Sunday, December 17, 2006
it is all coming back to me!
autocad is back in the mix. i have 30 days before i have to reinstall again. i am not sure how that is going to work. i have all of these 2006 trails, but i didn't have to enter any numbers or anything, so i bet once my 30 days are up i won't be able to reinstall. i am guessing i am going to have to bomb its entry out of my registry to reinstall again, but who knows. maybe it actually knows seperate disks from eachother somehow. i have one 2005 trial i can save for later if the seperate reinstalls of 2006 don't work.
but woo, it is kind of fun. i measured out my kitchen and my living room, and drafted it all out. it didn't even really take very long. i am feeling strong and good, so instead of measuring out the rest of the house, i am going to save that practice time for later. i only really have 3 sittings worth of crap to draft in this apartment anyways. i am thinking of putting a football field outside of the back door after i am done with the house, to keep in the spirit of the whole thing.
also, i found a class at north seattle community college at 6pm on wednesdays. i sent in my application to the school online, just in case. i still need to talk to my dad's partner and then my current work, but i'll need to be a student before all of that happens. i have like two weeks to figure everything out. that doesn't seem like nearly long enough. it could happen though. i mean, for all i know my dad's partner could put me on in january after i give my notice to champion, and i could be taking the class at night while already drafting in the day. he could say fuck the class entirely. i'm going to have to talk to him though. the class is a part of a certificate program that takes a year. which is wierd, since my mom took this class for 6 weeks and got a certificate. so, he might want me to do that, but he told my dad he really isn't worried about me being able to do the work.
we'll see how the next two weeks go down. it is possible i won't even be able to register for this quarter, and will have to wait 3 months anyways to take the class, then wait until after the class to start work. it might even be better that way. of course, it is always a possibility that he will just start me up with no classes and no nothing, like he did with my mom. i would like to take the class though, just for my own sake. i would feel bad going in there without making any attempt to learn how to do my job.
he could say that they are not hiring entirely. but it is worth a shot. i have no idea what the pay is going to be like, but it is almost guaranteed to be as much or more as i am making now, with a significant chance of going up fast. the new job will be stressful, but my job right now is kind of the epitomy of stress. i am watching the best case scenario in my head, but for it to even be possible a lot of things are going to have to fall into place next week. most likely case, i'll be at champion for three more months while i take this class. that seems like the most relaxed and reasonable outcome. but the sooner i can switch, the better. any way i shake it, i have two weeks to get enrolled at north seattle and into this class. that is what i need to do first, because i only have two weeks. the rest of the timing has a little leeway, but if i miss this registration, the whole process gets pushed back a few months.
autocad is back in the mix. i have 30 days before i have to reinstall again. i am not sure how that is going to work. i have all of these 2006 trails, but i didn't have to enter any numbers or anything, so i bet once my 30 days are up i won't be able to reinstall. i am guessing i am going to have to bomb its entry out of my registry to reinstall again, but who knows. maybe it actually knows seperate disks from eachother somehow. i have one 2005 trial i can save for later if the seperate reinstalls of 2006 don't work.
but woo, it is kind of fun. i measured out my kitchen and my living room, and drafted it all out. it didn't even really take very long. i am feeling strong and good, so instead of measuring out the rest of the house, i am going to save that practice time for later. i only really have 3 sittings worth of crap to draft in this apartment anyways. i am thinking of putting a football field outside of the back door after i am done with the house, to keep in the spirit of the whole thing.
also, i found a class at north seattle community college at 6pm on wednesdays. i sent in my application to the school online, just in case. i still need to talk to my dad's partner and then my current work, but i'll need to be a student before all of that happens. i have like two weeks to figure everything out. that doesn't seem like nearly long enough. it could happen though. i mean, for all i know my dad's partner could put me on in january after i give my notice to champion, and i could be taking the class at night while already drafting in the day. he could say fuck the class entirely. i'm going to have to talk to him though. the class is a part of a certificate program that takes a year. which is wierd, since my mom took this class for 6 weeks and got a certificate. so, he might want me to do that, but he told my dad he really isn't worried about me being able to do the work.
we'll see how the next two weeks go down. it is possible i won't even be able to register for this quarter, and will have to wait 3 months anyways to take the class, then wait until after the class to start work. it might even be better that way. of course, it is always a possibility that he will just start me up with no classes and no nothing, like he did with my mom. i would like to take the class though, just for my own sake. i would feel bad going in there without making any attempt to learn how to do my job.
he could say that they are not hiring entirely. but it is worth a shot. i have no idea what the pay is going to be like, but it is almost guaranteed to be as much or more as i am making now, with a significant chance of going up fast. the new job will be stressful, but my job right now is kind of the epitomy of stress. i am watching the best case scenario in my head, but for it to even be possible a lot of things are going to have to fall into place next week. most likely case, i'll be at champion for three more months while i take this class. that seems like the most relaxed and reasonable outcome. but the sooner i can switch, the better. any way i shake it, i have two weeks to get enrolled at north seattle and into this class. that is what i need to do first, because i only have two weeks. the rest of the timing has a little leeway, but if i miss this registration, the whole process gets pushed back a few months.
