Egads! Where’s the time gone?
Yes, yes. I’m still alive and I have been trying to keep up with my friend’s list. I started my new job last week and things are going…okay. I’m the first person in this position, and so I don’t have a job description. This also means they don’t really have a specific idea of things for me to do. When I ask for direction, I’m told to “become an expert on this software.” Uhm, okay. To make matters worse, my supervisor left for 2 weeks of vacation. While he’s gone, I’m supposed to “get comfortable” with their systems. But, there’s no documentation, no idea of what I’m supposed to do once I’m in the systems. Just…get comfortable.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I love a job that says, “This is what we want done. Here are your resources. Project is due 2 weeks from now.” I think I’m just a little frustrated because I am on 30 days probation, and with my boss out of the country, I still won’t have a good idea of what my job looks like 3 weeks into it. But, I’m trying my best to make it up as I go 
On the flip side, my boss seems to be as good to work with as I originally thought. My team is a diverse group of guys who are good at what they do. I’ll probably be traveling to Austin near the end of August to meet some more of my team in person. I think things will be great at work once I get a better idea of what I’m supposed to do.
Something else has been keeping me extremely busy lately: His name is Toby. He weighs about 14 pounds and he is around 3 years old. He is a beagle mix that SK and I rescued from the animal shelter last week. He is the sweetest dog! Sadly, he started making these awful noises this weekend. He kept dry heaving. Poor thing! It turns out he has kennel cough. I’m so glad we rescued him because the shelter usually puts down dogs with kennel cough. He is just WAY too adorable. So, poor Toby is keeping SK and I awake hacking and coughing his poor lungs up, but he should be better soon. I have lots of funny dog stories to share, but they will have to wait until later.
Sunday the air conditioner went out and we had to get a new one installed. People who live in Texas without AC are insane.
I’m working on a few different projects during my “spare” time that I will share once they are ready.
How are things in your world?
