So, I don't know what the fuck was going on in my neighborhood last night, but at 2:30 in the morning, there were a TON of people outside my building, talking and yelling and god knows what else. I didn't actually see how many people or what, since I was trying to pretend it wasn't happening, but I can't imagine where they came from. Weird.

I R dum.

I thought I was supposed to work at a downtown theatre at 9am today, but since there was no one at the building (including security) I'm guessing I had the wrong Monday. oops

I should probably spend my unexpected free day cleaning my apartment.

Um... you know today is a holiday, right?

Um... you know today is a holiday, right?

That's why no one is updating their websites! I'll have to find something else to distract me today.

Edited to fix stupid typo.

Yeah, but that just means there aren't shows which is the perfect time for tech work. I rarely get holidays.

Doggies!

Whoo! We were going to drive to NM to drop off our gear today, but we slept in. Fuzzily, at 5 in the morning, we decided we'd rather do it on Wednesday. So I have today off, just like everybody else! Yay!

Of course, that means that I can do my dishes and laundry and cook and sweep and dust and, oh yeah, do heaps and heaps of paperwork. But still! I feel all optomistic about the day. And I made us breakfast in bed and it's a gorgeous day out.

Woo hoo for unexpected day's off!

Also, aurelia, Scarlett and Rhett are adorable!

Today I clean and do laundry and pull weeds. And get some writing done. Also I downloaded a jigsaw puzzle game which I am currently obsessed with, so there will be that. Yes, I sit around doing jigsaw puzzles on my computer; tremble befote my mighty coolness.

A friend of mine works in an IT call center. Friend is married with two children and makes $14/hour (fairly decent for Utah). The company has a Microsoft account that is being shifted to an Indian company. My friend has been offered the chance to go to India to help train the folks there. The Indian company will pay the airfare, for housing, transport to the job site and back, and two meals a day. The Indian company is even going to pay for his passport. Duration would be from 4 months to two years. My friend can't get a straight answer on several points, including type of housing, how will taxes be dealt with on his pay, food, etc. My husband believes that his "quality accomodations" will involve cinder block and tin roof and the traditional Indian workers meals, which are brought in by train from the villages. My friend thinks he's going to be put up in a hotel and he can call for his family to join him. He is not college trained.

One of the missing details is "who pays for me to get home?" It's very hard to get things in writing.

Should my friend skip this "once in a lifetime chance"?

A cousin trained accountants in India for her company and she stayed in a very nice hotel and was basically catered to in every way. The people she worked with were smart and motivated, and she had a lot of time off to explore temples and backstreets and suchlike. She LOVED it.