My insane life right now...

[Gurm]

Well this morning it started again, the boss (I have two, makes life difficult) called up and said "well I don't understand what the problem is" so I told him I just can't commit to 5 days with 14 hours out-of-house, and he asked if I could do 3.

I said that would work, I'd rather stay employed for the time being.

Then I went on the interview... and ALL they wanted to know was about my availability. It was terrible, because after about 10 minutes I just couldn't keep lying about it, so I tried to be as gentle as possible - and swore them to secrecy because I'm just NOT supposed to talk terms with them AT ALL - but essentially laid it out. The commute, the move, the time constraints. They seemed cool with it anyway, so who knows maybe they'll work it out with my bosses.

Regardless, I'm shopping for a new job. This is just destroying my soul. Time to move on.

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They called back, I guess I have the position. My boss wants to know exactly which days in October I want off and which ones I can work. I said "well ok, which three a week do you want me to be at Harvard, I was thinking Tuesday-Thursday", and he says "why are you thinking 3 days?"

W...T...F?

I said "well, you asked if I could do three days and I said I could". He says "well if you need other days early or late or whatever, does that mean you can't go in at all?"

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I said I'd talk it over with Julie.

At this point I intend to answer him thusly: I get every Friday off, and every Monday as a half day...

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Today I go to the audiologist. The hearing distortion was REALLY bad in Cambridge, the School has all those padded rooms and the whole place sort of "whirs" like big data centers do. I had my interview in an underground room with sound proofing and it was like talking with earplugs in. Ick!

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Don't know if my car will stand up to the stress of this commute. I'm thinking I'll need to commute via train at least 2 of the 4 days a week. Maybe 3!

[Gurm]

Well it turns out what I'm hearing in my ears is pretty common for people with Eustacean tube malfunction. I got tested, my hearing is STILL normal, my tubes however require 400 "units" of pressure to open instead of the 100-150 most people require. Oops! So before I got the ventilation tubes I was probably opening them by flexing my jaw subconsciously. Now I can't make them stay open because I can't build up any pressure, so they're stuck shut most of the time. Apparently over time my hearing will adjust. Great...

However, they also want me tested for allergies, since there has to be a REASON that my tubes aren't working when they were a couple months ago. Of course it could also be just a holdover from being sick earlier in the summer, or it could be any of a zillion things but there's no quick fix. *sigh*

[Wombat]

Have you asked them about allergy medicines? My Eustacean tubes are narrow, lots of scar tissue from childhood infections. But a good dose of OTC allergy medicine keeps the inflammation down, and the tubes open.

[RhinoZ]

Hey Gurm,
You have to feel good about yourself that they still want you, even thou they still don't get it. I guess they don't have a family to deal with, to understand what you're going through.
I know a boss is a boss, but we are not in the 60's anymore.
Hope things are going better and better each day.
TGIF

[Gurm]

Have you asked them about allergy medicines? My Eustacean tubes are narrow, lots of scar tissue from childhood infections. But a good dose of OTC allergy medicine keeps the inflammation down, and the tubes open.

Yeah, Benadryl seems to help although maybe it just mellows me out, *chuckle*.

They said OTC or even prescription antihistamines are fine, they want me to avoid the sprays for anything other than occasional use though.

[Gurm]

So we had our yard sale this weekend - yay!

But it was too hot on Saturday and rainy yesterday, so not so many people showed up - BOO!

But we made $250 and filled the dumpster with junk and packed and cleaned and got rid of a ton of crap, so... YAY!

I apparently have today off, after arranging a babysitter and everything my boss tried to get me to commit to working this Friday by telling me that today is a holiday. Haven't gotten the past 2 Columbus Days off... I had planned to visit a client site and hit the main office today.

SO... hate to call off the babysitter, but now I'll just run errands. Might still drop by the office, have to get my personal effects out of there, who knows when I'll be by next since I'll be out on assignment, as it were. *sigh*

[Fat Tone]

I see you are back on the radar now. How are things going?

[Gurm]

I see you are back on the radar now. How are things going?

Well, let's see.

We're out of the old place, into the new place. Boxen everywhere, but starting to settle in. Thank GOD for wireless routers, otherwise I'd be hiding in the basement to check my e-mail. But I've desperately needed MapQuest, so...

Jacob is in his new daycare, it's going ok.

Logan is NOT in school yet, but should be come Thursday morning (it's Tuesday evening now).

I go back to work tomorrow.

The contract I was forced into... may lead to a full-time job with a certain well-respected university in Cambridge. Woo! If not, my resume is out there, Monster and HotJobs will help me - seems there's a real lack of good qualified geeks nowadays.

We're filling out forms.

Money continues to be a worry - the old landlord wanted a lot of money for oil and is making noise about not giving back all of the security deposit because I started an improvement (on my OWN time with my OWN money) that wasn't finished. Bleh.

C'est la vie. It will all work out. And if it doesn't, I shall go down in a blaze of wine and whores.

[Jammrock]

How do you like the new digs?

[Gurm]

How do you like the new digs?

Smaller but comfy and convenient.