Okay, its really like 3:30, but I have awaken again. I am not sure if it is because my body is just used to five hours of sleep and I have been sleeping early in preperation for an early day of work. It could have been the barking dog and the screaming drunk woman outside my bedroom earlier this morning. Either way, I have found myself awake and I tried to go back to sleep but it just doesnt seem to happen.
I purchased a dining room table and chair set. A very basic counter high square table wtih chocolate stained wood and matching chair set. It was 300 bucks, which was higher than I set out to pay for a table and chair, but after some research, thats about the price I would pay for a build it yourself Ikea set made of pressboard. This was a clearance item, marked down from an original price of over 500 dollars, but they could have just marked it up to over five hundren simply to put it on clearnce for 300, right? It even if thats the case, 300 bucks is not a horrible price to pay for a solid table. I also bought a tv hutch/stand. I negotiated free delivery and 20 bucks off his asking price. Honeslty, it wasnt a horrible deal either. I would have liked to haggle down further, but 20 bucks was almost 10% already and it was a mom and pop shop. I wasn't spending a butt load of money on new furniture or anything so I would have felt bad taking their small profit margin.
This morning I feel really good about having moved to California. I can't say that I love my job out here, especially since it deviates from what I loved about my last job so much. That is, my authority to self manage. I don't even get basic decision making skills like how to dress cables so they look good. Everything is dictated to me and I am a pawn in someone elses crappy design. Actually, that is not true. The design of this network is spectacular and I only hope that one of these guys has a clear enough understanding so that I can myself gain further understanding of the hows and whys.
I purchased a dining room table and chair set. A very basic counter high square table wtih chocolate stained wood and matching chair set. It was 300 bucks, which was higher than I set out to pay for a table and chair, but after some research, thats about the price I would pay for a build it yourself Ikea set made of pressboard. This was a clearance item, marked down from an original price of over 500 dollars, but they could have just marked it up to over five hundren simply to put it on clearnce for 300, right? It even if thats the case, 300 bucks is not a horrible price to pay for a solid table. I also bought a tv hutch/stand. I negotiated free delivery and 20 bucks off his asking price. Honeslty, it wasnt a horrible deal either. I would have liked to haggle down further, but 20 bucks was almost 10% already and it was a mom and pop shop. I wasn't spending a butt load of money on new furniture or anything so I would have felt bad taking their small profit margin.
This morning I feel really good about having moved to California. I can't say that I love my job out here, especially since it deviates from what I loved about my last job so much. That is, my authority to self manage. I don't even get basic decision making skills like how to dress cables so they look good. Everything is dictated to me and I am a pawn in someone elses crappy design. Actually, that is not true. The design of this network is spectacular and I only hope that one of these guys has a clear enough understanding so that I can myself gain further understanding of the hows and whys.
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