The thought of a blueberry bagel where the berries spell out FUCKOS is making me happy.

Oh ita !, I see. That is a tough situation for you and I hate that you were brought to tears in front of the guy.

My weekend: gardening, a bit of work, brunch with some local awesome people on Sunday at the Ferry building.

And trying to untie the knots in my stomach that are a result of getting an incredible offer to join a company full time - but they're in frelling Palo Alto and I just can't do the commute. The Chief Medical Officer whom I loved at my old job (who quit last summer and was replaced by the Chief Cretin AKA my nemesis and the main reason I quit in January) is trying to woo me to his new company. A big, international company. I literally haven't even set foot there and he's laid out salary, big office, 2 days of telecommuting, etc in an email to me. And....I just can't deal with that commute for even 3 days a week. The decision-making is eating my insides up. I am loving consulting but I really miss directing a team (it's the main thing I miss) because I love being a manager and am good at it. I'd have a group of 10 reports. Incredibly appealing. But yesterday, on my way back from a client in Cupertino, I timed the commute. It's 45 minutes with NO traffic. I just can't deal. But I am still weighing it. It's too good a deal to just down cold.

why is 45 minutes too much?

Could you negotiate for more telecommuting or flexhours so you can miss at least some traffic?

why is 45 minutes too much?

45 minutes itself wouldn't necessarily be, but it's more like 1.5 hours during traffic each way. I timed it at 2:30 in the afternoon.

It involved at least one bridge, 4 different freeways, and a number of potential hotspots for accidents. It would mean getting home after 8 every night and not ever being able to make weeknight plans.'

Ginger, possibly? But with that many reports, I would want to be and need to be onsite a lot for at least the first 6 months.

So, what if you worked differently from 8 to 5?

I am not sure if you are a morning person or evening, but if you started work at 7, you probably could avoid most of it. BTW, why can't you drive to BART/Caltrans and take that in?

And I guessing since it out in PA there is no public transport that would make it worth it? Maybe negotiate the telecommute to 3 days? If you were looking for any advice at all. Which you might not have been. In which case, I'll shut it.

Brave was awesome. t random

le nubian, BART and Caltrain don't work at all for my commute, unfortunately. I'm not near pub trans on my end and the company is nowhere near Caltrain. It would be a 3 hour commute each way taking pub trans.

Well EFF THAT.

Tonight I'm going to see a dance performance by a troupe a friend is in, if I can motivate to leave the house.

Aroo? (which autocomplete wanted to make "Arlo." heh)