Wanted: Position for Fat Accountant (must love baseball)
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:39 am
I have been quiet (comparatively) on these Boards for a while. I have made some comments, but none of the essay length nonsense I normally put up. Please accept that this is not due to lack of interest, but rather due to the real world laying several johnny-kicks on me and my family. In the space of a few weeks, my wife lost her father (after a long illness), her uncle (also after a long illness), and for the coup de gras, I was laid off (again...was RIF'd now in both 2012 and 2013). This last one really hurt as someone I thought was a friend really threw me under the bus (i.e. I cleaned up multiple messes to help him look good, and all of a sudden I was superfluous headcount...nice).
So begins a trek to get my wife through the emotional memorial services, funerals as well as being forced to be in close proximity to her cloven-hooved sisters (no small challenge as all of them are crazier than a shit house rat). Oh yes, and I have to find a job during the holiday's. Nice.
As such, I have barely allowed time to read-in here, much less contribute. I have always enjoyed these boards and liked to provide content from time to time, if for no other reason as to provide two perspectives. One, the lovable loser (love fantasy baseball, love the NFBC, and a long history beginning in 2004 of just not getting it done). Second, I usually participate in only two or maybe three contests (I just do not think it would be fun to be in a dozen leagues nor would I ever commit the time), so I guess I fall into the class of long-time but limited contest users. These boards are rightly dominated by the guys who can be considered real super-users. The big spenders of the high-stakes community. A little warning here as we do not want to freeze out the casual user, not even unintentionally.
Anyway, we are finally coming out from under the black cloud. Starting with my daughter coming home for Christmas (she is a sophomore at UGA), we were able to have our complete family unit together for what may become a rare event (no telling where her career will take her in a few years and my son starts college next fall). I swear, though my kids are 19 and 17, if I came home tomorrow and they were 5 and 3, I would have no problem dropping right back into that routine. I am looking forward to being an empty nester, but I love having my "kids" home too.
So we finally started feeling a little better except Dad doesn't have a job. I was chasing a couple of opportunities and New Years Eve I received an offer letter on a position I am really excited about. Long story short (too late), I start tomorrow at First Data as a Director in their Finance organization. Nice timing for a good new year.
We share good times and bad here, one of the unique things about these boards. I was hesitant to share to bad before I had some good, so that is one of the main reasons I haven't been around. I will have fewer distractions and I have a lot of catching up to do. Stay tuned for the occasional brain-burp as I "discover" juicy items for my prep. Not sure with the new job which venue I will be attending, but I plan to sign up soon.
The role I am taking is transitioning from Denver to Atlanta, so very quickly I will be spending some time in the Mile-High City. If there are any friends out there in Denver who might want to have a cocktail or ten (not sure yet which hotel I will be staying in), reach out here. I will post my travel plans when I get them and we can have our own hot-stove hoedown.
So begins a trek to get my wife through the emotional memorial services, funerals as well as being forced to be in close proximity to her cloven-hooved sisters (no small challenge as all of them are crazier than a shit house rat). Oh yes, and I have to find a job during the holiday's. Nice.
As such, I have barely allowed time to read-in here, much less contribute. I have always enjoyed these boards and liked to provide content from time to time, if for no other reason as to provide two perspectives. One, the lovable loser (love fantasy baseball, love the NFBC, and a long history beginning in 2004 of just not getting it done). Second, I usually participate in only two or maybe three contests (I just do not think it would be fun to be in a dozen leagues nor would I ever commit the time), so I guess I fall into the class of long-time but limited contest users. These boards are rightly dominated by the guys who can be considered real super-users. The big spenders of the high-stakes community. A little warning here as we do not want to freeze out the casual user, not even unintentionally.
Anyway, we are finally coming out from under the black cloud. Starting with my daughter coming home for Christmas (she is a sophomore at UGA), we were able to have our complete family unit together for what may become a rare event (no telling where her career will take her in a few years and my son starts college next fall). I swear, though my kids are 19 and 17, if I came home tomorrow and they were 5 and 3, I would have no problem dropping right back into that routine. I am looking forward to being an empty nester, but I love having my "kids" home too.
So we finally started feeling a little better except Dad doesn't have a job. I was chasing a couple of opportunities and New Years Eve I received an offer letter on a position I am really excited about. Long story short (too late), I start tomorrow at First Data as a Director in their Finance organization. Nice timing for a good new year.
We share good times and bad here, one of the unique things about these boards. I was hesitant to share to bad before I had some good, so that is one of the main reasons I haven't been around. I will have fewer distractions and I have a lot of catching up to do. Stay tuned for the occasional brain-burp as I "discover" juicy items for my prep. Not sure with the new job which venue I will be attending, but I plan to sign up soon.
The role I am taking is transitioning from Denver to Atlanta, so very quickly I will be spending some time in the Mile-High City. If there are any friends out there in Denver who might want to have a cocktail or ten (not sure yet which hotel I will be staying in), reach out here. I will post my travel plans when I get them and we can have our own hot-stove hoedown.
