Weekend update / new job starts Monday

Kevin showed up Saturday, and the heat was so awful we could barely get off the couch. We caught up while watching tv and basking in my new air conditioner. Then we saw A Scanner Darkly, which was good but I had moments where I had no idea what was going on. Maybe I need to read the book. I've never read any Philip K Dick books. After the movie we met up with an old coworker of Kevin's and ate at Feast, which is in my neighborhood. I had some seriously massive salmon with bbq sauce, avocados, and corn cakes. I was stuffed, but the suggestion of dessert at Hot Chocolate was one I could not turn down. There I had this peanut butter/chocolate thing that was so incredible and surely 1000s of calories. Whoops.

We then went to the Hideout to see a friend from college play, and to watch Bald Eagle do his thing. It was too hot for me to have tons of fun, but I enjoyed myself well enough.

The heat and the late nights took their toll finally, and today I've been completely exhausted. Our friend from HS, Liz, arrived after a wedding nearby with her friend Liz. We did some more lazy-ing around, and got dinner in Andersonville with some of Liz's friends. It was sort of hard for me to stay alert because I'm so tired.

Now I'm home preparing for my first day at my new job. Most of the morning will be my benefits meeting. The first few days of work are always a bit goofy. Not much to do yet and still a bit awkward with the coworkers. I think that may be one reason for these day long job interviews - I already know the people there pretty well after spending so long with them last month.

My new commute is going to suck - a very annoying bus ride due to its insane slowness and a long trip on the red line (which is pretty gross). It'll give me an excuse to read more I think, so theres at least that going for the new trip.

I'm really excited to start this job. So much so that I'm actually going to bed early tonight.