| [Diary] A Monday |
[Jan. 12th, 2009|12:45 pm] |
The first Monday after being laid off from my full-time job feels.. like a busy Sunday.
The heating oil ran out yesterday. This is highly displeasing -- we just put in $200's worth, a quarter of a tank, the day before we left for Cleveland. Two weeks later (with us away for the holidays), the oil is completely gone.
The main culprit is the fact that our landlord (who is well-meaning but not exactly on top of things) was installing a pellet stove in our fireplace. He was unsuccessful in his installation (so now we have to hunt down contractors or dealers who will service it), and it left a gap the width of my arm to the open chimney, through which warm air whooshes out. Plus the thermostat is old, and I suspect runs the heater longer than necessary. Plus the windows are un-insulated. We'll solve all of these problems and soon, but for now it's very aggravating.
So I scrambled to get new oil delivered, the pan drained and the heater restarted. Before that, I had some serious overdue work that I owed to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tithenai, making the layout for the Winter issue of her zine -- check it out, btw, Goblin Fruit Winter 09 issue. And of course the house needs to be cleaned in preparation for guest (Cat is out doing the shopping and picking him up at the airport).
passionandsoul is coming to visit, staying with us before Arisia. (When Cat wrote her post about arete, I cast about in my mind for other people who I know that are like that. Lee is the first one that came to mind. (The other one would be Avi Bryant, creator of DabbleDB and the insanely good Seaside framework)). I miss him, and am looking forward to it.
There's a long list of leads, suggestions and resume links from all of you amazing helpful people that commented on both Cat's and my "Ack I'm laid off!" posts. Thank you, everybody! I have much resume-updating and emailing to do later today.
There's so much I want to say, about being at sea, career-wise, at this moment. I have plans, ideas, many projects to work on. I have a hopeful and humble attitude. I need and want.. for this to transform me, a sea-change, for this event to help spring me to the next level, work-wise. We'll see how I fare. |
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The layout is lovely. Best of luck with the rest.
Man, I hear you on that heating oil. Our house was built in 1928, so there are nooks and crannies everywhere. With no damper in our fireplace, the house just hemorrhages heat.
Not cool. At least the oil prices are down a bit.
I am DEEPLY unimpressed with your heating oil. That sucks wind. I hope it gets sorted with smoothness and promptitude. *hugs* | |
