What are you doing today?

Our offer was accepted! We’ll close on March 10, which is fine. Not like we have anything else to do. It’s so nice not having to worry about selling the current house before moving! That also means we’ll be moving in good weather so the first thing I’ll want to do is have someone in to get the pool in shape and convert it to salt water.
 
Alli said:
Our offer was accepted! We’ll close on March 10, which is fine. Not like we have anything else to do. It’s so nice not having to worry about selling the current house before moving! That also means we’ll be moving in good weather so the first thing I’ll want to do is have someone in to get the pool in shape and convert it to salt water.
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Woo!

How far apart are the two houses? Like is it a convenient distance, so you can just shuttle between the two easily?
 
Alli said:
Our offer was accepted! We’ll close on March 10, which is fine. Not like we have anything else to do. It’s so nice not having to worry about selling the current house before moving! That also means we’ll be moving in good weather so the first thing I’ll want to do is have someone in to get the pool in shape and convert it to salt water.
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Wow, congratulations!
 
DT said:
Woo!

How far apart are the two houses? Like is it a convenient distance, so you can just shuttle between the two easily?
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They’re on different sides of Mobile Bay, about 30-40 minutes apart depending on traffic. Once we move we’ll get this one fixed up and put it on the market. The funny part is this house is one street over from where my husband lived when we first met.
 
Alli said:
Our offer was accepted! We’ll close on March 10, which is fine. Not like we have anything else to do. It’s so nice not having to worry about selling the current house before moving! That also means we’ll be moving in good weather so the first thing I’ll want to do is have someone in to get the pool in shape and convert it to salt water.
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Bravo, congratulations.

Are the pictures you posted a few days ago from this house, or another one?
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
Working from home again today and looking after my eldest daughter as she is off school with covid. She tested positive on Friday and developed breathing difficulties on Saturday morning which resulted in us rushing to hospital with her. She’s ok now and wishing she was at school lol.
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That must have been very upsetting and stressful.

Fingers crossed and hope that she is better.
Apple fanboy said:
Also managed to drop a box on the bridge of my nose today. Very sore and lots of blood. Lovely cut there now.
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Ouch.

Wince.

Sounds not just rough (and sore) but also the sort of thing that tends to happen when you are tired and run-down.
 
Congratulations on your new home, Alli! Wow, how exciting! Pictures when you can!

Oooh, a saltwater pool..... Mmmmm!!!!!
 
I had to take a rapid COVID test today at work because of yet another exposure and the instructions for the test were in Spanish 😭

I figured most of it out, but also translated a few lines just to be sure I was doing everything right. iOS Translate works pretty well, I must say. (The test was negative).

But yeah, this whole thing is such a mess. At least two corowkers tested positive recently. 😓
 
It is such a day that I should force myself to think of:

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So technically it's NOT till tomorrow, but we're firing up this up right now :)


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Last night, we had 14k (that's K not M) internet for some reason - while I was uploading 4.5 GB to iCloud Drive. It took a while... It's back up to full speed this morning.
 
Had the dumbest interaction with a tech recruiter in my life today. We had talked about a certain role and scheduled an interview for today. Called me and asked a few very weird questions about some part-time freelance job I had 7+ years ago in a wildly unrelated field, wasn't satisfied when I told her that particular job was as a freelance, said I wasn't fit for the role and hung up. Didn't ask anything else. We talked for less than two minutes.

I think she mixed up the job openings and thought I was interviewing for a different role. The whole thing would be hilarious if the original position I was approached about wasn't such a good opportunity. Wtf.
 
Andropov said:
Had the dumbest interaction with a tech recruiter in my life today. We had talked about a certain role and scheduled an interview for today. Called me and asked a few very weird questions about some part-time freelance job I had 7+ years ago in a wildly unrelated field, wasn't satisfied when I told her that particular job was as a freelance, said I wasn't fit for the role and hung up. Didn't ask anything else. We talked for less than two minutes.

I think she mixed up the job openings and thought I was interviewing for a different role. The whole thing would be hilarious if the original position I was approached about wasn't such a good opportunity. Wtf.
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Would it be worth calling and talking to someone else?
 
Alli said:
Would it be worth calling and talking to someone else?
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Idk, I might try. I didn't feel particularly confident for the role before and this didn't help 😂

The opening was about an open source graphics rendering engine developer position. Listed a bunch of C/C++ related things, 3D graphics APIs and debugging tools. But I was asked about some side work I did as a *graphic designer* many years ago and whether or not I had been employed to do *graphic design* work at any company. Not a single question about my experience as a developer.

Maybe I hit a language barrier here? I don’t think people who develop game engines are called graphic designers, but english is not my native language. Also, I just checked and they aren’t offering any graphic design jobs, so there’s no other opening they could have mixed up. I’m puzzled.
 
Made sure the real (gas-powered) chainsaw would start and put on a sharp chain. Battery powered's are fine for clearing brush, but if some large trees come down, I will need the real one.

Braved the store and was surprised it wasn't as bad as expected. So we are set for whatever ice storm comes our way.
 
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