TPS Report 27B/6

My translocation is almost complete. The last link to Dallas, my cell phone number, has been changed to a Huntsville number. Hopefully within the month I’ll have my stuff transported here. Just waiting to get paid. Relocating to Huntsville, AL from Dallas, TX has meant a $500+ reduction on my 6 month car insurance premiums. Yeah! It’s below my car payment now. Coming back to Huntsville stings a little. I feel like I’ve retreated.

I’m obsessively enjoying a project at work. I haven’t been this excited about a project for many months. Right now work is like what I had at apt minds, only getting paid regularly, and I can’t wear blue jeans. Oh, and I have an obnoxious, belligerent overlord that I didn’t have at apt minds. Thankfully my manager is enlightened and willing to buffer us from her behavior. I don’t think she’ll be destructive to my personal productivity or the groups. However, if that happens I feel confident I can go “nuclear” right back at her and tell her to back off or I’m leaving.

I didn’t always feel so ready to stand my ground. I wonder if that’s just come from getting older, or if some event happened in my past that flipped a switch. I think part of it is situational. I believe I’m more useful to the workplace than she is. hmm, perhaps ego needs deflation.

One other plus side about where I work. The designer that works with our group has her degree in psychology with a certificate in computer mediated communication. She also has an interest in information architecture. I’ve been wanting to find an IA person to work with. I think she may be a really great resource on future projects. Her interest in IA seems like it might be a bit deeper than just work…with a little bit of nurturing perhaps it could become a passion. Listening: Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis