Last week, as The End was approaching, I assumed that I would have a lot of time for blogging. Silly me. I've been busier this week than before my termination date.
It hasn't just been Stuff Around The House, although there has been plenty of that. Cleaned some drains, changed some shower heads, made some inquiries re: equipment rentals, been more actively involved in household chores. I hate housework but I can't say I'm too busy with work anymore so I have to chip in.
Nope, working like a mad dog, and I've been studying my arse off.
Background: in July of 2010 I began an MBA/IT program through Western Governor's University. I'm enrolled in a 2 year program that I intend to finish in 18 months (3 terms). While I was working, I was putting in about 15 hours a week on classes. Since Monday, I've spent over 20 so far. This is on top of the other things I've been up to. It is now early Thursday, and I plan to put in at least another 10-15 in the next two days.
I've also spent the last few days actively cramming on C# - the heir apparent to VB, which I last coded seriously in ~2001 or so. I'm not at all familiar with the .Net architecture and at this point I haven't really delved in to the nitty gritty. There are things I could do in VL that the last time I coded in µSoft was a pain (the µSoft equivalent of layout managers) that are now pretty easy. I won't get to data handling for several days yet but I have thought of some potentially useful applications re: my current coursework that I will be able to write after that time. I will have turned in my paper which includes simulations, but the tools provided.don't cover the scenarios we for the final paper (which includes a Monte Carlo simulation of inventory ordering scenarios). All this C# has taken up another 10-15 hours this week.
Oh, and of course I've applied for unemployment (yippee...?) and set up an initial appointment for the outplacement service the ex-company was kind enough to provide. Note - that I'm not being snarky about the "kind enough" bit. From all accounts, this particular service is well known and respected and other folks part of the recent layoffs say it is a very good thing.
So unlike the "man of leisure" I expected to be for at least a few days, I've been having a manic few days. When I'm not looking for jobs (and yes, I put in a hour or so of looking a day - currently Lansa but hope to expand that to include .Net soon). The closest I've come to "relaxation" is taking a few bike rides (I need to do that more often - clears my head which is full of Stuff with Bits in it).
It hasn't just been Stuff Around The House, although there has been plenty of that. Cleaned some drains, changed some shower heads, made some inquiries re: equipment rentals, been more actively involved in household chores. I hate housework but I can't say I'm too busy with work anymore so I have to chip in.
Nope, working like a mad dog, and I've been studying my arse off.
Background: in July of 2010 I began an MBA/IT program through Western Governor's University. I'm enrolled in a 2 year program that I intend to finish in 18 months (3 terms). While I was working, I was putting in about 15 hours a week on classes. Since Monday, I've spent over 20 so far. This is on top of the other things I've been up to. It is now early Thursday, and I plan to put in at least another 10-15 in the next two days.
I've also spent the last few days actively cramming on C# - the heir apparent to VB, which I last coded seriously in ~2001 or so. I'm not at all familiar with the .Net architecture and at this point I haven't really delved in to the nitty gritty. There are things I could do in VL that the last time I coded in µSoft was a pain (the µSoft equivalent of layout managers) that are now pretty easy. I won't get to data handling for several days yet but I have thought of some potentially useful applications re: my current coursework that I will be able to write after that time. I will have turned in my paper which includes simulations, but the tools provided.don't cover the scenarios we for the final paper (which includes a Monte Carlo simulation of inventory ordering scenarios). All this C# has taken up another 10-15 hours this week.
Oh, and of course I've applied for unemployment (yippee...?) and set up an initial appointment for the outplacement service the ex-company was kind enough to provide. Note - that I'm not being snarky about the "kind enough" bit. From all accounts, this particular service is well known and respected and other folks part of the recent layoffs say it is a very good thing.
So unlike the "man of leisure" I expected to be for at least a few days, I've been having a manic few days. When I'm not looking for jobs (and yes, I put in a hour or so of looking a day - currently Lansa but hope to expand that to include .Net soon). The closest I've come to "relaxation" is taking a few bike rides (I need to do that more often - clears my head which is full of Stuff with Bits in it).
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