So, my bout of unemployment was very short lived, and I am now gainfully employed. Hooray!
But, that means my shop is still full of unfinished projects. It means I need to get my applications for Grad school together in my spare time. It means my reading is getting neglected (although to be fair, it might not have anything to do with not having free time).
The job is lawn care. It is interesting, I suppose. I mean, I have never done lawn care specifically, so I am learning new stuff. But, it has exposed me to something that I have not experienced in a while.
It has been a long time since I have been talked down to.
I think people just assume that since I am working for a lawn care company, I am an idiot. Or uneducated. Or somehow less worthy of respect.
It is frustrating certainly, but thankfully it is only the occasional person that does it, and I tend to have a pretty thick skin about this kind of thing. But, there was one lady who was just nasty. I about broke and asked her who she thought she was, to be talking to me like that... but I held my tongue.
Oh well. It is work.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Trying again to keep up with this
Well, hello to whomever actually might be reading this. Sorry for the long absence. Got busy and lazy, and the blog just did not happen.
What happened in the last 6 months, you might ask?
I finished the workbench, and it is solid and does its job well. Think the legs need to be dropped another 1-2" to make for easier hand tool work.
Build some furniture. A small bedside table for my mom, a hall table for Kristin, another end table, a butcher block... Not a whole lot for having been gone for 6 months, but it is something. Been about a year since I picked up this little hobby, and I have learned a whole lot.
Got a job for the summer. It was a good one, and I worked with some really cool people. Was doing some good work on water conservation. At the end of it all, presented a proposal to make the whole thing work better. Still waiting to hear a reply from the powers that be on whether it will be taken to the next step. Should be fun if it works out, cause I will have basically written my own job description.
Now, the season is over yet again, and I find myself back to working on my woodworking and looking for work. Oh, and updating my blog again. :P
Will try to post some pictures of my work soon.
And we will see how long I keep this up this time around.
~ matt
What happened in the last 6 months, you might ask?
I finished the workbench, and it is solid and does its job well. Think the legs need to be dropped another 1-2" to make for easier hand tool work.
Build some furniture. A small bedside table for my mom, a hall table for Kristin, another end table, a butcher block... Not a whole lot for having been gone for 6 months, but it is something. Been about a year since I picked up this little hobby, and I have learned a whole lot.
Got a job for the summer. It was a good one, and I worked with some really cool people. Was doing some good work on water conservation. At the end of it all, presented a proposal to make the whole thing work better. Still waiting to hear a reply from the powers that be on whether it will be taken to the next step. Should be fun if it works out, cause I will have basically written my own job description.
Now, the season is over yet again, and I find myself back to working on my woodworking and looking for work. Oh, and updating my blog again. :P
Will try to post some pictures of my work soon.
And we will see how long I keep this up this time around.
~ matt
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