So most of you who still read this site know what all is going on. Academy fired me for total bullshit reasons which I won’t go into. I have no hard feelings towards anyone there. I might think it was crap but being upset at someone for doing what they thought was their job would accomplish nothing. I am upset about losing the monthly poker game even though I knew it was likely. It is held at my now ex-boss’s hacienda, thrown by her husband, and I guess it would be weird for her. For me work is work and social is social is social. I really liked that game even though I didn’t always win. It’s not easy to find a good home game and that was one for me.

Anyway I am back in webhosting doing sysadmin work for a lot less money. There are some perks to the job and some drawbacks. The perks include: no dress code, free lunch (if you accomplish certain goals), some cool people with which to work, and a schedule that allows me to consult. The drawbacks are: Low pay, a schedule that doesn’t let me off until midnight, dealing with customers, some people with stereotypical sysadmin hygiene, and having to deal with porn on a daily basis. It’s a gig and it’s paying the bills. I also have two consulting clients at this point and am open for server management consulting. I have a non-compete so I can’t do hosting but I never really did anyway.

So that’s the long and short of the last three weeks.

Seamus also turned six last Wednesday and we will have a party for him and Michelle next weekend which will apparently involve painting on Saturday. I am working Sunday through Thursday so Friday is the day I relax and since I get home long after the family goes to sleep I am giving Michelle Saturdays as her day to choose what we do. Today we are going to a park that has Bluebonnets and taking pictures with the kids. It sounds alright and gets me out of the house which is good for me. Next Saturday, as I mentioned, is painting day. We have to borrow a ladder but we are beginning to fix the house up a bit since we will be here a while. On my current salary we can’t afford to buy a house.

Well I am trying not to whine and ramble on about how much things suck as I want to have a good attitude about all of this but, quite frankly, it is a struggle. I upgraded to WP 2.5 and have to get some of the plugins working again but everything is looking good so far.