Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
work

first day

Today was my first day at my new job. As expected, things were a little overwhelming at first, but I’m sure I’ll get into the swing of things shortly. The new company provided me with a really nice computer setup. I was quite impressed. They seem to have the technology thing going on. I guess if you run a virtual office, as they do, you need to have some things in place. Anyway, I’m looking forward to completing my first project, which is due in a few weeks.

One bad thing that came out of this weekend was that I had to change our wireless security to meet the company standards. It seems like any time I change anything on our network, it screws up the wireless on Brian’s laptop. I’ve been struggling with this for two days now. Moments ago (during one of his brief times of internet connectivity), I loaded a new driver for his wireless card. I’m hoping that fixes the issue. Since he shut of the laptop before we were able to make a determination, I guess I’ll find out tomorrow. Time for bed.

movies

vanilla sky

After putting it off for a number of years, we finally watched this movie. I have mixed feelings about Tom Cruise these days and the movie got mixed reviews, so there you have it. I have to say, we both really enjoyed it, though. It had a David Lynch feel to it–you know, when you can’t summarize the plot because you don’t understand it. But, still, it was pretty cool. I like movies that make you think and are open to interpretation. If you like that sort of thing, you’ll probably really like this. If not, you’ll probably want to skip it.

work

last day

Today was my last day at work. It was pretty uneventful as I was working at home. I spent most of the day deinstalling stuff from my laptop and backup pc. That was the extent of today’s excitement. That, and my exit interview.

But, yesterday, I was in the office, so I guess that makes it my official last day. My coworkers offered to take me out to lunch but I declined (we’ve been going out to lunch for former coworkers quite a bit lately–it seemed like overkill). So, instead (without my knowledge) , everyone brought in a dish and we had lunch in the office yesterday. That certainly was not my intent when I said I didn’t want to go out for lunch, but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. And, I got some cool parting gifts from the office–the majority of them involving booze. Maybe I should quit jobs more often.

Leaving the office yesterday was a bit sad. I’ve been working there for 13 years. That’s a long time. Over 1/3 of my life, in fact. While things have definitely changed in recent weeks, it was still weird to think that was the last time I’d be in the office. Saying goodbye wasn’t terribly difficult as there weren’t many people left in my department, but it still has me in a melancholy mood.

movies

the godfather: part ii

We caught this one over multiple viewings this past week. It was so long, it was like watching a mini-series. But, I think I liked this one even more than the original. I particularly liked the early days of Don Corleone. I find the early Italian mafia stuff totally fascinating. Maybe it’s because I’m half Italian. One thing is for sure, I’m jonesing for The Sopranos. I think that might explain our recent run of gangster movies. I don’t know what I’m going to do when that series is over.

celebrations

happy birthday, brian

This year, the Westminster Kennel Club gave Brian a birthday gift–they held the dog show before his birthday. So, instead of having to spend his birthday evening watching dogs on television (thanks to me), he can watch Everybody Loves Raymond instead.

He’s been taking it easy on me the past few years. This year, he wanted spaghetti for supper. I, not Ragu, made the sauce, but it was still pretty easy. I’ve been looking for a reason to make this garlic bread recipe I saw on the Barefoot Contessa, so we had that as well. And some red wine, of course. The garlic bread was killer. For dessert, he made pepperoni and cheese sandwiches on his new panini maker. I’m glad I didn’t bother with a dessert.