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General update
Jun. 17th, 2005 07:21 pmToday is the first time since I started the new job that I get home feeling about as tired as I used to do after a good day at the old job.
In other words, I haven't been this tired for weeks.
That's the bad news. The good news is that I'm sitting in bed, typing this on my new Ibook which was delivered yesterday. So far the only problems I've had have been caused by my being sloppy when reading documentation. And there are lots of features that I just love - Expose, for instance. And the cube effect in Desktop Manager. And lots more.
Also, I have chocolate that Calle bought me because I picked him up when he'd been shopping.
Work is still as good as when I started. Coworkers still pleasant, job still fun and demanding enough that I don't get bored. It's interesting that while the environment is per se more quiet than at the old job - no more than two or three people to a room, for instance - there are a lot more interruptions by people dropping in and talking. Also people always greet each other when they meet in the corridors. We talked about this at lunch and got the conclusion that it's precisely because people have more privacy that they're more open. When you're sitting in a huge open office with people always within view, you have to learn to not see the people around you or you'd constantly feel crowded. Whereas in a place like ours, people have all the privacy they need - if you really really don't want to be interrupted, you can close the door, but that's rare. As long as the door is open, people basically assume that you're not averse to a bit of talk or something.
Yesterday I had lunch with someone who used to be a TOCOTOX. (That's "too complicated to explain", for you non-alt.polyists out there.) Since the word "thanks, but no thanks" don't really need much of an explanation I now prefer calling her flirt friend. I like her, I find her attractive and I think it's a pity that she's in a monogamous relationship, but that doesn't mean I can't flirt with her as long as flirt is all we do.
We had lunch at a smallish restaurant by the lake. Then we walked along the water a while, before taking her car and driving around the neighborhood. It's lovely out there - lots of trees and green and very little asphalt. It's amazing that such a non-urban area can exist so close to the center of Stockholm.
And, speaking of trees and greenery - I have the loveliest drive to work! The last four kms or so I drive through a forest. The road is limited to 30 km/h, so I get some time to enjoy it. I turn off the radio drive with the off-side window down so I can hear the birds. The car runs mostly on electricity, so the bird song and the sound of the wheels are all I hear.
Nowadays I generally leave home around 6.30 am. At that time it takes about thirty minutes to get to work, and I have a fair chance of getting one of the staff parking spaces - if I don't, I have to pay for my parking, at about SEK 100 per day. I have a cup of tea (Lapsang Superior) and check the event logs and statistics to see what's happened since the previous day. I'll generally have the room to myself for about an hour or so before the two guys I share an office with show up.
I haven't been riding much lately - it seems that either I'm ill or booked up, or Skutt is unavailable. But I'll be trying to ride on Tuesdays instead of Saturdays - that's another thing that goes to show the immense improvement in health and energy levels since I changed jobs! Just imagine, me being able to do something after work!
And on this cheerful note I will now try to put the computer down and read a while before trying to sleep so I'll have some extra energy for the solstice celebration tomorrow.
In other words, I haven't been this tired for weeks.
That's the bad news. The good news is that I'm sitting in bed, typing this on my new Ibook which was delivered yesterday. So far the only problems I've had have been caused by my being sloppy when reading documentation. And there are lots of features that I just love - Expose, for instance. And the cube effect in Desktop Manager. And lots more.
Also, I have chocolate that Calle bought me because I picked him up when he'd been shopping.
Work is still as good as when I started. Coworkers still pleasant, job still fun and demanding enough that I don't get bored. It's interesting that while the environment is per se more quiet than at the old job - no more than two or three people to a room, for instance - there are a lot more interruptions by people dropping in and talking. Also people always greet each other when they meet in the corridors. We talked about this at lunch and got the conclusion that it's precisely because people have more privacy that they're more open. When you're sitting in a huge open office with people always within view, you have to learn to not see the people around you or you'd constantly feel crowded. Whereas in a place like ours, people have all the privacy they need - if you really really don't want to be interrupted, you can close the door, but that's rare. As long as the door is open, people basically assume that you're not averse to a bit of talk or something.
Yesterday I had lunch with someone who used to be a TOCOTOX. (That's "too complicated to explain", for you non-alt.polyists out there.) Since the word "thanks, but no thanks" don't really need much of an explanation I now prefer calling her flirt friend. I like her, I find her attractive and I think it's a pity that she's in a monogamous relationship, but that doesn't mean I can't flirt with her as long as flirt is all we do.
We had lunch at a smallish restaurant by the lake. Then we walked along the water a while, before taking her car and driving around the neighborhood. It's lovely out there - lots of trees and green and very little asphalt. It's amazing that such a non-urban area can exist so close to the center of Stockholm.
And, speaking of trees and greenery - I have the loveliest drive to work! The last four kms or so I drive through a forest. The road is limited to 30 km/h, so I get some time to enjoy it. I turn off the radio drive with the off-side window down so I can hear the birds. The car runs mostly on electricity, so the bird song and the sound of the wheels are all I hear.
Nowadays I generally leave home around 6.30 am. At that time it takes about thirty minutes to get to work, and I have a fair chance of getting one of the staff parking spaces - if I don't, I have to pay for my parking, at about SEK 100 per day. I have a cup of tea (Lapsang Superior) and check the event logs and statistics to see what's happened since the previous day. I'll generally have the room to myself for about an hour or so before the two guys I share an office with show up.
I haven't been riding much lately - it seems that either I'm ill or booked up, or Skutt is unavailable. But I'll be trying to ride on Tuesdays instead of Saturdays - that's another thing that goes to show the immense improvement in health and energy levels since I changed jobs! Just imagine, me being able to do something after work!
And on this cheerful note I will now try to put the computer down and read a while before trying to sleep so I'll have some extra energy for the solstice celebration tomorrow.
