The title says it all. We haven't had this good a weekend in a long time. It started Friday night, when Louise went to see one of her favorite bands, Flogging Molly, who were on tour and playing in Austin. I had to work, but Louise had a great time, and knowing she was having a great time made me feel better. Louise spent Saturday at a yoga expo with her yoga teacher (a lovely lady we know from church), and came home happy and energized. And Sunday, we had dinner-and-a-movie at the Alamo Drafthouse and caught The Avengers.
Really good movie. If you have any interest in the comic-book movie genre at all, you will really enjoy this one. I won't bother to do a review, since there's plenty of material out there already about it. Just go.
How good a weekend was it? I have to head off to work in a little while, and I don't mind at all. Completely ready to start the week and hit the ground running. We have to do this more often.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Making The Cut
A quick update on a number of subjects:
First off, furloughs have begun at the seasonal IRS gig. The temps hired just for this season were let go earlier this week, and the first round of seasonals go home next week. Good news is, my evaluations and seniority put me high enough on the ranking list that I will be passed over for furlough and get to keep working. There will be another round of furloughs in a few weeks, but I have no idea when the cuts will come or if I will be able to dodge that second bullet. They're going to send me home at some point, but I don't know when.
And nobody has heard anything about the permanent positions they announced a few months ago. Not a peep. So I'm going to file that under "it happens when it happens" and stop worrying about it.
Had a nice visit with Ben and his wife Stephanie a couple weeks back. Ben reported for US Navy Basic Training about 10 days ago. They keep those guys bottled up pretty tight during the training, so we haven't heard much. Training should take another six weeks or so, but I don't know the exact dates.
Work on selling the house has slowed to a near-standstill. Thing is, we don't have that much stuff left to do, but we're not getting it done. Time to get re-energized and re-motivated.
Doing a date night Sunday night with Louise -- dinner and a movie at a new Alamo Drafthouse location that opened just a few miles away. Right now, the front-runners are The Avengers and Dark Shadows. Details later.
First off, furloughs have begun at the seasonal IRS gig. The temps hired just for this season were let go earlier this week, and the first round of seasonals go home next week. Good news is, my evaluations and seniority put me high enough on the ranking list that I will be passed over for furlough and get to keep working. There will be another round of furloughs in a few weeks, but I have no idea when the cuts will come or if I will be able to dodge that second bullet. They're going to send me home at some point, but I don't know when.
And nobody has heard anything about the permanent positions they announced a few months ago. Not a peep. So I'm going to file that under "it happens when it happens" and stop worrying about it.
Had a nice visit with Ben and his wife Stephanie a couple weeks back. Ben reported for US Navy Basic Training about 10 days ago. They keep those guys bottled up pretty tight during the training, so we haven't heard much. Training should take another six weeks or so, but I don't know the exact dates.
Work on selling the house has slowed to a near-standstill. Thing is, we don't have that much stuff left to do, but we're not getting it done. Time to get re-energized and re-motivated.
Doing a date night Sunday night with Louise -- dinner and a movie at a new Alamo Drafthouse location that opened just a few miles away. Right now, the front-runners are The Avengers and Dark Shadows. Details later.
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