been the thought of quiting. Just like that horrible day I survived by scripting my resignation letter. I have to find something different before I loose what is left of my sanity.

Moving Day is here. I just want it to be over with. I finished all of the packing on Tuesday. I still have all of that last minute stuff to pack. I am also sure I will be totally overwhelmed by how much stuff I really have. I am still scared to loose so much closet space, but I am totally willing to do so to be rid of the bros next door. They were running through the halls screaming at midnight last night. I hate them. Oh well time to get going.

Work F***ing sucks

I had a horrible day. With out getting into anything specific I was treated really badly. If it was the first time I would maybe be able to deal with it, but this is something like the fifth. I am totally quitting, I just need to find a new job. Monday is when I intend talk to my bosses about it. After 11 years I am just done.

One of those moments

I know we all do stupid things, but why do I have the superhuman ability to make an ass out of myself? I chose the worst possible moment to do and say the wrong thing. I don't know if I just get nervous or I have a rare form of brain damage. All I know is that I have that moment when I realize that I just need to get out before it gets worse. I am stupid.

Just a comment

I just saw the movie 21 and it was really good.

A Pretty Good Week

Well I must say that this week has been kind of weird for me. I went out with friends twice, drank quite a bit, and got asked out on a date. None of these things usually happen for me. One I may on rare occasion go out with friends, but never usually twice in a week. When I do go out I don't normally get as drunk as I did. Not wasted drunk, but to the point where parts of the night get a little fuzzy. I even drank beer and I never drink beer. Until the very end of the night it was really fun.

Then last night I went out again and saw the Dark Knight. The movie was awesome. Not only from the comic geek prospective, mainly because it was just a good movie. It was even worth dragging myself up from a long nap. Afterward we all walked over to a nearby bar and had a few drinks. Then I was a little caught off guard when one of the girls that we were out with asked me out. More shocking was that she was not a raving lunatic. You see I haven't been out on a date or even tried to date in a while (five years). So after a long time of feeling like a social reject the thought that someone wanted to go out with me is a little strange. Anyway, I'll just see how it goes.

Trapped

Well today I was home for my parents thirtieth wedding anniversary. I thought that we were going to go out and have lunch at a nice restaurant with a bunch of my parents' friends and that would be it. Of course the plans were completely changed since I talked to mom last week. Now it was at my grandma's house (since grandma isn't well enough to go out) and it was now over five hours long. Oh my GOD. Five hours, and no one told me anything. I stupidly agreeded to ride with my parents and by doing so was stuck.

While I was stranded I saw the daughter of my mom's old friend. She is 18 and hopelessly shallow. Hearing her talk seriously made the vomit rise up the back of my throat. If that girl could text any more often or talk about how she deserved her own car, I would hit her. After half an hour of her vapid rantings I couldn't help thinking about how I had deeper conversations with her when she was six. So sad.

A Depressing Trek

The last week or so has been a little depressing. First I was told I was over a week behind on a project I didn't know I was supposed to be doing. This was told to me at a meeting where I was given an even more grim view of our store than I normally have. Just what I need to inspire me.

Later I went out with Winter and a new manager at the store. They wanted me to get drunk. I didn't, but I still had some fun. We were supposed to try fishbowls, but they have coconut rum and I don't like coconut at all. So no fishbowl for me. We went out again on Saturday with the same group plus a friend of the new manager. This was less enjoyable just because it was over 90 degrees. Nothing like feeling sweaty and smelly by the time you get to the bar.

Also I got some DVDs that I ordered online. Since I am a geek, yes they were Star Trek. I really enjoyed watching all twenty episodes from each of the various series. The original series and the next generation will always be my favorites, but I would be lying if I said I didn't like at least some of every series. My enjoyment may have started to drive my poor roommate to the brink of insanity since she is more of a Star Wars person.

As depressing end to my week my mom called me to say that my grandmother was put on oxygen. Not really a good sign. I try not to worry, but knowing someone you love is not in good health sucks. Now not being able to be there to see her sucks even more. It was all I could do not to make a trip home to visit.

Well my vacation is almost over. I must say it has been nice. I haven't actually done anything, but that alone has been wonderful. I have slept for ten hours almost every single day, got to go home and visit with my family, and even got a bit of a start on packing. Not to bad for a week. Unfortunately this is coming to an end. At four tomorrow I will back into another six months of work. Did I mention that I know I will be getting bitched at the moment I get in? The joy of not being at work for a week is that I have been blamed for some stuff that no one else was willing to take responsibility for. Nothing like more added dread in returning to work.

Well yesterday I found I had $600 in my checking account from the US government for "economic stimulus". So what do I do? I buy a new computer. I had been thinking about it for a while, and since I didn't need to use the money for anything else, I spent it. I am going to think of it as doing my part to help our economy.

Old people are Funny

Well yesterday was my last day before vacation and I just knew I couldn't have a day with no weirdness. About an hour or two before I was going to leave I had this strange old lady who has come to our store almost everyday for forever talk to me. I honestly hate her because she tries to tip the crew. I was the one who ended up helping her and she tried to tip me. I told her I could take it and that is when she said. "Well you'll need that money for when you start seeing girls."
I just lost it and after a struggling to contain the laughter I just told her that I was 26 and that I had been "seeing girls" for ten years. She mumbled something about me looking young for my age and went off to take a seat. Ah old people can be funny.

Yes I am a nerd, but I'm okay with it

Well I am finally so close to my vaction I can nearly taste it. After a full year of 50 hour minimum weeks, I have nearly lost my mind. In other work news my friend has now offically moved on after 3 years. It is sad for me, I miss the people that I work with that have become my family. At least it was another excuse to bring triple chocolate cake to work.

Also today I finally got my hair cut. Now it has only be about six weeks since my last haircut, but the last one, no make that several have been really bad. The last time they took a chunk out of each temple and I thought I was going bald for a few weeks. Thank you Winter and Julia for refuring me, she is really good.

Now to respond to my tag from Winter

1. Pick up nearest book
2. Open to page 123
3. Find 5th sentence
4. Post next 3 sentences
5. Tag 5 people

Okay, here is a fun one.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia.
(Yes Winter I know this is the part where you loudly scream NERD)

Drema IV. Fourth planet in the Selcundi Dream system, home to a humanoid civilization. Drema IV possesses the largest deposits of dilithium ore ever recorded.

Well I have no one to tag since all five bloggers I know have been tagged I'll do without that part.

Since when are guys so moody?

I work with so many moody people. I get it with the girls sometimes, but the real problem is the young guys. I never really thought of guys as emotional and moody, but the guys who are 6 to 10 years younger than me really are. Granted all of these guys I know from work which probably says a lot. It just seems that whenever I god forbid ask some guy at work to do his job, he sulks or mopes and just acts like an ass. Then one of the last ones was even mumbling something about beating me up for talking to him the way I had. Of course I had told him to get the hell out after he told me he quit. The next day another guy got in an argument with a girl at work and started slamming things around and trying to pick a fight with everybody else.
Also at work I have had other issues. My boss has been out a lot and I have been in charge, great right? No, absolute god awful mess. Everything possible broke. I spent almost the entire time on the phone with tech support people, calling in crew, and informing my other boss of the situation. When my boss got back what did I get? Not a thank you, but what ever I know I did the best I could in the situation.
After this I got a very rare weekend off. I went home for the weekend and saw my family. I even went out with my mom, aunt, cousin, and their assorted friends. It was weird being in a bar with my family. I don't think I have ever had a drink in front of them. In the end it was kind of fun.