One week until PA

Well as part of the exchange we do at work I have been picked to go to our Distrobution Center in a week. I can't say that I'm happy about it and neither can I say I don't want to go. Its just damn inconvenient right now. But I will get a chance to meet the other people at my company who I work with. I'll be working along side them doing there job. I can understand the value of doing this if the whole company participated in it and not just my department. I think we have a good idea of what our DC does seeing as how we work with them on a daily basis. I think there are several other depts that could benefit from this experience. Plus I have already done something similar to this in the past with a different company. I guess I don't have a problem going I just have a problem with the working. Yes it is manual labor but I can get over that. Its more the assembly line mentality that exists. I know I could never hold down a job in a factory the whole repetition thing is really something I hate. Just doing the same job over and over all day without something new; no thought involved. Plus they also eat in a "canteen" and need to wait for bells before taking a break or going to the bathroom. Yikes just not my thing.

I have the day off on Thursday as we finally have to get rid of our washer and dryer and bring it over to Auburn. Then we'll use the truck to go to Ikea to pick up some stuff we need for the apartment. On the plus side Thursday night I am going with a couple of friends to see Spiderman 3, I know it doesn't come out until Friday but the Imax theater has a midnight showing so I will be in geek heaven. Now I just have to get throught the rest of the week.

itchy ithcy scratchy scratchy

What is it about growing a beard that makes your face so damn itchy? Now I know why I never follow through with it. This is the longest I stayed with it now (about 2 weeks) its driving me crazy. Its mainly just to prove to myself that I can grow one, although I dare say I do see how it could look quite nice once its filled in. Maybe I'll post a pic online of my progress soon. Not that you all want to see this mug.

Anyways time to celebrate, the Internet is alive and well in my apartment and with it comes better access to e-mail and blogs and I can finally start answering some people. This weekend though I think I am going to find some stuff to do outside while Brian works. It looks like its going to be a nice weekend and I don't want to see it go to waste.

I may be travelling soon for work. I was just informed that I may be going to our Distribution Center in Hanover PA !!! I've been to PA before when I went to visit QVC (yes the TV station). I was not that impressed with Westchester. It just seemed like a bunch of urban sprawl to me. I wish when I go down there I would be able to see more of the city. Oh well at least I can stock on pretzels as our DC is located right down the street from the Snyder's pretzel people.

Soon I see in our future another visit to IKEA since we have not much in the way of furniture to entertainment. The biggest thing on my list is table and chairs. We need something and I had forgotten that we had thrown our old ones out before the move. Once we get a few necessities we'll be having "shindig" as Brian likes to call them at our place.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to do this weekend?

Sniffle Sniffle ... Cough Cough Cough

So the unpaking is going a bit slowly, no sooner we move in and I come down with a cold. This had been the year of annoying colds. I got my flue shot but that doesn't help with anyhting esle. The last 24 hours have seen me drift in and out of consciousness, the chills, and an annoying cough. I think I mat bowing out of Easter this year.

Mission Accomplished . . . Sort of

Well we are here. We made it to Natick, and with help as well from my friends Mat and Tina. We are now officially moved into our new home. Most of our stuff made it over in one piece. There were a few things that got bumped around but nothing that I cared to much about. Now we just have a few odds and ends to worry about back Brian's house but over the course of a few days trips back and forth I know we'll soon be done. Besides I need to make room for everything here. While we do end up having more living space, our storage space has been cut down considerably. So there's no garage, no basement, that means its time to take a serious look at some the books we have and decide what we should do with them and a bunch of other stuff I think will finally be tossed. On the bright side I believe Monday morning my company will be announcing a bonus for us so that could go toward some Ikea purchases in the future to make our apartment complete. Alright back to work for me, between work work and apt work I should be busy all this week. Oh by the way for those of you who know our cell phones please use them as we don't plan on getting a phone line anytime soon.

T-minus 11:04:16

That's right.

8 full months. I have been without a place to really call my home. While I do appreciate the fact that I was able to live somewhere all that time; I will be quite pleased when I can have a place of my own and have people visit again.

I don't want to jinx anything but things seem to be looking up in several areas of my life now, namely the impending move and I believe there are some changes on the horizon at my workplace. Allot of factors are involved so I'd rather not post about them just now. Now many of you may not be aware of the fact that I grew up as a Roman Catholic, but I did and still to this day believe that there are important morals and life lessons that need to be learned. That particular religion does not hold the key on moral superiority, neither do most, but you can take various pieces of wisdom and use them to live your life. Lately the phrase "The Lord helps those who help themselves". No the intention is not to be greedy and overbearing its meaning is to tell you that despite what hardships you have you ultimately can be responsible for fixing your own situation. I don't literally believe that the old man is up there and taken a particular interest in me right now just because I started to focus in on what I really want in life. What I do believe is that I have set the ball rolling and have pulled myself out of a rut. While doing so I have been able to act on particular opportunities that I would not seen, had I been in "hermit mode".

There is a lot to do this weekend, as both my personal life and work life are crashing into each other. Tonight is prep work for tomorrow's move, tomorrow we move Brian (for awhile), my two closest friends, and myself finally on Sunday I finish up moving and take the rest of the time working as things are changing at work. Its allot but its a very exciting time. I feel renewed which is good because I have put allot of time, effort and money into everything and for a Capricorn that's the Holy Trinity.

One final note. I do not have any Internet set up at the apartment yet, so my postings may be few and far between for now. I have to decide which company to go with as both RCN and Comcast service my building. Right now I'm leaning more towards RCN, but we'll see what Comcast can do for me. I'll make sure to answer peoples e-mails I know I have left some unanswered. No Internet and TV for awhile will be a small price to pay for my new life.