Weekend Work and Promotion Anxieties.

[arontius]

.....I felt rather badly about missing July Coronation, but ultimately it was a good thing for us. We managed to clear out the bedroom, the hallway and the kitchen. Tamm is actually feeling a little better about the chaos here. And I'm really loving having open space in which to move around.

.....Another FULL van load of STUFF went to the dump. :-) The great purge of 2007 is still in full swing. By the time that we're through it'll be interesting to see how much of my old life that I'll even have left. :-) We've dumped scads of furniture, a ton of old clothes, and even a couple of dozen pictures of old friends. :-) The knight above the garage is still in place though. And we're still discussing the steel dragon in the living room. That is the one piece of art with which we'll probably have disagreements. :-) Although I can also see a couple of pieces of art that I'll reluctantly let go, but will miss. One of them being 'Sunday in the Park' (Surat) print above the TV. I love that picture, but it doesn't fit the new decor and is not a favorite style of Tamm's. I'm sure that there will be a few heart wrenching moments to come. I'd better get used to it. :-)

.....I sound wistful, I'm sure, but am not really in reality. I love having Tamm here full time now. It is WONDERFUL!!! Whatever it takes to make her as happy as possible is worth it as far as I'm concerned. I'm so totally in love with her. :-)

.....I got to show Tamm Central Market on Saturday. A great store!!! Almost a decent replacement for Trader Joes. You can find all kinds of good stuff there. We also met Baron Sir Richard for dinner on Saturday. I wished that we could have spoken with him longer, but Tamm, Rhys and I were all tired. I kind of feel bad that we weren't better company, but I'm hoping that we can convince Richard to come to the big gathering at Blackberry Hollow Farm next weekend. I think that he'll have an excellent time if he comes.

.....On Friday I was officially given my new job assignment at 10AM. At 2PM I was asked if I would jump on a plane on Tuesday for a meeting in Virginia on Wednesday. Holy Cow! Things move fast at the Shipyard sometimes. Thankfully I have an out and can teleconference my way into the meeting. I'm a little nervous about this new job. A whole lot of new responsibilities. Plus a lot more contact with big name players at NAVSEA. If I screw up, I screw up to a lot bigger audience.

.....On the other hand, I'm somewhat excited about the possibilities. I'll be the Planning Manager for ONE large Project, instead of hundreds of little ones. I'll be the one guiding something brand new into execution fruition. It'll be my planning that gets it done. Plus, the extra money will be nice.

.....The extra money is not in the bag yet though. I've been doing the same job for about six years now, something unheard of at PSNS, so my resume was woefully inadequate. I cannot get my new job OFFICIALLY until my resume actually shows up on the register. The sad thing is that even though I consider myself a pretty decent writer, I don't have the knack of writing a good resume for government service. I'm actually paying a friend of mine at work to rewrite it for me. He guarantees that my resume will score top marks or else I pay nothing. It seems strange to be doing this, usually I'd roll up my sleeves and REALLY pull out the stops on the computer keyboard. But with so much other stuff happening in my life and the guarantee that I would end up with a revamped, top-notch, resume, I succumbed to the allure and gave up the resume re-write. I'm anxious to see the end results.

.....This week will be all about getting the living room cleared of Crier stuff (the MULTITUDE of boxes worth). Also will be gearing up for Mom's big move this next weekend. I'm going to be there on Thursday and Friday I think boxing up stuff. On Saturday morning a group of friends are going to show up at her place in the morning and we're going to whisk her stuff over to the new place. If things go nicely we should be done by noon I'm hoping and over to Blackberry Hollow Farm by 2PM-ish or so for the big gathering.

.....I've got good friends!!! :-)

.....Talk to you all later. Hope that you all had a good weekend! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

One of them being 'Sunday in the Park' (Surat) print above the TV.

[bumblebee2006.livejournal.com]

What??? No No you can't.

But if you must, I'll be happy to store it on my wall for you. I LOVE Surat and LOVE that print. My wall is offered if you can part with it.

Talia

[gwen-the-potter.livejournal.com]

So which did you choose, the Lady or the Tyger?