NewTAN's Third Law of Motion (Page 20)

The usual suspects! Homemade Friday night dinner with Brian, long run at the crack of stupid tomorrow morning, church Sunday. Work takes me to the glamorous destination of Oklahoma City Monday, so getting ready for that.

What should we make for din-din? I am starting with a nice big salad for sure but am stuck on the main dish. 

I am running the Elvis Presley 5K tomorrow morning!  I am actually excited about this run, not really to race it, but it is going to be fun

wake up TAN!  i think i am back in the running business.  did 3 miles on a trail yesterday and my ankle is no more hurty than my un-injured ankle.  i take that as a good sign.  price bump for my goal half-marathon on 9/1 so i will start training and re-evaluate on 8/31 if i should sign up for the HM or just the 6mile.

YAY good news indeed

PMP, i keep meaning to do that too!

I enjoy making my own, but Eliza isn't a fan of sushi, so I don't get to do it anymore (unless I'm just making it for myself).  I'm not good enough at it to make the funky tempura battered dragon's, or spider rolls (yet!), but I can do regular rolls and inside-out rolls fairly acceptably.

I usually just pick up one small piece of really good tuna and then fixin's for some California Rolls (I try to use the real lump crab instead of the funky imitation crab stick things).  After that, it's not terribly difficult as long as you take your time to prepare and cool the rice correctly.

OK, so I have been out of the loop for way to long.  I have been working on my music and my art too much I guess.  I have a new set of pendants done.  I need to get to actively selling on the proper forum, but I am hardly keeping up with the local demands.  Oh well,  carry on!!!!!!

my own laziness really, i meet all the criteria and even a copy of the PMBOK.  if i would just register for the exam and have the money down for it, I'm sure I'd be more dedicated to studying getting it done.  maybe this will be a good winter/off-season activity.

I took the 40 hours worth of training as part of my MBA, so the classes are done.  I just have to document my work experience and register for the exam.  So tedious.

Going to lunch to entertain a job offer...

Should be interesting but it's actually stressful.  I usually don't leave a place for "greener pastures" but tend to be loyal to a place unless it's a bad place to work.  Not sure if that makes sense. 

Basically, I tend to stay unless it get's so bad, I have to leave, instead of leaving a good place for the promise of something better.

It's also hard to say "no" to someone who is interested in you.  Feel like I'm going to let someone down in this, no matter the choice.

waiting till your desperate is not a great position to be in.  hear out the offer and if it sounds like interesting work, go for it.  life's too short to settle.

Just popping in to say hi! I miss you TANners, but they Army likes to keep me busy

hi lainey!  where you living now?  how do you like it?

Well, It's almost a no brainer.  With 401k and bonuses?  I can make twice as much as I'm making now...

I figured I would at least get a free lunch out of it and catch up.  Now, as it stands, going to update my resume and continue more in depth conversations to see if what was eluded over lunch is actually offered.  It's a bigger national firm and I see a lot of upside.  Other than working for my old boss I had some deep resentment towards for several years...

so my husband works for a huge government contractor and his current contract is up at the end of september.  there is very little possibility of this contract or any at our location getting extended.  which is fine, he has PMs from other contracts beating down his door to get on their project.  including the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii.  which sounds awesome, right?  super awesome?  i am so stressed out that I won't be able to find a job there i am near panicking.  i thought i was OK with change and adventure, why is this freaking me out so much???  my experience and strength is in manufacturing, and obviously that doesn't have much of a presence on an expensive island, but i don't want to skip out building my career for 2 years.  uggh ugh ugh ugh.

kido - hawaii is like civil engineer paradise.  you should get in on that :-P

I heard...  BUT, I also know people from there and there is a certain prejudice against non islanders doing work there.  It's expensive and you get island fever.  But I hear ya, I could EASILY do that for a couple years...  It's so beautiful there.

Also, I hear ya about the stress.  I was restless all night last night thinking about my options.  Even had dreams about it when I DID sleep.  It should be a slam dunk and no brainer, but the not knowing completely what I'm walking into and the thought of breaking it to my current employers when they didn't do anything wrong (except low pay and no 401k, etc) is rough.

I think one nervous thing is that he's building a team for 2016.  So there is just enough  work now to keep people busy, but he wants to be situation in 18 months to be a player in the market.  But if things go not as planned?  HOWEVER, I could say the same thing about this place.  We could dry up when it comes to work.

But man, making 50% more in salary and getting bonuses and 401k contributions?  It's got to happen...

if hawaii happens, it's definitely a 2 or 3 year thing.  i have heard the same, of getting burnt out being stranded on the island, but what an adventure it would be.  i get bored of most things in 2 or 3 years anyway!

in 2 hours of job searches i found maybe 3 or 4 that i could fit, 1 or 2 of those that i'd actually like.  nothing that pays relocation so a huge advantage with me already living there (in the future, obvi).  i'm also stressed about prepping the dogs to go to hawaii.  it's apparently a really involved process to get them there, blech.