Building Where I Work
Well it has been close to 2 weeks now since I’ve been back to work. I surprisingly picked right up where I had left off 2 months before. Not much, if anything had changed. It was kind of unexpected but at the same time not surprising.
In this building I work in a similarly drab cubicle. I think that is one of the descriptions of a cube dweller. A lot of your life takes place in a well….a cube. The cubes are almost exactly the same with very little variation as with the inhabitants of the cubicles…. And the roads leading to and fro.
As you can probably guess by the way the building looks, we don’t do art. Nope, just data. Lots of computers. It isn’t too terribly exciting, but it is complicated and sometimes challenging. And almost always the same.
Having some time off has given me a lot of perspective.
The building where I want to be…and even there I will be mostly outside
I am glad I have employment and I did realize by coming back that I have learned my System Administration job fairly well. I put a lot of effort into it and it shows. Being able to just pick up and sail freely along is cool just due to the sheer amount of information that I have to know in order to do it. I like to learn and grow and I feel that I have accomplished my goal of being an Application System Administrator. I knew I could do it; and I have.
I want to be a tropical farmer, innkeeper and a surfer too. I am sure I’ll look back at some point and be able to say that I’ve also accomplished those goals. I am ready to live where there is more green every day than grey. More plants than computer screens. More sensations to experience than sitting on my behind.
In the mean time, I will go back to the stark, dull building that shields me from the harshness of the outdoor world of Colorado… and plan my escape.
We know exactly how you feel. Mark & I are taking a one month trip to PR in March. 2 weeks in Rincon, 2 weeks in Isabella. Hopefully we’ll find our dream home while we’re there!
As an islander I can relate to missing the green. Cubicles suck and gray is the worst color to be exposed to for 8 hours a day.
Good on you Britton for living your life and moving on to better. What a contrast! They have been very lucky to have you and PR is already better off for your hard work. It’s fun to imagine your days on the farm and surfboard~
Vickie – Finding a house is best done by yourself using the classifieds(realtors are useless). We will be selling our house 25 min, from Honeywell in Aguadilla in a couple years if interested. Good plan to be here a month and try to figure out how far things are from what you like or need to do. Our search for this house was for anything 30 minutes from Aguadilla. The north seems a little more civilized than the Mayaguez area. http://www.thekrusechronicles.blogspot.com Skip the realtor and just use a lawyer. Property problems are many…
I so agree! I am an engineer who sits in a cube all day and I all want is less computers and more sunshine and nature! I live in Maine and the summers are beautiful, but the winters are long. Even though it is nearly impossible for me to make as much money living in PR as I do now, money can’t buy you happiness!