Friday Madness.

.....Wow! What a week! It was my first full week in my new position as Project Engineering and Planning Manager (PEPM) for Miscellaneous and Off-Station work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Actually, it is just a fancy title for 'Professional Babysitter'. Most of the job consists of putting out brush fires and ensuring that others do their own jobs. Rates a GS-13 though. Not as much of an increase in pay as I had originally thought, but every little bit helps. :-)

.....If I thought I was busy before I just had it easy! The big boss has now decided that he can dump all of his miscellaneous go-and-do's on me. By the end of the day every day this week my brain has just been absolute mush by the time I make it home. I'm sure that the Beloved Tamm must think that she married a mentally unstable weirdo by now. :-)

.....Things are getting a little better in dealing with The Big Boss though. I'm finally starting to get an idea on how to handle him. He is one of those people who is totally into details. He wants to know the minutiae on everything we touch. His questions used to drive me absolutely insane at times with their intensity and depth. But, I hit up on a trick. I give him MOST of the information on any particular job about which he wants to know, but I hold back on a few of the almost obvious details. Details of which I KNOW the answer and are relatively easy to follow through. So when I'm done talking about a job, those are the questions that he asks first. So he feels that he's 'directed me accordingly'. I feel very Machiavellian for doing it, but you know, if it works, and keeps me from having to do extra research on everything I touch, I'm all for it. :-)

.....Today is an entire day of training though. Things will pile up on the desk, but I'm O.K. with that for a day. :-) I'll probably regret saying that on Monday.

.....There is a Sheep-To-Garb class on Saturday, but with the Great Estrella Pilgrimage next week, I'm kind of torn. There are things to get done at home. Especially packing. For me, that is a huge deal as I'll want to take EVERYTHING, but am not allowed to take everything. It will be difficult. :-)

.....I'm almost done winding up my next cardweaving. I'm using this cotton string that absolutely sucks. It tangles up if you look at it wrong. Plus the fact that I warped up waaaayyyyy too much of it. But at least I'll get to actually weave on it this weekend. Wish I could bring it to Estrella with me. But the loom it is on takes up too much space. Damn!

.....Enough randomness for a day. Hope everyone has an easy Friday!

.....Aaron / Arontius.