Yeppers. GM laid me off. And here I was getting a corporate job because it was supposed to be more stable than the game industry.
If you’ve ever though about hitting my tipjar, now would be a good time.
Thanks to all.
So Where Ya Been?!
Sick. Quite, quite sick. And also not working. But not because I was sick.
There was some kind of snafu with the paperwork at GM. I didn’t start last Tuesday; in fact, for about a week I didn’t know when I would start or if I would start at all. But that’s apparently all been worked out and I allegedly start tomorrow (I’ll believe it when I get my badge).
I know, I missed a PTFSD update, but because I’ve been tracking my weight daily on a spreadsheet I can give it to you now.
Previous Weight: 357.4
Current Weight: 357.4
Delta: none
Wow, that was eventful, huh?
My Last Day at Somanetics, Plus PTFSD Update
No more working on medical devices for me. I loved my time at Somanetics and I’ll miss everyone here, but Somanetics has been bought and the parent company is closing this office. On Tuesday I start my new job at General Motors.
Perhaps now I’ll be able to spend more than 18 months at a job.
PTFSD Update:
Previous Weight: 354.4
Current Weight: 357.4
Delta: +3 Pounds
Blech. I tried to do better this week but got hit with a lot of temptations, “Oh, there’s donuts for the Linux guys,” “Oh, there’s ice cream for the Linux guys,” “Oh, I got KFC for dinner.” I succumbed to all of them.
But Lord, let now thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen my salvation.
That’s a Marcy recumbent exercise bike. I had been thinking for a while about getting a treadmill, but ones that could support my current weight cost well over $1000. And then I read in The 4-Hour Body about a guy who got his exercise on a recumbent bike – it allowed him to relieve the horrible boredom that always eventually makes me stop exercising. With a recumbent bike, you can read, watch TV or even play video games while still keeping your heart rate in the cardio zone. And this one is supposed to be excellent – not just for the price, but excellent all around. The biggest plus – it’s magwheel-driven, so it’s silent.
Once it arrives (which will take a week since I picked free shipping) I’ll add a new entry to these posts detailing how many minutes of exercise I got each week.
Contracting Sucks.
I didn’t realize that Friday wasn’t a paid holiday so I only get paid for four days this week. Turns out I get all of six paid holidays as a contractor, plus the shittiest insurance I’ve ever seen. Thank god I’ll lose my job soon!
Wait…
In Michigan
Fifteen hundred miles in three days. We’re currently in a hotel just outside West Bloomfield, our new hometown. We should take possession of the apartment today and then…um…wait in an empty apartment for our stuff to arrive. Which it hopefully will today.
No disasters of any kind, car, medical, or other…except for one time when a lane ran out and I was forced into some orange barrels by a truck and my driver’s side mirror got knocked off. At the time, I thought “If that’s the worst thing that happens…” and it was.
Stardock on Monday.
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