Weekend update
Jul. 16th, 2005 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreI'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
Well, I had my last day at Atwood Dental Labs yesterday. It was odd to leave a job I enjoyed, and was doing a good job at. J and R both told me I was the best driver they ever had, and were sorry to see me go. They bought me pizza for lunch. That was nice. The most amazing thing was J left as I was finishing up the Friday cleaning of the lab, telling me to lock up when I was done. Very trusting of someone who is about to be a former employee!
I got to keep the teeth I made. This pleases me far beyond any reasonable level. J told me that when I get my benefits and see a dentist about the massive reconstruction work I need, to bring the order to him and he'll give me a huge discount. Very, very nice man. I'm going to miss working for him. Now I'm just suffering from new-thing anxiety. I've never driven a truck like this (closest I've come was Army 5-tons and SCCT buses) and as usual my brain is playing out various "complete screw-up" scenarios in 70mm THX. Ah, well. Trust in myself, my Creed, and drive on!
Getting back behind the wheel has been one of the best things to happen to me in years. I missed the challenge of getting from Point A to Point B in a timely manner during rush hour. I missed using all the tricks of the trade: hopping parking lots, the little-known side streets, the back ways. I was getting paid to cruise around and listen to the radio! (The PODS trucks have CD players. Sweet.)
By the way, here's the website for my new job. I go in Monday for orientation. After that, things are fuzzy, but there is a week where I ride along with another driver to get the basics down, then a three day visit to San Diego for formal training. Updates to follow! Any San Diegans on my flist want to get together while I'm down there?
Last night, Kiri and I had our second weekly date. It was her turn to choose, so we saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Kirsten liked it more than I did, but I enjoyed the film. Well, that was an awkward turn of phrase! I liked the movie, but portions left me flat. The Trailer for King Kong severely rocked. As Kiri put it "Jack Black in a dramatic role? Who knew!"
After the film, we were supposed to go over for the Harry Potter midnight sale, but I was exhausted. I could barely keep my eyes open during the last twenty minutes of the movie. So I got dropped at home and crawled off to bed (after a little SimCity 2000 noodling) and sort of stirred when Kirsten got home.
Today, we need to get me steel-toed shoes/boots for the new job. I'm also getting a cell phone, since as a driver I'm going to be away from landlines most of the day. Tomorrow, I'm doing laundry and sleeping.
Supreme Irony department: Because we need to save up for some means of transportation for me, we canceled the cable. The Giants immediately start kicking the Dodgers' sorry butts all around the field.
Well, I had my last day at Atwood Dental Labs yesterday. It was odd to leave a job I enjoyed, and was doing a good job at. J and R both told me I was the best driver they ever had, and were sorry to see me go. They bought me pizza for lunch. That was nice. The most amazing thing was J left as I was finishing up the Friday cleaning of the lab, telling me to lock up when I was done. Very trusting of someone who is about to be a former employee!
I got to keep the teeth I made. This pleases me far beyond any reasonable level. J told me that when I get my benefits and see a dentist about the massive reconstruction work I need, to bring the order to him and he'll give me a huge discount. Very, very nice man. I'm going to miss working for him. Now I'm just suffering from new-thing anxiety. I've never driven a truck like this (closest I've come was Army 5-tons and SCCT buses) and as usual my brain is playing out various "complete screw-up" scenarios in 70mm THX. Ah, well. Trust in myself, my Creed, and drive on!
Getting back behind the wheel has been one of the best things to happen to me in years. I missed the challenge of getting from Point A to Point B in a timely manner during rush hour. I missed using all the tricks of the trade: hopping parking lots, the little-known side streets, the back ways. I was getting paid to cruise around and listen to the radio! (The PODS trucks have CD players. Sweet.)
By the way, here's the website for my new job. I go in Monday for orientation. After that, things are fuzzy, but there is a week where I ride along with another driver to get the basics down, then a three day visit to San Diego for formal training. Updates to follow! Any San Diegans on my flist want to get together while I'm down there?
Last night, Kiri and I had our second weekly date. It was her turn to choose, so we saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Kirsten liked it more than I did, but I enjoyed the film. Well, that was an awkward turn of phrase! I liked the movie, but portions left me flat. The Trailer for King Kong severely rocked. As Kiri put it "Jack Black in a dramatic role? Who knew!"
After the film, we were supposed to go over for the Harry Potter midnight sale, but I was exhausted. I could barely keep my eyes open during the last twenty minutes of the movie. So I got dropped at home and crawled off to bed (after a little SimCity 2000 noodling) and sort of stirred when Kirsten got home.
Today, we need to get me steel-toed shoes/boots for the new job. I'm also getting a cell phone, since as a driver I'm going to be away from landlines most of the day. Tomorrow, I'm doing laundry and sleeping.
Supreme Irony department: Because we need to save up for some means of transportation for me, we canceled the cable. The Giants immediately start kicking the Dodgers' sorry butts all around the field.
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Date: 16 Jul 2005 17:55 (UTC)Much the same reaction I had to Bill Murray in Rushmore
Come watch the ballgames here -
Date: 16 Jul 2005 20:54 (UTC)