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The car didn't start on Monday morning, so I had to take Lyft. I was at the office before my boss any way. An admin let me inside.
The experience of being in the office was pretty chaotic. The part of the networking company I'm working for now has a slightly better reputation than the rest, but it's still sucky. I'm glad I'm not working in the office, so I'm not caught up in that. My manager keeps telling me how refreshing it is to talk to me. She's concerned about the release because the business keeps pushing for more changes. That is so familiar and not in a good way. I knew taking this job would be a thorough refresher in how to let things go and not let stuff get to me.
In the evening I took Lyft to the meeting and then got a lift home with a friend. That meant that I didn't go grocery shopping. So I need to do that on Friday after the meeting. It was a good meeting with a lot of raw emotion.
On Tuesday I called AAA first thing in the morning. They came out and jump started my car. The AAA guy didn't think it was the battery, because it still had about 14V potential and the lights all came on when he pushed the button. 14V should be fine for a 16V battery, he said.
I had called the mechanic while I was waiting for AAA, so I drove over there right away without allowing the engine to stop. They investigated and today the verdict was that it was the battery. It didn't deliver enough cranking amps. According to the mechanic, Hyundai engines require higher CA than other car engines. So they put in a new Hyundai battery. I have no idea if that's true or if he was selling me a bill of goods. If anybody does know, feel free to chime in. I do know that it was expensive!
I took Lyft again to the therapist but then I walked home from there. Very convenient that it's so close by. Here are some jacaranda flowers I photographed on the way home. I really enjoyed my walk. These are just normal California suburbs and I love them. Not the least because I saw three cats.
Today I worked in the morning. Then I walked over to the mechanic. Here are the flowers of a Persian silk tree that I took on the way there. I only met one cat on this walk.
This afternoon I didn't really have anything to do for work. But it's supposed to be a full time contract, so I stayed online and made sure to keep an eye on IM, in case my manager wanted anything from me. If this is going to be a common occurrence, I'd like to figure out a way to make good use of my time. Today I spent some time learning more about Sketch and organizing the Sketch files a bit better. That's good for both me and the employer. I may spend some time on my visual design course tomorrow if my manager doesn't have enough work for me.
On Friday I'm going into the office. My badge has arrived and there's a lot of set up to do. Conveniently I have a doctors appointment at 2, so I have a reason to leave before traffic gets bad.
The experience of being in the office was pretty chaotic. The part of the networking company I'm working for now has a slightly better reputation than the rest, but it's still sucky. I'm glad I'm not working in the office, so I'm not caught up in that. My manager keeps telling me how refreshing it is to talk to me. She's concerned about the release because the business keeps pushing for more changes. That is so familiar and not in a good way. I knew taking this job would be a thorough refresher in how to let things go and not let stuff get to me.
In the evening I took Lyft to the meeting and then got a lift home with a friend. That meant that I didn't go grocery shopping. So I need to do that on Friday after the meeting. It was a good meeting with a lot of raw emotion.
On Tuesday I called AAA first thing in the morning. They came out and jump started my car. The AAA guy didn't think it was the battery, because it still had about 14V potential and the lights all came on when he pushed the button. 14V should be fine for a 16V battery, he said.
I had called the mechanic while I was waiting for AAA, so I drove over there right away without allowing the engine to stop. They investigated and today the verdict was that it was the battery. It didn't deliver enough cranking amps. According to the mechanic, Hyundai engines require higher CA than other car engines. So they put in a new Hyundai battery. I have no idea if that's true or if he was selling me a bill of goods. If anybody does know, feel free to chime in. I do know that it was expensive!
I took Lyft again to the therapist but then I walked home from there. Very convenient that it's so close by. Here are some jacaranda flowers I photographed on the way home. I really enjoyed my walk. These are just normal California suburbs and I love them. Not the least because I saw three cats.
Today I worked in the morning. Then I walked over to the mechanic. Here are the flowers of a Persian silk tree that I took on the way there. I only met one cat on this walk.
This afternoon I didn't really have anything to do for work. But it's supposed to be a full time contract, so I stayed online and made sure to keep an eye on IM, in case my manager wanted anything from me. If this is going to be a common occurrence, I'd like to figure out a way to make good use of my time. Today I spent some time learning more about Sketch and organizing the Sketch files a bit better. That's good for both me and the employer. I may spend some time on my visual design course tomorrow if my manager doesn't have enough work for me.
On Friday I'm going into the office. My badge has arrived and there's a lot of set up to do. Conveniently I have a doctors appointment at 2, so I have a reason to leave before traffic gets bad.
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