And the Search is on again.

I can't believe that I am finally “putting pen to paper” so to say. The last couple of weeks have been insanely busy. From being so sick that I though I was going to die to freaking out about where my job was going. I am not sure if I am coming or going anymore. So let me start from my last posting. First thing is I haven't really been looking for a date or anything like I said it's been crazy. I tried to talk to a young lady but as I was having the plague coming on that really didn't go anywhere. The Plague as I put it started in my office. You know one of those bugs that just won't be happy until it hits every living thing in the office. It just happened to be my turn with it. It was three weeks of just coughing and no sleep because of the coughing. And within that time I stayed home only once. What can I say I am not a big skipping work kind of guy. But I do have to say I did have a few friends that were really worried about me. Which for me is great because I am a huge baby when I get sick. I bitch and whine like a 5 year old. Any woman that marries me has something great to look forward to.
The other thing that has been going on right now is the job. I know I was raving about this job when I got it. But I am starting to notice a trend. Startup companies are not the place to be if you are trying to start a life. They are not for the career coward. The reason I say this is because a start up company will go from good to bad overnight. And I am not making this up about overnight. The bosses will tell you everything is going well and you have nothing to worry about next thing you know there are layoffs and we all “need to tighten up our belts”. This is what happened. The company wanted to find new ways to make some capital or even some capital for that matter. So they decided to hire a new gun to give us some fresh ideas. Seems this guy really has some issue working with people. The first week in the job he tells everyone in his department It's his way or the highway. But also that he is a big fan of outsourcing work. Oh but if you do your job you should be alright. The very next week at the end of the week everyone gets laid off. WTF? If this was a bigger company they wouldn't go for this because it would open them up for all kinds of legal actions. But no that isn't really a though in a start up. Why? Because at a start up there really isn't a HR department to speak of. It is a fly by night type of thing where you can make a lot of money but you can also lose your shirt. It all depends on what type of management and scope that the guys running the company have. The guy now loves shiny new things. Everyone here is just waiting for the shine he had for this company to wear thin and he moves on to the next great thing. OH well at least the job hunt should be a little bit better this time around. At least I can only hope it will be better.

Getting back into the game

I can't believe this pass week. For some reason California has been moved to the surface of the sun. I just move into a new apartment and I can't sleep. Why can't I sleep? Because I have to get up every twenty minutes and towel off. I mean how the hell is it that I am dripping wet just by sleeping? I am beyond happy that the heat wave has passed.
So I've been having a really good time on the weekends. Even though I have a friend coming by some weekends and I have been having more fun there is something missing. Damn I am thinking about starting my search for a girlfriend again. Oh don't get me wrong I don't mean I am going out tonight and finding a girlfriend. It just means that for the first time in a while I am open to the option of having one. It's been a while since I have really had a girlfriend. I miss the sharing of special time together. And no I am not talking about sex. I'm talking about waking up early on a Saturday morning and taking a drive. No plans or anything just pointing the car and going. Or planning a vacation that the two of you will go on and look forward to every day till that great day is here. There are some real advantages to a girlfriend that a f'buddy just doesn't fill. A friend and I were talking about this the other day. It's to the point that we have friends with benefits but it's not the same as it use to be. Now it's friends in a real term. Not just come over lets have some fun and then you leave. Its more of if this person was in the same spot that I was in it would be much better. It's not just sex anymore. I don't know I guess I am just going to put myself out there and see where that takes me. Oh damn put me in coach I'm ready to play.