It's Off To Work We Go

I started a new job on Monday. It's a part-time job with an engineering firm by the name of Casco Systems. They are located just north of Portland. They specialize in utility industry automation. They've been doing quite a bit of work with smaller New England hydro dam installations lately. It was pretty weird being back in the world of work. My last day of paid work at Amway was July 18. Since then I've been almost completely occupied with moving and establishing this unique life we've embarked on. Most of my days have been without schedule or external structure. I've really enjoyed that. So getting in the car and driving to work was a definite change!

One of the really cool things about this new job is my base of operation will be home. So I won't have to travel every day to work and I can weave other activities in among the work tasks. Of course the down side is it can be harder to get away from work too! It's an evolving situation so we'll see where it all goes. I feel blessed to be working for Kevin. He definitely understands and supports the need to balance family and work. One thing for sure - there's a short distance to the decision maker in a 2 1/2 person company!

Jane and Cheryl made it here safely on Sunday evening. I was becoming concerned about them because they didn't arrive until about 7pm. They left Utica, NY about 9 that morning. By Mapquest the journey shouldn't take as long as it did. One thing we've learned since coming to Maine - distance is a poor gauge of travel time. Unless you live near I-95, it takes much longer to get almost anywhere than you think. Part of the problem is the lack of east-west routes. The other is the speed limit rarely exceeds 50 on state routes with numerous slower sections for towns. The state routes likely have never been rebuilt to modern standards, thus the slower speed limits.