To switch or not to switch

Ladies (and especially Fuzzy, who saw it on Facebook first),

Here's the deal: I have received a job offer!  yay!  It would pay about the same as I make now, but it is much closer to my new residence.  My current commute is 1.25-1.5 hrs each way, potential commute for offer is 7 minutes each way.

The work is relatively the same, but more in the technical realm (think database administrator/analyst, as opposed to statistician/analyst, which is what I do now).  The proposed job also deals more with financial type data, whereas now I deal with a broader range, including demographic, financial, budget, historical, etc.  The shorter commute would afford me more time to write, be around friends, and volunteer at the library, etc.

The problem I am having deciding has to do with the nature of the work, which goes in a direction I had previously not thought my career would go in.  Also, there have been some other changes at my current job that have destabilized the work environment, negatively impacting myself and some coworkers; I really like my current co-workers, and I worry that my leaving may also negatively impact them.  (Sorry to be vague there--email me if you want the specifics.)  I am leaning towards taking this new job, but am accepting thoughts and advice.

Q, yes, I noticed the tree stopped working this year, after a few years of declining functionality.  Oh well; it at least looks pretty with the fire and the snow.  I may try to program my own so that we have a working tree going forward.

Congrats to Q on her beautiful daughter!

Alula

Missing GIfts

I have left a couple of gifts under the tree now, but they keep disappearing.

Checking in

Present and accounted for, and decking the freaking halls!

A little freaked out at all the pregnant women in my life lately, but happy for y'all.  After some thinking about it, if I ever do this pregnancy thing, no cluckfest for me.  Love the party and the games, but all that estrogen just ain't for me.  Co-ed, and considering keeping the sex of the baby a secret until after the party (so no one be offended if I do this) so that I don't get an attack of pink or blue stuff.  Don't know why, but the possibility is somewhat irksome to me now (of course, the hormones might change that).

Fuzzy, you're supposed to be keeping me informed.

Book sales are up, and I did a freebie promo recently that gave me a bump--exciting!  I am currently doing (yet another) redraft of the next novel, but I think it will be much better than before (Munchkin and

Alula