Apparently I’m a Slacker

It has come to my attention that the blog hasn’t been updated by me in two weeks. Apparently the last blog doesn’t count since I wasn’t the one who wrote it.  Personally, I think I should take some credit for it as I wrote the opening paragraph and posted the entry, but apparently I’m the only one that thinks that way.

There is some news that comes with this post.  A little over a week ago I verbally accepted an offer of employment with a firm in the Los Angeles / Orange County area.  I received a formal offer last week and accepted by signing the offer letter and returning it on Friday.  My first day of employment will be October 1st.  The name of the firm will remain private until I put some time in, but I will note the firm provides public accounting and consulting services as it’s primary business.  The only downside to the job itself is its location.  It took an hour to get there for my interview, leaving at 8 AM.  I’m hoping that’s the extent of it or I might find myself driving my life away, which isn’t what I want.  Then again, I could just find a place to live closer to the office, which would put me in the Newport Beach area.  I hear there’s good eye candy there.

Depending on what side of the air mattress I wake up on, this is good news or bad news.  The good news being I will now have some positive cash flow, which hasn’t been the case since June.  The bad news is September 30th will be the last day of a 10-1/2 month vacation.  I tried, as much as reasonable possible, to treat this as a once in a lifetime opportunity.  Chances are I won’t get the chance to get a 6+ month paid vacation (in the form of a severance) again.  I was able to take various vacations during the first 6 months or so, which are outlined in a previous post here.  The last few months, with no money coming in, I spent time relaxing, moving to LA and getting to know the area.

As a present to myself for gaining employment, I bought an iPhone on Saturday.  The phone has met my expectations so far with no complaints.  I like having the phone, iPod, and internet all in one device with me at all times.  Although it would have probably been a good idea to wait until actually getting paid, I decided it was worth the risk.  I don’t think the same thing will happen this go round as it did after I accepted an offer back in June.

I always sit down with the expectation of writing a short post and it almost never turns out that way.  Oh well.  Enjoy!