Scott's Thoughts

Life in the slow lane

I've been working at my new job for over two weeks now. I was right about my workload - it's defintely light. I'm writing this now because I don't have much else to do that doesn't involve kicking someone offline or taking down a server which I can't do during the day. Things might pick up later as we start re-organizing our other sites and bringing them up to speed. I've had to start creating my own tasks. I wanted less work and now i have it but I find myself missing the challenges, it makes the day go much faster.

The new place is a sales based company so there are a lot of people that worry about numbers and reports not to mention the various salesmen personality types that are in and out. For a small company there are also a lot of inter-office politics going on which has already hampered my ability to do my job. I have 2 users at a site that are having connectivity problems and I want to get them something more stable than a cable modem there. Unfortunately there is some talking of moving them but no one can make a decesion on what their fate is. If i knew, I could adjust. Meanwhile they call everyday to complain about the quality and I am even able to tell them we might move their office.

I am again stuck in a office with people out of my age range but I think that is par for the course any more. While I'm sure I will get along with everyone, I don't think I'll be able to form the bonds I had with the people from my old company.

I have this feeling won't be staying with company for real long. I promised the guy that hired me that I'd stay at least a year but we'll see about that. The guy I replaced staying for 2 weeks and left for another job that offered a bit more.

At the end of this week I'll be flying with my mom to Florida to stay the week at my sister's in-laws house. We've got tons of things planned like going to Epcot center and Bush Gardens and deep sea fishing. I just hope we have time to relax too.

I thought taking a new job would help things. My stress level is better in that I'm not constantly worrying about my job and compensation but I still feel... trapped. Maybe it's just me wishing things had turned out differently. I remember the plans I had on where I wanted to be by certain ages and how short I've fallen and it's no one's fault other than my own.

On a brighter note I'm almost done with the second TV stand. I've one coat of paint which is going on tonight to finish. I've already got two more projects in the queue too. richard wants me to build a display cabinet for his minitures and a gaming table. These will require a higher quality of wood than 2x4s and plywood. I've got some good ideas for both and rich has given me some rough designs of what he had in mind.

posted by Site Smith Scott @ 11:55 AM