Hurrah!

The deal is done and now we owe the bank a lot of money to be paid back over 35 years!
I am super happy! You should all come visit this summer and see it!
Exclamation points everywhere!
On another note, I think we're going to kick our tenant next door out. His place was Gross, plus he was smoking, plus he's a pothead who can't gather up enough motivation to do anything about it. Richard called him last night to say we wanted to come by to see it again and that we wanted to see it cleaned. Jamie said oh ok, tomorrow? Richard said, I really mean clean, maybe you need to have until next week because we want it really clean, not like it was. Jamie said so are you kicking me out? Richard said, we haven't decided yet.
Loser. I think he sees the writing on the wall though. His response when Richard told him listen, due to the state of your place, oiur assessment probably went down was, well there's no damage, I'm just a little behind on cleaning. Loser ++
We'll have to paint, refloor, and clean it thoroughly for March. We'll give him notice for end of Jan. And see if he actually pays rent for Jan, which in way, if he doesn't, then we might be able to get the work done by end of Jan, or by mid-Feb and be done with it.
The list of things to do grows longer.
But we'll sure be happy in our new place!
What happened to the cabin that burnt?

Finally Feeling settled

I think I am finally realizing, I am home for awhile, seems to have taken some time to get to that point. I was still feeling a little on edge, like I might have to pack up and go out of town for work again. So things are looking brighter.

I have been at the project for a month now, and it is still pretty chaotic. We had one guy who was there for 3 weeks, did not work out, and has not been back. Then on another team, the guy they brought in to be the team lead, was out of his depth, so they moved him back to be a BA, and moved one of the BA's to be the team lead. The team lead on the payroll team, came in and it was a complete surprise to her she was the team lead, she thought she was going to be the BA. And I have been helping out on some other teams (I am supposed to be on the Benefits Team), because there are not enough people, especially not enough people who have some of the history, on why some of the customizations were done. Kind of a crazy place.

The week before last, I was feeling very upset. I would go into meetings, and if the Project Manager was there, and I would talk, bringing up what I thought were valid points to the discussion, I felt as though she was totally cutting me off, as if I had nothing to contribute. I talked to a couple of IBM colleagues, to make sure I was not being ultra sensitive, and they said they noticed it too. What to do!! Well, I am not very good with confrontation, but I decided I would not continue to work in an environment like that. So I set up a meeting with Biljana (the PM) for Monday, which meant the whole weekend of worrying about it. Late Monday afternoon, I finally got to talk to her, and she was shocked that I felt that way. She is very direct and does not always consider what impact that might have on people. She told me I am doing a good job, and she appreciates that I am flexible, and helping out with other teams etc. That made me feel better, however I am not sure if that is all over with or not. Guess I will just have to see how things move along. I some times forget, that in working with all different kinds of people, the way you see it is not necessarily the way they intend it to be seen. I also think I am much better about dealing with things that bug me, and doing soemthing about it, then before, so I guess it is true you never stop learning. But for awhile, I thought I might be asking for a job at Latitude much sooner than I had planned.