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let's see... Since the last post I've moved twice, started a new job, worked on my phd applications, started taking a class, been separated from my cat, been reunited with my cat, and read a lot of library books.
The two moves were the result of a long stretch of really bad luck finding a place to live, so that when I finally did find a place to live, on the day I moved in they told me there had been a miscommunication and they didn't actually allow cats. So I had to move again. Fortunately I found a place that's cat-friendly, nice, near my job, and in a good neighborhood. My new roommates are both about five years younger than I am, but easy enough to get along with. They work full time and generally have their lives together, and it's only occasionally that I'm reminded how young they are ("You won't tell K's mom that we smoke weed, right?"). Plus, it's nicely within my budget. And I got Aurora back from Ben and Lesley!
My job is yet another coffee shop job. It's a better fit for me than the last one was, though. The coffee shop is run by Firefly fanatics, so there's Firefly and other geek paraphernalia around, and lots of people coming in for things like board game night, and D&D. The customers are nice and tip a lot better than Indie customers ever did (I think this is an Atlanta-Seattle difference, mostly). I really enjoy the actual making coffee parts of the job, and I'm getting better at that. My boss is tiny and Australian and somewhat terrifying, but as I get better at doing the job and more used to her, I'm better able to relax around her, and I think she's beginning to get a better idea of how to handle me, too. And she won points with me yesterday when she showed up and I complained to her about the nonstop slew of "No on Ref. 71" ads that the radio had been running. (Ref 71 is the "everything but marriage" referendum for domestic partnerships, and the ads have been things like, "In Massachusetts, schoolchildren were forced to learn that same sex couples are the same as everyone else!" with accompanying scary music). When I complained about the ads, my boss immediately changed the channel and said, "that's not our position." Thank you coffee shop boss! I probably won't stay at this coffee shop past March-April, because I want to go back to China at some point and because after that I'll either be going to a PhD program or needing to get serious about finding a real job, but as a short-term thing this is pretty fun.
So anyway, life is okay.
The two moves were the result of a long stretch of really bad luck finding a place to live, so that when I finally did find a place to live, on the day I moved in they told me there had been a miscommunication and they didn't actually allow cats. So I had to move again. Fortunately I found a place that's cat-friendly, nice, near my job, and in a good neighborhood. My new roommates are both about five years younger than I am, but easy enough to get along with. They work full time and generally have their lives together, and it's only occasionally that I'm reminded how young they are ("You won't tell K's mom that we smoke weed, right?"). Plus, it's nicely within my budget. And I got Aurora back from Ben and Lesley!
My job is yet another coffee shop job. It's a better fit for me than the last one was, though. The coffee shop is run by Firefly fanatics, so there's Firefly and other geek paraphernalia around, and lots of people coming in for things like board game night, and D&D. The customers are nice and tip a lot better than Indie customers ever did (I think this is an Atlanta-Seattle difference, mostly). I really enjoy the actual making coffee parts of the job, and I'm getting better at that. My boss is tiny and Australian and somewhat terrifying, but as I get better at doing the job and more used to her, I'm better able to relax around her, and I think she's beginning to get a better idea of how to handle me, too. And she won points with me yesterday when she showed up and I complained to her about the nonstop slew of "No on Ref. 71" ads that the radio had been running. (Ref 71 is the "everything but marriage" referendum for domestic partnerships, and the ads have been things like, "In Massachusetts, schoolchildren were forced to learn that same sex couples are the same as everyone else!" with accompanying scary music). When I complained about the ads, my boss immediately changed the channel and said, "that's not our position." Thank you coffee shop boss! I probably won't stay at this coffee shop past March-April, because I want to go back to China at some point and because after that I'll either be going to a PhD program or needing to get serious about finding a real job, but as a short-term thing this is pretty fun.
So anyway, life is okay.