Red Warrior's Journal: I guess every form of refuge has its price

I'm wrestling with whether or not to stick to my project management transition plan.

I'm being recruited for a job in another agency. Same pay, same work (except in C#), but right next to my house (less than a mile walking). A good friend that I met when getting my AAs has worked there for a number of years, and raves about it. She walked my application through HR and up to the guy doing the hiring while giving me a tour of the place Thursday. They put a lot of effort into a fantastic work environment.

It would be REALLY comfortable to move over. However, it would pretty much lock me into programming for another year or two at the minimum. And the nature of the agency is such that it has more than it's share of hippie freaks. :-)

On Thursday I also got flu and DT shots. I'm sure it was just coincidence, but I was sick as a dog all day yesterday. I might have been out of bed for a whole 90 minutes all day.

This morning I didn't feel all that much better, but crawled out of bed to drive 100+ miles to watch my son's first two basketball games. The coach somehow managed to scratch together at least somewhat of a season. The first game was the "fifth grade", and the second the "sixth grade". Exact same teams. :-) A total of seven players. In the first game, the two best sixth graders sat out most of the game, in the second game, the two worst fifth graders sat out most of the game. Son's team won both games. One by two, the other by three.

I cancelled the rest of the weekend with my son, as I wouldn't want him to have whatever I've got.
Now I'm baking banana bread.

Hippies or not...

[Shadow Wrought]

You should go for it! Nothing beats walking to work. And, even if it does delay your transition, it sounds like a better environment than the one you were in before. Besides its good to work with those of a different (if not foreign;-) political persuasion- it keeps you growing, too!

Hope you feel better soon.

That's a hard decision

[Degrees]

I can attest to the fact that living so close to work is great. More time at home, less money in gasoline, less wear and tear on the car, walking as exercise when the weather is nice, going home for lunch if you just have to get away from you co-workers, all sorts of goodness. I particularly liked waiting until 7:50 AM to leave home and be at work at 7:58 AM. I have my morning routine, and having that extra half our of sleep time in the morning was nice.

But the real question is: will you be happy?

Which do

Not Uncommon Reaction

[bettiwettiwoo]

I'm sure it was just coincidence, but I was sick as a dog all day yesterday.

No, that's a not uncommon reaction to the flu shot. (That's why, I strongly suspect, if you get them via your employer, the shots are often given on Friday: the one or two days in bed will be your days, not work-days.)

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[TechnoLust]

Yep, I've had exactly 1 flu shot. It gave me the flu. NEVER AGAIN!