Alot of people are curious.
What do you do Gordon?
I am in charge of design, and design management for four lines of toys.
1) Sesame Street
2) Bob the Builder
3) Nickelodeon
4) Private line
It's a good move, it builds my resume and portfolio. The opportunity to work with vendors like tv shows is a huge boost to any career. Props and thanks to God.
The work is immense and the workload of frantic. Just the way I like it.
I go into work put my nose the grindstone and then look at the clock and I'm done.
The people are great and I enjoy my work. Michele and I are very much in the groove of getting acclimated to the newest city.
A few things I noticed.
1) Give yourself time to get acclimated. Driving 14 miles and taking 45 minutes to get there took some time. I ended up using my time wisely with books/cd. Might as well entertain myself or at the very least educate myself.
2) You must keep you priority straight. The weekends and the time with your wife and family becomes more important. Buy up the opporunity.
3) Relax and move. After a few hours in the car, and the office you have to get the blood pumping. Eating right, sleeping your hours and resting is super important.
Sep 26, 2007
Sep 16, 2007
New life in Naperville
Ah, the beauty of a great city. The culture. The variety of restaurants. The safety of a great city with a great police force. Naperville.
And the very fact it's smack in the middle of suburbia where the traffic commute to work is like army ants coming out of the Costa Rican jungles.
I have to travel a mere 13 miles, but my commute is on average 45 minutes.
It's less than a week and I'm constantly plotting a new route, hitting co-workers for tips, and ignoring one co-worker: you just learn to accept it as fact and go with it.
Having an iPod listening to music, and better yet podcasts does add to the 'value' of a long drive. The irony of it all is trying to listen to a sermon about patience and suffering while you're hitting the wheel at the sight of traffic. How's that for a bit of irony?
If anything it makes me pray more.
And the very fact it's smack in the middle of suburbia where the traffic commute to work is like army ants coming out of the Costa Rican jungles.
I have to travel a mere 13 miles, but my commute is on average 45 minutes.
It's less than a week and I'm constantly plotting a new route, hitting co-workers for tips, and ignoring one co-worker: you just learn to accept it as fact and go with it.
Having an iPod listening to music, and better yet podcasts does add to the 'value' of a long drive. The irony of it all is trying to listen to a sermon about patience and suffering while you're hitting the wheel at the sight of traffic. How's that for a bit of irony?
If anything it makes me pray more.
Sep 2, 2007
The move
Sunday, September 9th.
The move just happened.
Michele and I moved into our new condo, and the day began yesterday at 9am. We've collected boxes and boxes and packed and packed. The generous labor of family and friends made the move alot easier, but it was work. The move actually went very well...two hours to pack a truck and about 1.5 hours to unload.
I have a few highlights to hit on.
• If it's a local, but it's a long move - DO NOT do it yourself. It's alot of work unless you're a pastor, or a CEO to get free labor. This is the LAST MOVE I'll ever do myself. I'm hiring people next time!
• Never try driving a 24 foot truck with a diesel engine. I was honestly so intimidated by it, initially I felt like throwing up. We reserved the truck and HAD to move it. I wanted to get out of the situation, but honestly, you bite the bullet and go for it. Yeh, I rented a Budget truck with a high tailgate. It really felt like driving a rig.
• Pray, pray, pray. No accidents, no injuries all to which I am extremely thankful.
• Organize your move as best as you can. I had alot of comments from our friends saying it was one of the most organized move ever. We had boxes stacked in dolly-sized towers that made the move easy. Within 1 hour all the boxes were moved out of the apartment. In another hour the furniture were all gone.
• Many thanks to my wife, for her constant hard work and the many friends and my in-laws for their help.
Oh, what about the condo? We'll throw some pics as soon as we can. It's very nice.
The move just happened.
Michele and I moved into our new condo, and the day began yesterday at 9am. We've collected boxes and boxes and packed and packed. The generous labor of family and friends made the move alot easier, but it was work. The move actually went very well...two hours to pack a truck and about 1.5 hours to unload.
I have a few highlights to hit on.
• If it's a local, but it's a long move - DO NOT do it yourself. It's alot of work unless you're a pastor, or a CEO to get free labor. This is the LAST MOVE I'll ever do myself. I'm hiring people next time!
• Never try driving a 24 foot truck with a diesel engine. I was honestly so intimidated by it, initially I felt like throwing up. We reserved the truck and HAD to move it. I wanted to get out of the situation, but honestly, you bite the bullet and go for it. Yeh, I rented a Budget truck with a high tailgate. It really felt like driving a rig.
• Pray, pray, pray. No accidents, no injuries all to which I am extremely thankful.
• Organize your move as best as you can. I had alot of comments from our friends saying it was one of the most organized move ever. We had boxes stacked in dolly-sized towers that made the move easy. Within 1 hour all the boxes were moved out of the apartment. In another hour the furniture were all gone.
• Many thanks to my wife, for her constant hard work and the many friends and my in-laws for their help.
Oh, what about the condo? We'll throw some pics as soon as we can. It's very nice.