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Things have not been going as expected
Dec. 8th, 2013 10:22 pmI should be on a plane right now, making an overnight flight back to the east, where I feel at home. But I'm not. I had to cancel my trip home for the holiday. My 3week vacation away from a job that I don't know how I feel towards. I had the tickets bought three months ago. I was so excited last week. I started counting down the days and trying to make plans with those I want to visit. On Tuesday, the second day of my count down, my boss requested that I postpone my trip. He needs data on my project, for a grant that is due January 17, and will be the money to keep me funded. I can't say no to that. Even if I'm not sure how I feel about the work I do, I would be very guilty if it was my lack of work that made me loose my own funding, or even the funding of another, if I deside to look for other work. I worked my ass off this past week, working a lot of 14 hour days. But I just made a lot of mistakes from my rushing. So, there was no choice but to cancel the flight home. Hopefully we will be able to find other flights to get home for the holiday, just not as soon or as long as we would like.
Friday I got a break from my long work week due to snow. 4 inches fell over night. Out area doesn't expect snow often and when it does come it melts away by midday. What a mess it was, even today, two days later, the roads coverd in snow and ice. Only small lanes of road were cleared because of constant traffic. It was such a strange thing for us. Where we come from the snow would have been quickly shoveled off and salted. I think they put gravel down here. That's it. So many accidents because the people here still wanted to rush to where they were going and didn't take any caution in the road conditions. It was crazy.
I'm praying the roads aren't too bad in the morning. The university I work at has already been closed, but I need to get data if I have any hope of staying here.
That gets into deep rambles I'm not sure I want to ramble about right now. The thought of trying to move back east and looking for a job I'm more suited for is a scary notion to me at the moment.
Friday I got a break from my long work week due to snow. 4 inches fell over night. Out area doesn't expect snow often and when it does come it melts away by midday. What a mess it was, even today, two days later, the roads coverd in snow and ice. Only small lanes of road were cleared because of constant traffic. It was such a strange thing for us. Where we come from the snow would have been quickly shoveled off and salted. I think they put gravel down here. That's it. So many accidents because the people here still wanted to rush to where they were going and didn't take any caution in the road conditions. It was crazy.
I'm praying the roads aren't too bad in the morning. The university I work at has already been closed, but I need to get data if I have any hope of staying here.
That gets into deep rambles I'm not sure I want to ramble about right now. The thought of trying to move back east and looking for a job I'm more suited for is a scary notion to me at the moment.
