The thing is, right now I only commute when it's necessary to be onsite for a client (which is usually only one day, working around traffic times), and I am paid for the commute time. Otherwise I am working from home and have zero commute, which means a lot more time to just, you know, actually enjoy my life. I feel like in the last 6 months, I've learned to finally relax. I'm reading a lot more, seeing friends a LOT more, have time for my dogs, and have lots of time to garden. Going back to spending 10+ hours a week sitting in traffic is just not appealing. But it's a good opportunity, so I am weighing all options.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 12:52:15 pm PDT #13701 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Aims - Jul 13, 2012 12:54:13 pm PDT #13702 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
a lot more time to just, you know, actually enjoy my life
Well what the hell is THAT about? Sheebus.
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 12:54:35 pm PDT #13703 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Heh. I've only just learned what it means!!!
msbelle - Jul 13, 2012 12:55:04 pm PDT #13704 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
keep consulting. joy is the best pay.
amyth - Jul 13, 2012 12:56:58 pm PDT #13705 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
smonster, Lindsay L., who used to work for the Institute for the Environment? I can't remember if you two knew each other. I think you did. She works for Marine Sciences now. Anyway, she's in two or three dance troupes, I can't keep track. An Italian folk dancing one, and this one that's performing tonight...some experimental collective. Idk. I got invited on Facebook, like so many things. Can you tell I'm probably not going to go? There's a bottle of wine here with my name on it. But she's resurrecting my Green Labs committee for me, so.
Mmm. Wine.
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 12:57:41 pm PDT #13706 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
keep consulting. joy is the best pay.
I may embroider this onto a pillow!!! If I only knew how to embroider.
amyth - Jul 13, 2012 12:58:28 pm PDT #13707 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
msbelle is wise.
JZ - Jul 13, 2012 1:01:59 pm PDT #13708 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Once you lay out the pleasures of your current life vs. the potential commute it really sounds like no contest, javachik. Is there any way he could be talked into actually hiring you as a consultant so you can still have the pleasure of at least doing some work with him without tying yourself to an endless commute?
Scrappy, I'm so glad your mom is starting to feel better.
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 1:06:54 pm PDT #13709 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Is there any way he could be talked into actually hiring you as a consultant so you can still have the pleasure of at least doing some work with him without tying yourself to an endless commute?
Bingo. This is what I am hoping may happen. I'd actually be reporting to someone who reports to him, and I haven't met her yet. So we shall see. Thanks for listening, peoples! Writing it out actually makes it more black and white for me. I tried writing a pros and cons list and found myself scrawling "commute" under "con" like five times and giving up.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2012 1:07:55 pm PDT #13710 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Life is too short to be miserable at work. OTOH, a ton of folks I work with in DC and here work 6-3 or whatever. Which, if one can drag oneself out of bed at that hour, does manage to avoid a lot of the traffic.
But I couldn't do it, myself. So I work nearby and take the bus, thus putting the time to good use listening to podcasts and audiobooks.
Do they have age categories, Consuela?
Nope, just Advanced/Intermediate/Beginner. And my climbing partner just bailed on me, so I guess I'm not going. Might see if I can convince my sister to watch more Shakespeare tonight...