To all those from Riyadh: مرحبا!, أهِ وسهِ!

Just playing around in my blog logs (o_O) and found that I had two distinct, separate hits from people in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Apparently one got referred by sexyrussianblondes.blogspot.com (thanks!). Yeeeah...

Well I guess it shows that more people are (maybe) reading my blog than I thought, so I suppose I should make more of an effort to update this. Although, I can't see too many people caring about my mundane life. Heh, oh well.

Last two weeks I've been working, but not very hard I guess. Last week I only worked at SportsWorks on Tuesday and it was busy as hell. I spent the rest of my time getting some server work done for MNX, which will amount to a pretty nice paycheck I'm assuming. This week I worked yesterday (Tuesday) and today. Yesterday was pretty bad, 1250 or so in groups, all came at the same time... yuck. You'll never fully realize the utter mental strain that a bunch of screaming kids puts on you until you work a full 8 hour shift with them. It could be one of the worst things-- but oh well, I can't really say I hate my job. It just gets so exhausting.

Today I worked but it wasn't so bad. I had to work 5 hours, still dealing with a butt load of groups, but it seemed like the day went by a lot faster, even though I was put on the monotonous exhibits. I don't know, maybe I successfully zoned out better, or maybe it was the fact I got more sleep-- not sure. Either way, I'm happy with it.

Anyway, looking down the road at the immediate future, there doesn't seem to be much difference from what I've been doing. Sad thing is, that until I get a set schedule from MNX (which may be never), I'm going to be playing each new week by ear, pretty much. Even worse is I have to play "on call" seemingly 24/7, which could very well mean I may have "nothing planned" on a day, but end up working 8 hours with my boss on a project. That's the only thing I really don't like about this so far is just the uncertainty factor. It was hard enough planning stuff like the trip up to see Em and praying that they didn't call me to do shit while I was up there and unable to do anything. But I don't know, I still believe the perks outweigh this simple drawback.

It's gotten to the point where I'd probably quit SportsWorks if they'd give me a set schedule at MNX. It's like, why am I sitting here working at SW, where there's no room for advancement, no room for anything DIFFERENT when I could be working at my own pace, with guys I can associate with, learning a hella lot more, making more than double what I make at SW, and having, literally, something new every step of the way? It's the ideal job! I don't know, but even if I were to get a set schedule and decent hours for MNX, I don't think I'd still quit SW. It's true what they say about that place-- it just stays with you no matter what. I've made enough bonds with everyone in that place that I'd probably miss them all dearly if I were to leave. And I guess only 2 have really surpassed the level of co-worker (well 3 now that Halapy's started), but even those I really don't get along with too well, I think we all share that common thread of having to put up with the same shit that is SW on a regular basis. And I believe that common thread is enough to justify a psuedo-relationship and a bond that'd be really hard to break.

Oh well, we'll all have to move on some day, but even with all these other, better opportunities quickly approaching, I don't think that day is yet for me. Anywho, nothing else really groundbreaking I guess. Found a FANTASTIC deal on a Montreal hotel... hopefully going to get that arranged soon.

So, until next time kiddos!