RSS604 Ninja
30 Apr 2010 No Comments
My new motorcycle blog: 604ninja.com
I’m still in the process of finishing the setup, but it’s almost there!
Looking forward
28 Apr 2010 No Comments
in Cow & Toaster, Work
Last night I went of a brief stream-of-consciousness rant about why I should be the one who gets the super awesome helmet design (that I really, really want), not Paul. Even though Paul was only teasing me I just lost it and went crazy. I blame it on stress. It’s always the stress.
I’m really looking forward to my new job. I will be the Practice Manager of another veterinary hospital. This hospital is actively trying to grow their business and develop their employees. They have a business coach who is also going to mentor me. Part of the plan is for me to finally start working towards becoming a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager. My new boss (the veterinarian) and I seem to get along very well; we seem to be fairly alike. They’re very excited about having me too…I just hope I can live up to their expectations.
Because this job is in the opposite direction of where I work now (the clinic I work at now is in Ladner, the new one is out in the Fraser Valley) I won’t be able to carpool with Paul anymore (he works in Richmond), so for the most part I’m going to be riding my motorcycle to work every day. The route is longer by distance, but a little shorter time-wise.
I’m getting impatient to start this new chapter.
Winding down, winding up
27 Apr 2010 No Comments
in Work
Counting down the last two weeks working here…right now the only way I’m getting through it is remembering that it’s almost at an end: we’re having an all-time high number of asshattery happening (clients) and staff just not doing what they’re told…both of which make my boss uptight and angry.
This place is a shambles – has always been a shambles – and there’s nothing I can do about it but try to minimize the damage once I’m gone.
I’m working on setting up another blog devoted to motorcycling; it threatened to take over this one and I want to go in a different direction here. Once it’s up and running I’ll post a link, and I’m pretty excited about it. Not sure why I’m excited about it, but I am!
Is this thing on?
25 Apr 2010 No Comments
in Housekeeping, Life, Work
I feel so guilty for neglecting this blog and any readers I may (still) have.
Life has been exciting since I last posted: we took our motorcycles out of storage – just in time for the weather to turn inconsistent again.
Oh, and I got a new job.
I haven’t started yet; I start on May 17th. I will be the Practice Manager of a veterinary hospital in the Fraser Valley. I think it’s going to be an amazing opportunity for me and I can’t quite believe that it’s happening. It’s similar to the job I do now, but I will have much more responsibility and more ability to be hands-on with the business.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, though. Where I work now has it’s downsides and a lot of negativity but I do care very much about everyone. It was incredibly hard to give notice to my boss (I gave eight weeks) and even harder to tell the staff. We’re all shell-shocked about it.
Life has changed a lot, yet stayed the same.
I am making a commitment to post here more often. I have a lot of stuff floating around in my head these days.
