Chicago LAN and Back to Work

I do not remember a time I have been this stressed about going to work for another company. I have been unemployed for three years (with the exception of a couple of self employed gigs). The day after the Chicago LAN I start back to work with a great company that has been around for a very long time. My title is Floating General Manager and will be working for an international auto auction. I will be traveling and be away all week and then come home on the weekends. Now I have to go and buy a bunch of clothes. I used to wear suits to work all the time so I do not have alot of business casual stuff. Plus, how do you balance dressing for business but also outside working around greasy cars? I budgeted all year to go to the LAN and now have all of these expenses to get back to work. Top it off that all of my hotels and meals have to come out of my pocket in the beginning to get the reimbursement flowing. Hotels for a week at a time is expensive. I would not be near as stressed out if it were not for the LAN but after last year I am a lifer and will do anything to keep from missing any of them. Do not get me wrong, I am so excited to go back to work in a management capacity and complaining is the last thing you will hear from me.

I am so ready for the Chicago LAN. It will be really great seeing everybody again. I think some lessons were learned from the last one that will make this one even better. Gaming for me will be minor. Hanging out with everybody is where the fun is (and trying to get singled out in one of Dantez's videos). I gamed too much early on last year and didn't figure it out until too late thus missing out on some things. Many of the friends I made last year are some of my best friends now. Therefore I am very excited to see what comes out of this one (or doesn't, shouldn't, can't). It is dissappointing that more people are not coming. I guess most of you forgot about all the LAN blogs and threads that made you sick with envy last year. Well buckle up because it will happen again.

So I am going early to Chicago this Saturday to make sure I am good and rested since I will be sleep deprived next weekend and then start my new job first thing Monday. I must be a sadist (not really so no little gifts from Gaius please). See you there.