a time for remembrance
we've opted out of going to the cenotaph at victory park for the remembrance day service. it's almost an hour's trip and it's raining. still. but we are watching it on tv instead. a swell of emotion rises in me. i've watched, stood and listened dozens of times before, yet it gets me every time.
i could hear the rain falling all night beating a steady, rapid tattoo tap-a-tap-tap on the the windows and the ground below. i had to get up during the night several times and the thrumming tempo helped me fall back to sleep. it appears now winter has begun in earnest, or we are easing into in the way i remember and so it begins. i am trying not to look at it with trepidation and dread, though reprieves like yesterday go a long way to taking the edge off it.
maybe it will be different this time around. as it is, i'm missing the swirling snows of toronto and the calming hush it brings as it descends; its enveloping cloak of white brightening the landscape as it lays itself down.
i fired up the computer to do some research on the company i am interviewing with tomorrow and found the wireless down, yet again. i think it is time to upgrade the router. *sigh* i go into the den, get down on my knees and unplug the cord and wait the requisite time and then plug it in again. when it is necessary to refresh the ip, i have to go through this choreographed nonsense with the modem as well. i do this so often i wonder "why don't these things come with switches on them?"
i am nervous about my interview, and a bit peeved. this is a temporary gig, but there's a chance it could go to permanent. the deal is though, that the company is nickel and diming over salary. this is a high-volume accounting position and the $$ are now hovering at least 6K a year less than than the market rate. the company is huge--making money hand over fist--and should be paying people what they are worth, instead they are employing a perogative i don't much respect. however, with the wolves at the door, i am going to put my game face on and do my best; and ask a pertinent question or two of them. i am trying to figure out a way to phrase it so i sound interested and engaged and somewhat knowledgeable. harder than it sounds.
"hey buddy, can you spare a dime?" "a job?"
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