Another week has flown by here at the Chronicle and whoops,...looks like we are at the end of August already. You can tell that summer is winding down as the evenings get cooler faster and it's starting to get dark earlier, a sure sign that winter is on the way. I always hold out a little hope that September and October will have just a few nice warm autumn days and not be like last year where we came to the end of August and boom! into the depths of winter we went. I always look forward to the fall to try and get out and take advantage of the autumn colors and try and get a few good photos or maybe some good stock video footage.
We have been chatting up a storm with Sandi now that she has had her internet connection hooked up. We contacted her last night on Skype and spent about three hours chatting, all the while seeing her face and she able to see us. She called again briefly tonight and told us of her plan to go hiking next weekend and to climb mount Fuji. She had bought some new hiking boots and had gone for a hike today to break them in. She starts her teaching assignment in a couple of weeks so she is taking advantage of the remaining time to get out and explore and experience as much as she can. Her car broke down last week so she scrapped it and bought another one, one that will be more dependable throughout the winter. It was a bit more expensive for her but it bought her peace of mind. She is still planning on purchasing a video camera and chronicling her adventures in video and will probably be posting them on line, so stay tuned for details on that.
I am enjoying my new job more and more with each passing week as I learn more skills and gain more confidence to use them in public. I am getting to know the other staff better also and that makes me a little more comfortable and able to be more myself. One thing I do find interesting is going into all these businesses on service calls and seeing what they are all like. Some places have really nice, fancy lunch rooms and tend to pamper their employees whereas others just provide the bare minimum and conditions tend to be quite appalling. Of course it all depends on the type of business. The consulting firms and software development companies tend to be more upscale and the oilfield and manufacturing places are a lot more blue collar and tend to reflect it in their working environment. Nonetheless, it's fun to go in and meet new people and I do get a feeling of accomplishment when I can go in and repair their equipment so that they can make that all important cup of coffee in the morning. They are very appreciative of that.

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