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I turned 56 yesterday. I woke up around 7:30, made grits with shrimp, bacon, butter, and garlic for breakfast. I was going to do some eggs or ask Thax to, but it was a lot of food so we skipped the eggs. Thax made coffee. We fed dogs and walked them and just had an easy morning at home. Then we went and did early voting, got a lotto ticket, and then went to Contrast at Casa de Luz on the east side. (https://www.contrastatx.com/). The cold plunge was like 46 degrees. and the sauna was 148-150. I could have done with hotter hot and also not as cold cold. It's funny what one can adjust to. Thax did better with the cold than I did but it wasn't my favorite. I'm sure it was good for me though :) My knee and ankle are much less complainy. We got lunch at a nearby taco truck and took it home to eat and have beers. We took a little nap and then got up and went to supper with my aunt L, uncle B, Cousin B, and brother A at Maudie's. I had veggie enchiladas and a margarita. Brother A. did a sort of annoying thing where he orders one thing from the menu but asks them to add other stuff...and then complains after the fact if they get it wrong or charge extra.... well, English isn't always their first language, and of course they charge extra, but also he's not paying, so...ugh. I don't know why he's so high maintenance. The waitress had apparently surmised that it was my birthday and wanted to bring a free piece of tres leches cake. A. tried to get her not to, telling her I don't like it, but luckily enough other people were talking to her at the same time (!!) that she either didn't hear or didn't understand. But it turns out the tres leches was frozen so they didn't bring it. The point being...when something is offered for free, one graciously accepts, takes a bite, and then offers it to the person or persons who really like it (Aunt L) but A totally missed out on that point of etiquette, I guess. Or m aybe I am wrong. I don't know.
Anyway, it was a good day. Mostly for spending time ratting around Austin with my husband, and spending time with Family. I got some nice presents but honestly 'stuff' at this point in life is just....stuff I have to find a place to put it after I open it and write the thank you notes. LOL. 'the things you own, own you,' as they say. I continue to wish I could declutter and continue to not be able to do so.
In other news, my recruiter from my last good job, the hybrid work project that ended feb 2025, texted to let me know there is an opening at the same place, a 6 month to hire situation. I sent her my updated resume and hopefully I'll be working there again. This time I will do my best to get in the door full time permanent and not let myself be distracted by nonsense.
I applied for a part time job downtown, it's monday thru friday 10am to 3pm and has free parking for me, so it's all the nice stuff about working downtown and none of the shitty commute traffic.
I got an email from linkedin about jobs and one of them is a job I interviewed for in late December; I hit it off really well with the person who would have been my boss/trainer. They told me they were neurodivergent and sometimes come off as too rude or direct and I was like "Not a problem, I prefer direct communication without any office politics nonsense," but my asking rate was more than they were allowed to offer, so they said they'd talk with management and see what they could do. Then I had a fun back-and-forth with their director of hiring operations who told me the pay rates in Austin were artificially inflated and that the company was too small to pay that...so I said "well, if you can't adjust on pay, can you adjust on allowing remote work or a non standard schedule," and that was also a no, so I said goodbye and good luck.
Anyway, I guess whoever they hired in December/January didn't work out and they're looking to hire a replacement. LOL. Shoulda just hired me at the rate I was asking for, it was only a couple bux more an hour. Save so much money posting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, allll of that bs. I could have been in there doing good work for them. Their loss. Feeling a bit of schadenfreude about that.
Anyhoo...I got some scratch off lottery tickets from L&B and I also bought some for the drawing on my actual birthday, so I should check on all of those. Maybe I won't have to go back to work at all. LOL.
Oh, and housemate Sam's older cat passed away yesterday; she was 16 and it wasn't unexpected but still sad.
Anyway, it was a good day. Mostly for spending time ratting around Austin with my husband, and spending time with Family. I got some nice presents but honestly 'stuff' at this point in life is just....stuff I have to find a place to put it after I open it and write the thank you notes. LOL. 'the things you own, own you,' as they say. I continue to wish I could declutter and continue to not be able to do so.
In other news, my recruiter from my last good job, the hybrid work project that ended feb 2025, texted to let me know there is an opening at the same place, a 6 month to hire situation. I sent her my updated resume and hopefully I'll be working there again. This time I will do my best to get in the door full time permanent and not let myself be distracted by nonsense.
I applied for a part time job downtown, it's monday thru friday 10am to 3pm and has free parking for me, so it's all the nice stuff about working downtown and none of the shitty commute traffic.
I got an email from linkedin about jobs and one of them is a job I interviewed for in late December; I hit it off really well with the person who would have been my boss/trainer. They told me they were neurodivergent and sometimes come off as too rude or direct and I was like "Not a problem, I prefer direct communication without any office politics nonsense," but my asking rate was more than they were allowed to offer, so they said they'd talk with management and see what they could do. Then I had a fun back-and-forth with their director of hiring operations who told me the pay rates in Austin were artificially inflated and that the company was too small to pay that...so I said "well, if you can't adjust on pay, can you adjust on allowing remote work or a non standard schedule," and that was also a no, so I said goodbye and good luck.
Anyway, I guess whoever they hired in December/January didn't work out and they're looking to hire a replacement. LOL. Shoulda just hired me at the rate I was asking for, it was only a couple bux more an hour. Save so much money posting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, allll of that bs. I could have been in there doing good work for them. Their loss. Feeling a bit of schadenfreude about that.
Anyhoo...I got some scratch off lottery tickets from L&B and I also bought some for the drawing on my actual birthday, so I should check on all of those. Maybe I won't have to go back to work at all. LOL.
Oh, and housemate Sam's older cat passed away yesterday; she was 16 and it wasn't unexpected but still sad.
