barkman

Wow, been a while since a meaningful post here, so this may be a longer post than usual.

Since the last time i posted, i've been confirmed in my new position, with a raise, and job security. I'm now 15th from the top in security with about 7 people below me. This means i'm pretty lay-off resistant. The job pays fairly well, and moves me within range of 3x my starting wage per year. I get a raise Jan 1 for our contract raise, and move up a pay grid next september. This makes me feel pretty good about things, but now i wonder what the next goal will be. Probably some certifications, and some work on the side. The certifications will get me ready for the next step up in a few years.

Christmas was good, we ended up having a small Christmas dinner with my family on the 22nd, then headed to Peterborough for Yule with Heather's coven. I got a nice hot chocolate basket in the gift pillage, and was disappointed that more people weren't there to fight over the present

jlindsay stole the idea for from me.

We then headed up to Ottawa to have Christmas Eve dinner at Heather's brothers place. They have a nice townhouse, with tons of space. Dinner was a nice roast beast with home made yorkshire puddings. We played a few rounds of fluxx and exchanged gifts. We got the first season of Fraggle Rock, a Camera Cell Phone, a very nice sweater, a dress shirt, some socks.... We went back to Heather's mom's place to spend Christmas Eve, then went to visit a few people in Smith Falls, including Heathers Dad.

More to come... gotta reboot.