Y2 D294

Yesterday was an interesting day. Work was pretty straight forward other than a call from my boss which kind of irked me. Last monday I had only 2 hours on my time sheet. Why? Because I waited for the client to be free to do a conference call. I knew it was coming but it also meant I couldn't really get too deep into anything else. I was also waiting for the IT guy to get back to me on a server we are building. Essentially it was a waiting day. They happen. He was all blah blah blah - need to be billable, can't have down time, we are paying you. Yeah ok. You're paying me shit. Trust me. I have been looking since putting my resume out there on Monday. So far everything that has come across my email or phone has been 20% - 30% higher than what you are paying. Sorry if my motivation levels are a little low. Of course if I say anything remotely like that to him I get the whole 'if you work more hours in a day you will get a bonus!'. You know what? Why should I work 60+ hours a week for you to get a bonus that I may or may not get where I could work between 45-50 hours somewhere else and get 30% more without fucking my life up? Seems like a no brainer to me too...

So that was the bullshit frustrating part of the day. The client was okay, gave me my next set of work and it looks like I have at least another 4 or so days working from home. Still don't have to shave.

The best part of the day was the virtual date I went on. One of my friends recommended a friend request on FB to me. I asked who this person was as I don't accept random requests. She said it was someone she introduced me to before and thought we would get along. Ok. I didn't remember her introducing us, but it was at a show when I have 1000 things going on in my head anyway. I accepted the friend request and sent a little message saying hi, we supposedly met, yadda yadda. Well that was in the morning I think around 7 or 8. We exchanged messages back and forth until about 10 last night. 20-30 messages maybe? Why didn't we just meet? Here's the kicker -- she lives in Portland. Sigh. I finally meet a girl who on paper seems perfect for me and she is in another state. Oh well. I take what I can get. Anyway, she is really nice, smart, funny, and has wicked great taste in movies, music, wine, and food. Just wish she wasn't in Portland. I sent her a message this morning in response to her last one to me at 10pm. Nothing yet but that's okay. We kind of went hard yesterday. We both agreed it was a virtual date too.

Came home, made dinner, sent messages, went to bed. Today I am home and working. The maintenance folks are supposed to come fix my dead dishwasher this morning. Let's see what time they show up. I should probably shower soon before they get here...