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it's the weekend?!
Jul. 3rd, 2015 09:50 amSo first mini-week of job down. I haven't been authorized to get remote access yet, nor do I have a device, nor am I authorized to telework yet, so, for the first time in ... decades? I have a job that I literally cannot take home with me. There may be email piling up, but I can't read it until monday. It's kind of disorienting.
Nick says that I am visibly less stressed and happier. I feel about the same-- kind of shell-shocked. I know better than to get too excited about things, etc. But if I seem happier then that is a major quality of life improvement for him, as well, which is really important. So far, everyone is really nice. And I now get 4 miles of exercise a day. Once I get a permanent badge I will be able to park a bike at work, so I won't have to rely on the vagaries of finding a bikeshare bike if I'm running late.
We're still struggling with the architect issue for the Garage of Doom. The architect next door *increased* their prices by 50-100%. The architect we like better dropped her prices. I don't see how we can sign the architect next door. The nebulous bump of buying their goodwill pales next to the astronomical costs that I forsee if we go with them. With architect B, they hear me when I say I want to work within a budget, even if that means leaving some stuff undone. With next-door guy, they hear what they want to hear. Also they were still trying to buy the lot out from under us even when we'd been talking to them about the project. So, bah.
Nick says that I am visibly less stressed and happier. I feel about the same-- kind of shell-shocked. I know better than to get too excited about things, etc. But if I seem happier then that is a major quality of life improvement for him, as well, which is really important. So far, everyone is really nice. And I now get 4 miles of exercise a day. Once I get a permanent badge I will be able to park a bike at work, so I won't have to rely on the vagaries of finding a bikeshare bike if I'm running late.
We're still struggling with the architect issue for the Garage of Doom. The architect next door *increased* their prices by 50-100%. The architect we like better dropped her prices. I don't see how we can sign the architect next door. The nebulous bump of buying their goodwill pales next to the astronomical costs that I forsee if we go with them. With architect B, they hear me when I say I want to work within a budget, even if that means leaving some stuff undone. With next-door guy, they hear what they want to hear. Also they were still trying to buy the lot out from under us even when we'd been talking to them about the project. So, bah.
