Getting Ready for Some More Travel
Not too bad of a week. Sales is up to their usual bullshit again. I swear its like trying to handle a spoiled bipolar retard but oh well. It rattles my cage for a bit, but then I get over it.
Other than that, work hasn't been too bad. Week seems to be going by kind of quick. My chest was all congested and I was running a bit of a fever Tuesday so I left early, and took the first half of Wednesday off. I'm not 100%, but still much better than I was.
Managed to get some laundry done. I have clean clothes now. Very interesting huh?
Today was probably the most interesting day of the week for me. As you know, Saturday I'm going back to Chicopee to play with Lenny Gomulka at St. Stan's (yes it was a shameless plug and yes you better go there). He wants us to wear a solid color shirt and a "crazy" tie. Well, my wardrobe of solid color shirts consists of 1 white, 2 blue (different shades), 1 purple and 1 black. I have an olive colored shirt but it's way to big nowadays. And well, I've been getting tired of wearing the same shirts all the time for gigs and other occasions where I need to dress nicer. So I decided to go shopping.
Andree-Anne and Emilie took me to La Maison Simons which is "Simon's House". Imagine, if you will, an overpriced Filene's. But one of the benefits of taking the French girls shopping is that they have pretty good taste. In fact, when shopping for nicer clothes even when I was in the States, I tried to take a femme or two with me. As you all know I'm more of a jeans and t-shirt kinda guy, but when I have to look nice, well, I wanna do it right. Kinda like Queer Eye for The Straight Guy without the queer part. This Simons place was wicked pricey. $80 for a dress shirt. Yeah right. Considering I'm going to be sweating my ass off while I Push It To The Limit, I don't feel like spending that much money on a shirt. So we found a nice green shirt that was $30. I can live with that. We ended up also hitting up The Tie Rack where I picked up 2 more Jerry Garcia ties to add to my collection.
So we got my stuff and I'm ready to rock and roll Saturday. Too bad it's a polka gig. We ended up walking around the malls a little bit for their sake but not too long. One of the other positives about getting them to come shopping fo rme is that they pick out the clothes, I buy them and they not only feel like they've done good by me but it also helps feed that female need of shopping with someone else's money.
So I'm all packed up and ready for the weekend now. I'm gonna hit the road right after work. I'm supposed to have a French lesson but I think I'm going to reschedule for next week as my mind won't be on it and I don't feel like getting back to Chicopee after 1am. So hopefully I can hit the road early enough.
I've also started putting some thought as to what I'm going to be doing next year. As you know, I have a 2 year contract to work up here. But it was presented as the company hoped I'd be here for at least a year then see what I wanted to do. So in November I need to decide whether or not I want to renew my lease, visa, health and social insurance or pack up my shit and head back to Massachusetts. One thing I need to consider is some of the changes going on in the company and that are scheduled to happen in the next 6-12 months. Will there be a need for me for the full duration of my contract? At this point, I don't think so. There might be but I don't know. Additionally, even if I stay on, how much BS is it to break my lease if I have to do that early? Some of the many things I need to really mull over during the next couple of months. I'm definitely enjoying it up here still. My place rocks, the people at work are all very cool and the work isn't bad at all. Not the best, but certainly not the worst and gaining some valuable experience. The problem is that I'm not in Massachusetts where if I got laid off, or canned or something, I'm near family and friends or could potentially find another job. My status in this country depends on my work status so, I need to be careful there too. So we'll see, but it's something I'm going to really have to put some thought to. I'd like to stick it out, but if it looks like I'm going to screw myself in the longterm by doing that, well, I'll probably be back later this year. Perhaps I'll find another job within the company, or another one, or maybe even go back to school and finish a degree. I'll keep you all posted on that.
Oh yeah, I updated the sports blog tonight. I won't be writing until Monday at the earliest. Stop by St. Stan's and say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts! See ya there.
Other than that, work hasn't been too bad. Week seems to be going by kind of quick. My chest was all congested and I was running a bit of a fever Tuesday so I left early, and took the first half of Wednesday off. I'm not 100%, but still much better than I was.
Managed to get some laundry done. I have clean clothes now. Very interesting huh?
Today was probably the most interesting day of the week for me. As you know, Saturday I'm going back to Chicopee to play with Lenny Gomulka at St. Stan's (yes it was a shameless plug and yes you better go there). He wants us to wear a solid color shirt and a "crazy" tie. Well, my wardrobe of solid color shirts consists of 1 white, 2 blue (different shades), 1 purple and 1 black. I have an olive colored shirt but it's way to big nowadays. And well, I've been getting tired of wearing the same shirts all the time for gigs and other occasions where I need to dress nicer. So I decided to go shopping.
Andree-Anne and Emilie took me to La Maison Simons which is "Simon's House". Imagine, if you will, an overpriced Filene's. But one of the benefits of taking the French girls shopping is that they have pretty good taste. In fact, when shopping for nicer clothes even when I was in the States, I tried to take a femme or two with me. As you all know I'm more of a jeans and t-shirt kinda guy, but when I have to look nice, well, I wanna do it right. Kinda like Queer Eye for The Straight Guy without the queer part. This Simons place was wicked pricey. $80 for a dress shirt. Yeah right. Considering I'm going to be sweating my ass off while I Push It To The Limit, I don't feel like spending that much money on a shirt. So we found a nice green shirt that was $30. I can live with that. We ended up also hitting up The Tie Rack where I picked up 2 more Jerry Garcia ties to add to my collection.
So we got my stuff and I'm ready to rock and roll Saturday. Too bad it's a polka gig. We ended up walking around the malls a little bit for their sake but not too long. One of the other positives about getting them to come shopping fo rme is that they pick out the clothes, I buy them and they not only feel like they've done good by me but it also helps feed that female need of shopping with someone else's money.
So I'm all packed up and ready for the weekend now. I'm gonna hit the road right after work. I'm supposed to have a French lesson but I think I'm going to reschedule for next week as my mind won't be on it and I don't feel like getting back to Chicopee after 1am. So hopefully I can hit the road early enough.
I've also started putting some thought as to what I'm going to be doing next year. As you know, I have a 2 year contract to work up here. But it was presented as the company hoped I'd be here for at least a year then see what I wanted to do. So in November I need to decide whether or not I want to renew my lease, visa, health and social insurance or pack up my shit and head back to Massachusetts. One thing I need to consider is some of the changes going on in the company and that are scheduled to happen in the next 6-12 months. Will there be a need for me for the full duration of my contract? At this point, I don't think so. There might be but I don't know. Additionally, even if I stay on, how much BS is it to break my lease if I have to do that early? Some of the many things I need to really mull over during the next couple of months. I'm definitely enjoying it up here still. My place rocks, the people at work are all very cool and the work isn't bad at all. Not the best, but certainly not the worst and gaining some valuable experience. The problem is that I'm not in Massachusetts where if I got laid off, or canned or something, I'm near family and friends or could potentially find another job. My status in this country depends on my work status so, I need to be careful there too. So we'll see, but it's something I'm going to really have to put some thought to. I'd like to stick it out, but if it looks like I'm going to screw myself in the longterm by doing that, well, I'll probably be back later this year. Perhaps I'll find another job within the company, or another one, or maybe even go back to school and finish a degree. I'll keep you all posted on that.
Oh yeah, I updated the sports blog tonight. I won't be writing until Monday at the earliest. Stop by St. Stan's and say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts! See ya there.
posted by Surviving In The Burbs at 4/21/2005 09:04:00 PM
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