2026 week 10
monday, 20260302 to sunday, 20260308
ridgewood, ny
first of my weeknotes inspired by sylvia's blog, departure.blog
in general
war in iran. a week of listening to news. also went through the entire interview process and received an offer from a startup. and accepted the offer. and celebrated.
i wanted to edit the whole winter video this week before the weather warmed up.. but I didn't get to it really. very busy week. a lot of emotions.
by day
worked all day monday. out to jersey and back with greens.
tuesday had work in the morning then call with the startup in the afternoon. it went well and I scheduled the onsite interview for wednesday morning. interviews are exhausting. just squeeze the damn juice out.
rode my red bike into the city which was nice. over the bridge and uptown. highs around 40 ish but dry. onsite went super well. I wasn't expecting this role to fit me so perfectly, or even less-so for the hiring manager + others to see how well my experience slots in. sometimes things go smoothly and work out. it feels like that does not happen in the winter. perhaps it is a sign of spring. then superlost until pretty late in the evening relatively. didn't manage to get everything done. busy busy.
thursday was a hard day and a sad day. raining and I didn't wear the right clothes to work. and i had to head in early to unload the greens at 919, move beans to 630. then load back up with deliveries and return to 919 before heading out. david was expecting me to troubleshoot the eversys machine at radio bakery india st with chatgpt.. so I was dreading that endeavor all day. but it ended up not being a big deal. just tore it down as much as possible, scrubbed everything, and reassembled. hopefully it works. or the cleaning ball error goes away. I need to check with david and see if theyve heard anything. and then i get back into the van afterward and get a call from ryan at the startup. from the tone in his voice I thought he was trying to let me down easy when he offered me the job. $93k. at the time i was feeling pretty depressed and it didnt really penetrate the fog. spent the rest of the evening wrapping up work and calling people to tell them the news.
friday was nicer. air was heavy but it wasn't actively raining. had a call with david and craig and gave them my two weeks. they took it really well. idk what i was worried about but they were happy i gave them any notice at all which cracks me up. wade came to work with me. jess broke up with him on thursday. he is sad. he needs to cut her out and accept that nothing he does will put them back together. it is going to make our friend group a bit weird. but i love jess and i will not leave her. went to a show for the first time in months and months. my coworker charlie plays in several bands and I showed up to one blind. it was close by my house at tv eye. it was awesome. pretty grindy hardcore punk vibes. lots of studded leather. i felt very eggy there but it was a good feeling. i am eggy. going to shows alone is freeing. it was inspiring to care a lot about my own art. for myself alone. afterward met up with wade and dallas at sem's bar, little grand. nice to pick them up from work. then taco bell and come home. dallas chilled for a bit and wade slept over. i stayed up late!
saturday is a nice day to do nothing on. the weather is creeping warmer. this was the first real day of only wearing a sweater outside. took the laundry to the laundry. we chilled. we skated. we ate dumplings. he headed home a little after dinner. new job is starting to penetrate my consciousness. money does change everything. well it changes this like underlying layer i think. i fell asleep in the living room and sem put me to bed when they came home from the spa.
and sunday. another nice day to not do much. i picked up the laundry. tried to fix sem's pants but the brother cs6000i is having issues. the little motor which adjusts the feed dogs is acting up. whatevs. i thought about going to the studio but i wanted to stay closer to home. took sem's new old wheel to the bike shop to have it trued and a new tire put on. skated for a bit in the myrtle / 71st plaza. i'm so close to being able to ollie up the curb, manny and drop off. like 2x closer than saturday. feels very good to skate and roll around. easy to forget. and then its now i'm writing the week notes. a good exercise i think. happy week 10 and kiss the sun.
the promise of money changes a girl
i treated myself to a few things after accepting the job offer. but no more things. i haven't even received a damn paycheck yet >.<
its crazy. 93k will be more than I've ever made in my life. like significantly. at weatherflow i made under 60k. after tax I'll be taking home almost $6000 a month. life is insane. right now i'm earning about $2000/m BEFORE TAX. god. its validating to have my weird and broad career experience rewarded. I'm ready to work hard and make good work.
anyway,,, i ordered a new camera weeks ago but its stuck somewhere in canada. so i ordered another one. a very pretty panasonic ts3 in silver for $82.
and also a couple watches timex t5e311, $13 hopefully the screen looks cool and readable. but it was too eggy not to buy
and a timex expedition, $22. i love a simple field watch.
and the last ebay treat. a flip phone. the sonim xp3 plus, $46 I've been thinking about phones a lot recently. well for ages now. and i have the lte tablet so it's not so punishing to go to a flip phone. i may get something else in the next year. the clicks communicator or the unihertz titan pocket / whatever new thing they come out with would be cool. i think a blackberry style qwerty is really the dream for me. probably with android. but for now i'm sick of my iphone and sem's flip phone is too cool. i'm tired of being able to look up anything i want whenever i want.
people who say money won't make you happy forget how no money makes you sad. and stresses you out. and stops you from doing things you want to do. i'm excited to spread it around my friends. i'm excited to buy their work and buy them drinks. and i will never mention it. it is a sweetness. i just bought a bunch of gadgets but i am excited to save up an emergency fund. i'm excited to get an eye exam and buy some contacts. I'm excited to ease sem's rent burden. money lubricates life.