The Move is Over
This past weekend, I flew up to NY and helped Melissa pack up her things, and on Friday night we packed up a sweet Kia minivan and started the drive down to Atlanta. The trip went well, and without incident, so for that I am happy. Things since then have been busy, as I have been involved in testing at work and coming home to help unpack stuff and get Melissa situated. I'll be happy once this week if over and all her stuff is put away and in place and work has calmed down a little bit.
For the time being, I am going to continue to work on the project that I am currently on here in Atlanta, but word on the street is that come January, things are going to get shaken up within my company, so not only am I going to be moved onto a different job, but there may be a massive round of demotions to change up the structure at my company. Apparently, we're very top heavy and that's not ideal in terms of figuring out who is building the practice and who will be billing, so there are going to be some adjustments. I don't think it'll really effect me all that much, but it may put a damper on my ability to get a promotion. Hopefully, I'll still get it and be happy at my job. I figure that I have a little bit of time left here anyway, and it would be wise for me to wait until June to actually bail and get a new job, as that's when my vesting in my 401k kicks in, but again, who knows. I don't know what Melissa is going to be doing at that point in time and if I'll even really be wanting to stay in Atlanta.
This evening, Missy and I went out to get a shower curtain and I ended up buying a bunch of stuff for work and home, mainly a shredder and a day planner, both things that I've been needing to get, so that was good, but we didn't end up getting a shower curtain...so that'll be something Melissa can do tomorrow while I am at work. I worry about her being busy enough at home for the next two-three months as she is getting settled in. I know that if I were in her situation, I'd be terribly bored, even with the amount of things that she has going on, but I have faith that she'll be okay and get everything done that's on her agenda.
I've been so busy at work for the past few weeks, I've hardly had time to think, but one thing that has been on my mind is trading in my car and getting something a little different. I've been itching to get rid of the RSX as it's really not all that great. Not that it's a bad car by any means, but I think that for the money that I am paying, I'd be happier in something else. We'll see...I've been looking around at a few S2000's, BMW M3's and 540i's, but nothing has really come around that has screamed at me without being another 5-6k more than I paid for my car, and I don't know if that's really something that I want to get into. Scott just sold his Bimmer and got a 1992 VW Coraddo, which, while it's an older car, sounds like a hell of a lot of fun as it has lots of torque (V6) and is a tiny little car. I'm just going to bide my time with my current vehicle and see what comes around, and if I see something that really jumps out at me, I'll take it from there.
My computer if finally back in order, as I took 4-5 hours the other week messing with it, setting up a better directory structure and organizing a year's worth of sloppy downloads. I finally got rid of my PurDigital service and opted to go for Comcast. It's a sad day in my house, but at the same time, at least I have a larger company that I can demand a bit more from and get a few free months of service here and there when they suck, which, is inevitable. We'll see how that all works out.
Anyway, it's about that time where I should be heading to bed, so I'm going to go and climb into bed and work on finishing out this week. With any luck, my employer will decide that they don't want me on the project any more and I'll be put on the bench for a week or so, which would nice for getting stuff done.