DygiScape

What a Wild Past Two-and-a-Half Weeks

Over the past couple weeks since I moved out here to Virginia, things have been fun, challenging, and even inspiring. I’ll hopefully not JUST talk about work this time around. First and foremost my temporary housing is definitely satisfactory for my needs. Oh yeah! Traffic jams up where I am at what we’d expect, rush hour.

Side note: Virginia drivers are: Rude, Aggressive, Angry, and excessive speeders

This Thanksgiving, I went to my Uncle’s brother’s house and had a good time. It was a nice surprise to see my Aunt, Uncle, and two cousins drive down from NJ. The topics one should never discuss at a Thanksgiving dinner was brought up - Politics. I sat idly and observed the statements made - I’m glad we accepted our political differences out that I was a little more “progressive” than others (realistically, I’m a mild conservative). Oh yeah I forgot my camera at their house, but I’ll meet up with my Uncle’s brother at work sometime and I will be happy to take pictures and upload the ones I have.

Black Friday was quite successful for me. Although I wasn’t able to get one of my targeted items; I however did manage to pick up a few things. It’s amazing the business/profit aspect individuals seem to have. I checked Craigslist today and saw nearly one Black Friday special being sold for MSRP. I hope they get 419′d. It should be a rule that if you are waiting in line for Black Friday, you are not to resell the items. It’s not fair. Those are people’s gifts, and they choose to just list them on Craigslist and gouge the buyers.

Finally, I made a bad, regrettable decision. I purchased a 2004 Acura TL. No, the car is not bad at all, I fell in love with it instantly. THAT was my problem. I bought it. Money is tight this year because of it. I’ll see what me and the dealer can work out so I am not SO much in the hole. If you have $28K and want to buy a beautiful car in the Northern Virginia area- let me know!

Work lately has been wearing down on me. I am noticing myself being more productive with my daily duties and customer inquiries are resolved with a blazing 10 minute turnaround time and I like seeing the “Thank You” replies in the mailbox. I still feel uncomfortable since well my group is doing a lot of change and yet I am still not feeling 100% capable of doing things singlehandedly. So this is where my instincts come into play, and I must innovate and make things work for me (or atleast my team). My boss must be very agile as she hasn’t yelled at me yet, even though I think there could have been a few times or so for her to (lol). I feel for my mentor on the team (where I am effectively taking over some of his tasks), as I ask a lot of questions, sometimes redundant. My logic is there is no stupid questions, and never assume. I think his patience is there cause once I do the tasks right, he can move on to bigger and better things. (ahh, that felt good to get out)
The bottom line is, I’m stressed out and my body is telling me to cool it. It can’t even fight off the common cold. I never get pwnd as much as I am now over a silly cold. Bah, whatever. I just gotta relax, and take things in stride.

UPDATE 12/2/2006: I talked with my dealer about what options I had if I didn’t wish to keep the car, and beyond going to a Repo, I exchanged it for a more moderate of a car - 2007 Ford Taurus (06 - really). Cheaper payment, better gas mileage. Thanks Mike @ Farrish Automotive!