Y3 D21

Started my first real project yesterday at work. Felt good to actually be useful. I worked on the kickoff presentation for the client as well as scheduled meetings with the sales person and the sales engineer. Today I get to follow up and talk with the client for the first time. I will actually be doing only half of the technical work as one of the other consultants will be shadowing me on the back end stuff. But from the front end, I will be the point person in communication with the client and handling the project part.

Best part? No travel. The client is in Virginia - customer - I keep using the word client because that's what I am used to, but I have to remember this isn't a consulting company it's a software company and these are customers. Not a big difference, but there is. The other thing I need to remember is I am not management any more. This goes hand in hand with the travel thing. These people may never see me face to face. I will remain some guy on the phone in another state. The big thing is I could dress more casual if I chose. I have been going in every day in 'consultant' wear while I look around and half the people are in jeans including the CEO and President. Ah startups. But I will wait another week or two before I go casual. Let it happen naturally.

I also confirmed with my boss that for normal days my hours are working. I am getting in around 7:40 and leaving around 4:40. This lets me catch a 5:14 train which is an express and gets me home around 5:40. I can handle that.

Got home, made the kid and me some dinner, then sat down and watched three more episodes of X-Files. Three a day is our goal. We have 202 total and I think we are now on episode 10. Before summer is over, we will have watched everything.

Also sold the old bed I was holding on to for her. Managed to get $200 for it which I will use to buy me a new mattress on Sunday. My hips and back are killing me and I know it's the bed. Hopefully this will relieve some of the pain I am having when I am sleeping.

Did one more thing I should mention - I decided to create an account on Zoosk. Let's see if anything comes of it once I get my profile filled in on there.