Moving 5ux0r5 So we made it back from Reno... did a quick tour of 5 states in a little more than 24 hours (Nevada, Texas (DFW), Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas (Houston)). We made it here 30 minutes before the movers showed up.
All of our stuff was delivered... a great deal of it in much worse shape than it left our apartment. One bookcase was scratched, chipped, and had a screw thingy yanked out of it... the little bookcase arrived without any shelf bracket thingys, so we can't put the shelves in it and can't put the books away. The dryer is crushed in, the washing machine dented, the entertainment senter destroyed. Other random things are broken... And we have to file claims for all of this. Yay.
Other than that, things are good. We bought a really expensive bed, which is so awesome it's not even funny... this is the first morning in forever I haven't woke up with a sore back. And we bought some other stuff, for the new house, including a really big ass TV. But we're out of money, so no new buying things until I get a paycheck (which requires me getting a job). I also bought really expensive dress shoes for interviews and work... Rockports. I hope they are worth what I paid for them.
Speaking of shoes. I had the worst time trying to buy shoes today. Apparently, I don't look like the type of person who buys expensive shoes from like, department stores. I couldn't get anyone in the shoe department at Foleys or Sears to give me the time of day, and the perosn I did get to talk to me at Naturalizer informed me that they had nothing I wanted to buy, and nothing in my size (I'm an 8. Common size. Really.). Finally, I went to the Rockport store and got someone to help me. Why is it I have to fight for customer service? I htink when I go out to buy my work wardrobe, I will have to dress up first so I look the part.
Back to the moving thing. We're slowly unpacking and sorting stuff down. It's going to take a while. We have no cable (it comes on Wednesday), and no internet (I'm leeching off a neighbor's wireless network). Our washer and dryer aren't hooked up yet, and we don't even know if my car has made it to texas yet.
So besides tomorrow, when I'll be at an interview, I'll be home most of the rest of the week, unpacking and cleaning and waiting on htings to get here / get hooked up / etc. Feel free to call, if you have my new number. Or call my old number, and I'll call you back from the new one. or whatever.
Anyway, I'm going to bed. I have to get up ungodly early to drive through traffic.
You know, we should really meet up some time... ;-) Seriously, glad you made it safe. Good luck with the interview and try not to get caught leeching bandwidth. Criminal records don't look good on resumes.
# posted by Willer : Monday, January 16, 2006 4:51:00 AM
leeching is perfectly legal... if there's no security on the network.
Chances are, if there's no security, the people runing it won't notice the teensy bit of bandwidth I'm using, either.
# posted by Deedee : Monday, January 16, 2006 3:59:00 PM
How'd the interview go?
# posted by David : Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:24:00 AM
the interview went really well, I think. I interviewed with the director of software development and the CEO (!). I'm waiting to hear if I need to go back for a second interview.
The commute is only about 40 minutes or an hour, so that's not too bad. The people seem really nice. I'm not sure they are going to pay me what I want, but I'm also not sure how picky I can affoard to be with salaries, either.
So now comes the waiting part :-)
# posted by Deedee : Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:07:00 PM
Leeching internet from unprotected WiFi should be legal to any sane person... just be thankful you aren't in Florida: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/06/0217252&tid=193&tid=17
# posted by Anonymous : Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:12:00 PM
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:12:00 PM
