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Journal blinder's Journal: And Here We Are 5

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welp. yesterday morning... got up... ran to my former place of employment to drop off my dell craptop computer (that i never used... and was covered in dust -- but i cleaned it off... i'm a good kid like that). then i dashed back to my house to meet the realtor... i signed the paperwork so now my house is on the market... anyone got $295k? if you do... and want to live in white marsh MD, you can have it :)

i then got in my car and took a little drive... to boston. so i'm here. and boy is next week shaping up to be busy. i have lots of interviews to do... for some interesting stuff... team/tech lead type jobs... with companies you may have heard of (but i can't say of course).

its funny... i hit the 10+ years of experience mark and well, boston's tech job market is WAY more robust that baltimore's.

i talked to my dad while on the road, and he said something that really made me happy. when asked if i was on my way up to boston, he said "feels good to go home, doesn't it?"

yeah... it really does.

so, i'm here... going to find a place to live next week also. my house will hopefully be on the market for a few days (that's how crazy it is in baltimore real estate) and i'll hire some movers to get my stuff up here. i'm excited. i'm very excited. i feel like the slate has been cleared... no more baltimore and all of the crap that has kept me there. but i needed to put the time in, get things straightened out and my mind made up... and any earlier would have been a mistake.

i'm looking forward to settling down, being quiet and just enjoy the new start i've been given. yeah... i'm still anxious and life changes are always not easy things to adjust to, and i have moments of doubt and worry... but they just pass into or fade to moments of happiness and excitement as my phone rings constantly and my inbox fills with opportunity after opportunity.

yeah, things would be better though if HMtB weren't sick. i don't like taking her to the vet... and this was the second time in two weeks.

she'll be okay... she was playing string this morning so while she's not feeling well, she isn't in immediate distress. yeah... that doesn't make it easier... not even a little... just a consolation.

well, i have to get going... i know a tired dragon that needs a nap.

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  • Yay! (Score:2)

    by trmj ( 579410 )
    Welcome back to Boston! Good luck at that interview today. If you end up on the Fenway near Boston Conservatory, give me a call, that's where the lab is that I'm (currently) working at.
  • Home sweeet hoooome....

    You know I'm a blinder
    but my heart's of gold...
  • I thought you were originally from Atlanta. Housing is not cheap in Boston too but try to get housing after you've got some idea of where in Boston you'll be working. Reading em's journal, long commutes are brutal, no matter how comfy your car is.
    • Yep, long commutes are teh suck. However, I don't mind taking an hour to get to work in Boston because it's so easy.

      15 minute bike ride to the nearest subway stop, then 30-40 minutes on the subway and I'm pretty much anywhere in or around Boston.

      The public transportation here is amazing. (Well, the only other public transport experience I have is living ~40 miles north of Philadelphia, where there is no public transportation at all. Even in philly, it sucks.)

      As soon as I get an apartment in the cit
  • My company has a big office in Boston ;-) I kind of wonder if you'll be interviewing there hehe... then I can put in a good word for you...

    (Don't reveal anything - perhaps I'll just send a mail and ask!)

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