It’s another quiet day here at work, which is just fine by me. Right now I’m marking time before I head out the door up to Congenial, where I intend to spend the weekend relaxing, spending time with friends, and (ahem) drinking 🙂

This week has been pretty busy. I’ve been working all week to get a in-dash bracket for my car so I can finally mount the Sirius Satellite Radio that takaza bought for me last weekend. We’ve had Sirius for about a year and a half, but only in the Element. I’ve been going nuts on my commute switching between NPR, one of the AM news stations for traffic reports, and my MP3 player. 20 GB is a lot of music, but after six months things start to get stagnant, and I’m looking forward to hearing new and different music once I get everything hooked up.

Speaking of my car, I turned 59,000 miles on it this week. This is significant because the warranty runs out at 60,000 miles, so I intend to drop it by a dealership next week for a final in-warranty checkup, get all the typical servicing done on it, etc. I expect that’s going to get a bit pricey, unfortunately, but it’s stuff that needs to be done. If I had my way I’d go ahead and trade it in and get another car, since I just know that the way this lemon is built it’s sure to fall apart the moment it goes out of warranty. Unfortunately, I think I’ve just reached the point where the money they’d give me for the trade-in would just equal the amount of money still left on the loan, so I’ll stick it out a while longer.

Things are still chugging along on the job front. Of the five people in our group, one is leaving next week; unfortunately they’ve said that they are not going to fill the position, so that doesn’t really open up any opportunities for me to sign on for a permanent position. On the bright side, it’s all the more reason for them to keep me on since there will be plenty of work to be done in her absence. I’ll continue to watch the internal job boards and apply when I can to various positions, as well. I think if I’m still a contractor when the summer vacation season comes around, things could get expensive due to lack of paid days off. I need to look at my Manpower paperwork and see what paltry benefits they might offer when I’ve worked enough hours.

But in two hours, I’ll be leaving all that behind! Swimming pool and hot tub, here I come…