Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Quitting the quitting

Even as a quitter I am a quitter.

I officially accepted an offer today. Don't ask me who with -- I just sort of like to keep names and, you know, facts, out of my rantacious musings. Things are much easier when you deal with loose conjecture, rambling, lampoonery and much less subpoenable items. If your curiosity is killing you, look me up in linkedin under less pseudonymous nomenclature. Obviously my geeky interview skills are at least semi passable... or I was the only applicant -- a possibility that is extremely plausible given the narrow scope of my experience and the job description.

I must say it is seriously weird to think of returning to work after almost 3 years of vacation. I know Ellie doesn't necessarily view it as vacation, but I certainly did. I fully expect to think back of the days living in a toolshed as "good times." But life has been on hold for a while -- no significant investment, no house, limited entertainment and toys, hillbilly bifocals... It will be nice to get back on the road to retirement (though my supercool cacti retirement graphs have come really close at times to hitting the target.)

That probably means fewer rants here... and maybe, just maybe -- more entries on house building.

And a big "thanks" to those of you that may have given references -- whether they called you or not. I'll assume they did and you and you alone were the sole reason I got the job. How's that?

14 comments:

Kari said...

These have been good times, but the future real bifocal and real house times will be, too. :)

bigjohn756 said...

Congratulations! Good luck! I hope that after three years you can remember how to do whatever it is that you do.

Og Make Blog said...

Hmmmm... dare I say it? Oh, why not.

Sellout!

What's the world coming to? Both you and John Bob employed and workin' fo' da' man?

Spork In the Eye said...

YOU are accusing ME of being a sellout?

You go buy you a G3 and fly it over here and we'll talk.

Sherry said...

Congrats, Spork! I am excited for you! And who would have thought that you would get a new job before me??? =P

Anonymous said...

How many beers did it take to convince Ya for the job?
PeterS

Spork In the Eye said...

Sherry: "Before you" is a relative term. It was 3 years of down time.

Peter: It was the fact that I went to the refrigerator and found it completely stocked with no beer that convinced me.

KMorgan said...

Congrats Spork...

Is that PeterS the one that I think it is?

Spork In the Eye said...

I think it is safe to assume that Karl, judging from the origin IP.

LogoGirl said...

Congrats on the paycheck, Spork!

Sorry for the "having to get up and get dressed and smell real purty" part.

Anonymous said...

noooooooooo say it aint so. Its ok the mans been waiting for you, time to conform and maybe live in a real house?

Anonymous said...

You go Sporky, Look forward to see the progress pics of the McMansion that's going up next to the toolshed... Just imagine the upgrades you can do to the tractor too :) And most of all, thank you for continuing to contribute to my retirement fund through your taxes LMAO ;)

//Stefan F

Anonymous said...

I guess I tricked Spork, I am still in Sweden.
PeterS

Spork In the Eye said...

Sweden was a possible guess... Using a Dallas proxy at 4am is ... well, that's just not normal.