Up To Date...

So, here's the story:

Initially, I just thought I might have gotten busted. There were several places in my entries where I was less-than-subtle. Though I try to be, it was difficult - small world, big buzz and such - so I decided to lie low for a little while and see how things went, try to stick to TV ad not necessarily the job.

Then, I fell prey to February and March. Not much else to be said about that beyond the fact that winter and badness equals me hiding under my covers a lot. And after I end up like that - and after I get better - I get anxious about things that I've left for a long time and people I might have worried. Things like a blog, for instance. Not much of an excuse, but there it is.

I became very focused on getting out of my job after awhile, and that took up a lot of time with job search - and bought a house that required renovation work for the majority of summer and autumn. I moved in the late fall and found out that I had a new job starting in the new year. It was everything I wanted: Stable, large venerable institution, education, excellent pay and benefits.

It was everything I thought I wanted.

It turned out to be not at all what I wanted or needed. The benefits of the job didn't outweigh the drawbacks; the culture of working evenings from home, regardless of project status, the way they threw you in the deep end without so much as letting you know where the pens are, the total lack of direction. In the end, we parted ways very much mutually, and though I felt there was more that could have been done to make me welcome, it was a bad fit all around and I was glad to move on.

Now I am doing a bit of freelance work but hoping for a full-time gig soon. On the plus side, I can take some of my time to both work on my house and on my writing, though I haven't gotten into much of a schedule for either yet. Part of my time will have to go towards working on thoughts for this blog - I'm so out of practice, I'm not sure how it will go - but it's worth a shot!