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A Sidestep Isn't Moving Forward
Nov. 26th, 2005 06:58 pmIt's interesting, Chris (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
f__k) has all of these elaborate dreams, and I can only manage to remember something about Tara Lipinski and something about marketing hamburgers. I have no idea what that means.
Thanksgiving weekend has been decidedly low-key. I think I may be suffering from a lack of television in Chris' home. It's difficult when you are addicted, you know? I hope my Tivo at home holds onto everything.
Thanksgiving was nice. A small occasion cooking wise, with just a few of us around. Oscar was around and Skye (cristalskye), my sister and her fiance came over after dinner and watched movies.
We watched Pirates of the Caribbean, which was pretty awful, and Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was good. I'm not sure why Pirates did so well, it seemed pretty formulaic and hammy. I guess I'll know to skip the two upcoming sequels.
Oh, looks like Chris and I will have to pass on going to Fiesta. It's a little expensive and airlines are not cheap right now. I'm sorry we're going to miss it.
I guess I've felt a little cold and standoffish lately. I'm not totally sure why. Something just keeps me feeling like I'm an outsider right now, and there's not much I know to change it at the second. I guess I could put my energies to use in a better way...
One of those ways is causing me a dilemma. I got a call from a recruiter about a possible job with another company in my industry. The nice thing is the employer is one of our more successful competitors. They have been growing while my company is stripped down more and more as they try to save money and see poorer performance each month. The job itself would be roughly equivalent to the one I have now.
That sounds all well and good, and it seems like this is an excellent opportunity, the problem is, it's in San Antonio. Should I get the job, that's where I'd be heading. This is not exactly where I want to be going at this time.
It's not that I don't know people in San Antonio, of course, but out of all of them I know, only one couple is actually looking to put roots down there. Everyone else sees living there as a temporary thing, as do I. I'm wondering if the lateral move would be good or bad in the long run.
For one thing, I think Chris and I have been waiting quite long enough, and I would think that this would be a bad time to make a move that would make the wait just that much longer. I really would want to put a year in for an employer before jumping ship, and that's just another year longer to reaching my goal of living here in Dallas.
Still I think I need to listen to them and look at what they have to offer. I think for my own career that I need to know, and mull over this. Not to say that I've got something here. I've had too many looks that went nowhere, lately.
Chris mentions maybe moving to Austin, but still, the drive would be the commute from hell. I don't know about that. While Austin sounds better in the long run, I'm not so sure about the prospect of having to get up so early to drive to the west side of San Antonio. This would likely be longer than the 50 mile commute (one way) i had when I started my job at the current employer.
Why can't I find this stuff in Dallas? I should be more serious about getting a recruiter, I guess. There's something that I'm missing.
f__k) has all of these elaborate dreams, and I can only manage to remember something about Tara Lipinski and something about marketing hamburgers. I have no idea what that means.Thanksgiving weekend has been decidedly low-key. I think I may be suffering from a lack of television in Chris' home. It's difficult when you are addicted, you know? I hope my Tivo at home holds onto everything.
Thanksgiving was nice. A small occasion cooking wise, with just a few of us around. Oscar was around and Skye (
cristalskye), my sister and her fiance came over after dinner and watched movies.We watched Pirates of the Caribbean, which was pretty awful, and Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was good. I'm not sure why Pirates did so well, it seemed pretty formulaic and hammy. I guess I'll know to skip the two upcoming sequels.
Oh, looks like Chris and I will have to pass on going to Fiesta. It's a little expensive and airlines are not cheap right now. I'm sorry we're going to miss it.
I guess I've felt a little cold and standoffish lately. I'm not totally sure why. Something just keeps me feeling like I'm an outsider right now, and there's not much I know to change it at the second. I guess I could put my energies to use in a better way...
One of those ways is causing me a dilemma. I got a call from a recruiter about a possible job with another company in my industry. The nice thing is the employer is one of our more successful competitors. They have been growing while my company is stripped down more and more as they try to save money and see poorer performance each month. The job itself would be roughly equivalent to the one I have now.
That sounds all well and good, and it seems like this is an excellent opportunity, the problem is, it's in San Antonio. Should I get the job, that's where I'd be heading. This is not exactly where I want to be going at this time.
It's not that I don't know people in San Antonio, of course, but out of all of them I know, only one couple is actually looking to put roots down there. Everyone else sees living there as a temporary thing, as do I. I'm wondering if the lateral move would be good or bad in the long run.
For one thing, I think Chris and I have been waiting quite long enough, and I would think that this would be a bad time to make a move that would make the wait just that much longer. I really would want to put a year in for an employer before jumping ship, and that's just another year longer to reaching my goal of living here in Dallas.
Still I think I need to listen to them and look at what they have to offer. I think for my own career that I need to know, and mull over this. Not to say that I've got something here. I've had too many looks that went nowhere, lately.
Chris mentions maybe moving to Austin, but still, the drive would be the commute from hell. I don't know about that. While Austin sounds better in the long run, I'm not so sure about the prospect of having to get up so early to drive to the west side of San Antonio. This would likely be longer than the 50 mile commute (one way) i had when I started my job at the current employer.
Why can't I find this stuff in Dallas? I should be more serious about getting a recruiter, I guess. There's something that I'm missing.
