I’ve got the house to myself. I would say that is just how I like it, but that’s not always the case. I wonder if all parents secretly wish their kids were at home just so they knew where they were and that they were okay. I have one in Detroit (visiting friends) and one in Gothenburg (took the day off to go to Liseberg amusement park…and drove the Tesla there). Anders is on an overnight trip with work…with his NEW JOB.<\/p>\n
I think what I like is that 1) it’s quiet and 2) it’s clean and 3) I can do whatever I want, which so far, since I got home from work, has meant going for a walk, reading, checking emails, answering questions from a new AIC member, having dinner, emptying the recyclables, washing dishes, updating my family tree with changes from a cousin, and now: writing this post. After this, I will either read some more, because I’m really enjoying my book (a space opera take on Jane Eyre) or watch one of the movies that no one else ever wants to see. Or possibly play on my blog. I’m working from home tomorrow, which is the best kind of Friday. Might possibly get together tomorrow evening with Camilla and Debbie (who just got back from a month away).<\/p>\n
We have a busy weekend ahead of us, with a belated birthday outing for Anders from our friends Mats and Annelott on Saturday and dinner with Anders’ sister on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Anders just signed his contract yesterday for the new job. Still at Tetra Pak, but completely different than what he’s been doing. He’s been working as a Technical Instructor in the Training Center since August 2007, almost exactly 15 years. Now he’s moving to the Field Service Engineer group and will be working with automation issues for customers in southern Sweden (and sometimes in Denmark, when needed). He’s really pleased and excited about the change. Tonight’s overnight trip is an intro even though he doesn’t officially start until September 1st.<\/p>\n
I’ve been at my job and my company for nearly 18 years (in October), though my title did change when I was promoted in 2014 to Senior instead of just regular-old Corporate Graphic Designer. I was only at Ericsson for 4.5 years, First Chicago for 6, and WRP Advertising for 3.5. But Anders has been working at Tetra Pak pretty much since he was 16 (summer job), despite taking 2 years off to work for ABB. With a new job now, it looks like he’ll be retiring from Tetra Pak when he hits retirement age, in just 5 or so years…a true lifer!<\/p>\n
I found my resum\u00e9 the other day, the one I used when I applied at my current company (even though my role has changed and grown). I actually can’t remember, but I think I started at Axis as a Marketing Coordinator. I can’t remember when my role\/title changed to Graphic Designer but I was already referring to myself that way in my blog after only a year. So, if I did, then I’ve changed titles twice at this company. But I haven’t updated my resum\u00e9 for 18 years. Crazy. And I, like my husband, will probably retire at my current company, when it comes time (though I have a few more to go than he does). Lifer, indeed.<\/p>\n
Now, I’m posting this, and then I’m off to read or watch a movie. It just poured rain and got very windy and cold, but the clouds are moving on and there’s blue sky behind them.<\/p>\n
*George Eliot<\/p>\n
Mood: quiet and proud I’ve got the house to myself. I would say that is just how I like it, but that’s not always the case. I wonder if all parents secretly wish their kids were at home just so they knew where they were and that they were okay. I have one in Detroit (visiting friends) and one in Gothenburg (took the day off to go to Liseberg amusement park…and drove the Tesla there). Anders is on an overnight trip with work…with his NEW JOB. I think what I like is that 1) it’s quiet and 2) it’s clean and 3) I can...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,6],"class_list":["post-8047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-meandmyman","tag-thedayjob"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8047"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8071,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions\/8071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMusic: He is We\u2014Happily Ever After<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"