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One last dance...
12 years ago
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Life update. Went to Vegas, had a great time in spite of getting lost a few times and my friend that I went with getting very ill from severe food poisoning from Sashimi (and now you know WHY I won't eat Sushi... HEH). I still have over 3,000 photos I need to sort through (many were burst shots taken at various water/fire/acrobatic or animal shows down there); and just haven't had the time....
Came back and work has just been hell this week. Winter likewise has been well... hell this week. We got our first major winter storm of the year. About 4 inches of snow but because of how rapidly the tempature dropped it all turned into ice. Not fun to drive on, worse having to deal with other people who act like they have never seen ice/snow before on the roads. So I had two days with hour and a half commutes home from having a shit day at work because I'm short staffed and my company is cheap and won't staff my position properly...
But I'm not going into that rant. Money wise I get paid well. The type of work is tolerable for me... the amount and stupidity of needing to be so many places at once at times? Maybe not so much.
Also work is forcing me to burn off vacation over the Holiday shutdown. Did I mention my company is CHEAP? *sigh*
So it looks like I'll be going down to Arizona during this winter break for one final dance in the Southwest desert. I'll be renting a car and spending 2 days of the trip to go up to the Grand Canyon one last time. This is the last year my grandparents are wintering there. They'll be selling the farm and their place in AZ come spring to move into a retirement castle next year. It's one of the downsides of getting older... things like this change. :/
It will be time to clear out my head and figure out if I start job hunting in Jan and go back on the market. I wouldn't leave this job cold turkey... but I may be interested in seeing what else is out there.
For right now, I need to power through the next three weeks. I expect to be very frazzled during this period of time. Then I will decide my path for the new year in the solitude of the Arizona countryside; just me and my camera, or a fly rod enjoying one of the most beautiful places in the United States one last time....
Came back and work has just been hell this week. Winter likewise has been well... hell this week. We got our first major winter storm of the year. About 4 inches of snow but because of how rapidly the tempature dropped it all turned into ice. Not fun to drive on, worse having to deal with other people who act like they have never seen ice/snow before on the roads. So I had two days with hour and a half commutes home from having a shit day at work because I'm short staffed and my company is cheap and won't staff my position properly...
But I'm not going into that rant. Money wise I get paid well. The type of work is tolerable for me... the amount and stupidity of needing to be so many places at once at times? Maybe not so much.
Also work is forcing me to burn off vacation over the Holiday shutdown. Did I mention my company is CHEAP? *sigh*
So it looks like I'll be going down to Arizona during this winter break for one final dance in the Southwest desert. I'll be renting a car and spending 2 days of the trip to go up to the Grand Canyon one last time. This is the last year my grandparents are wintering there. They'll be selling the farm and their place in AZ come spring to move into a retirement castle next year. It's one of the downsides of getting older... things like this change. :/
It will be time to clear out my head and figure out if I start job hunting in Jan and go back on the market. I wouldn't leave this job cold turkey... but I may be interested in seeing what else is out there.
For right now, I need to power through the next three weeks. I expect to be very frazzled during this period of time. Then I will decide my path for the new year in the solitude of the Arizona countryside; just me and my camera, or a fly rod enjoying one of the most beautiful places in the United States one last time....
