We’ve been so busy preparing for the big move to the Bay Area that I haven’t had time to convey a bit of good news: I won’t have to look for a new job! A couple of weeks ago, I told my boss that I would be leaving, and then that afternoon he floated the idea of working from home. I was like, from California? Sure! So thanks to the Internet, I’ll be doing more or less the same job… just on the other side of the country. (It’s all very “knowledge economy,†as Rajani said when I told her about it.)
Speaking of the Internet, I’ve started taking an online class in copyediting from UC Berkeley Extension. The type of editing I do at work is so specialized that I thought I’d spend some time learning additional general skills, and the online format is perfect; provided I have Internet access, I can participate in the class wherever I am, even on our cross-country road trip.
In other news, Thom and I had a nice Memorial Day weekend visiting his family in Covington, Va. It was a little bittersweet, especially for his mom, who was happy for our move but sad at our going so far away. I told her that we’d get in touch more often and that Thom (and probably I as well) would be back for the holidays before you know it. One of Thom’s cousins told me, “You take care of Thom,†which I promised to do, and that made me think of Sam and Frodo. Heh, one day I’ll have to be all, “I made a promise, Mr. Thom. A promise!â€
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Arrgghhh!!! Everyone else always gets the breaks! ::sigh::
I wish I could have kept MY job. Of course, here I sit still doing work for them, but at an hourly rate and no benefits… and the pay is still lousy, worse when you take into account the expense of California.
Dang it all.
Eeyore out.
Very cool about the job, welcome to the ranks of working from home! I don’t think I could ever go back to a commute that required more than a walk down a hallway and over some cats (and a dog!).
So are you driving cross-country? Would love to do that sometime… if so, you’ll have to share your route!
Holy shit–my uncle lives in Covington, VA. I bet I’ve met your bf’s kin when I visited and was introduced to the entire town. Small world.
We haven’t talked in a damn long while, which is a shame, so I figured I’d roll around to your blog (props for keeping this thing going for this long, btw) and see how things were going. And from the looks of it, things are going pretty well. Anyway, just thought I’d say hey. Drop me a line or something like that.
-Stephen