I did my orientation for my new job on Friday. I took EIGHT HOURS. I got up at 5 that morning to get an early start because it takes about 2 hours to get to Hickory from Boone, and damnation it is hot in the flat lands off the mountain! We had to fill out reams of paperwork and take tests. Essentially we had to go through the application process all over again and sign and date every single piece of paper we were presented with.

We then went into an office and did it all electronically!

After I was done I propped off a load of my stuff at my new place and met my mom and went to her house. Her place is only a 10 minute drive from mine. She insisted that I stay for dinner so I didn’t leave until 8:30 that night. It was 10:30 by the time I got back to Boone. I had time to take a shower, read two chapters of “War of the Worlds” by HG Wells and fall asleep to be at work again the next morning at 5am.

I told my boss that I was putting in my two-weeks notice but he barely acknowledged it. Too bad. I had some more choice words about how he treated me.

I start my new job on the 27th. So, I have this week to call Duke Power and get them to connect my electricity, and I have Friday, Saturday and Sunday to move the rest of my stuff with Wednesday to do the final walk through with my old renter to get my security deposit back. I also have to file a change of address with the Post Office, give my renter my new address to have my mail forwarded and change my billing address with the NCSECU. I still get mail for the people that lived their before me. Just junk mail. I’d hate it if that Anubis book I contributed to on Kickstarter didn’t get forwarded to me. Maybe I should contact them too.

Today me and mom, with the aid of my car and her pick-up truck, moved a significant amount of my furniture. Now, all I have left is three futons (one not in use) a chest of drawers with no draws, my mattress, my chest, entertainment center/bookcase and a couple of end tables. I’ll try to take some on Friday, but mom thinks that we should just get a 10′ truck from U-haul or something. That will cost about $90.