Unlike our trip to Stamford, our trip home went quite smoothly. We didn’t run into any traffic issues or construction problems this time around. We got home sometime between 6:30 and 7:00–I’m too tired to remember at this point. I got most of my stuff put away and read all of the mail for the week. I even started washing clothes. However, it’s not time to put away the luggage quite yet. I have another trip coming up next month for some technical training (my new job uses a bunch of technologies I am not familiar with, so the purpose of the class is to catch me up to speed). Hopefully that will be the end of the travel for a while.
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I brought this DVD with me on my trip. This movie was actually kind of cute, so I guess Will Ferrell has redeemed himself. I may have to watch another one of his movies now (but, I’m not so sure about that ice-skating one).
Thank goodness for laptops. I don’t know what people did with their time in the days before laptops and hotel internet connections.
stamford, ct
So, here I am in Stamford. I had to come here for a week of training for my new job. Luckily, my new company hired four other people I know, so we all came up here together. I’m not much for travel to begin with, let alone having to travel alone, so that worked out rather well for me. We left yesterday after lunch and we were making excellent time until we hit some construction around Allentown. That put us back almost an hour. Then, of course, there was a bunch of traffic near New York City. That wouldn’t have been so bad, had we not just sat in traffic. But, we finally made it here around 8pm. The three others wanted to go out to eat, but I opted to stay in and order room service. All I wanted to do was hook up my computer and check my email. So, I got all hooked up, only to find there was a charge for it. Since it was so late, I decided to wait till today. Then, I found out this morning, that my company is also paying for our internet access during our stay here. So, I think they are A-OK and I will be taking them up on that offer the rest of my stay.
The hotel I’m staying in is the nicest place I’ve ever stayed in. If I ever have to come back here when Jake’s not in school, I’ll definitely bring him and Brian with me. Brian’s sister doesn’t live too far from here and we’re really close to New York City, so that’s another option for stuff to do.
I can’t believe it’s only Monday, though. I feel like I’ve been here for two weeks already. Today actually went pretty fast, but there’s still four more days to go (well, OK, hopefully more like 3 1/2, but still).
the falcon and the snowman
Have you noticed a lack of movie reviews lately? Maybe that also explains my lack of posts. Anyway, since spring is here, I cut back our Blockbuster subscription to two movies a month. Last year I cut it out entirely. But this year, I added a few TV series to our list and those will take a while to get through, so that’s why I kept it going.
Anyway, about a year ago, I read an article about Sean Penn’s film career. This was recommended as one of his best movies. While his acting was good as always, I just wasn’t into this film. It was ok, it just wasn’t that compelling. And, the movie was on the top of my Blockbuster list for like 4 months and I just received it yesterday. I think they had to go buy a new copy of it just so they could send it to me.
i quit. again.
My new job didn’t last too long–two months to be exact. Today was my last day.
For brevity’s sake, a much better opportunity fell in my lap and I decided to take it. My current job was going just fine, but the new job had too many pluses, so I couldn’t pass it up. It was just one of those things. I felt really bad quitting a job that I had for such a short amount of time, but as I always say, you have to do what is best for you.
Anyway, my new job starts on Monday. I’m kind of looking forward to it. At the very least, I’m looking forward to getting the next few weeks over with. This starting a new job stuff is rather stressful and I’ve been doing a little bit too much of that this year.