Spring needs to come now, please. I know a lot of people really enjoy the snow and find it enchanting, but I hate it. I did go outside yesterday and found it to be much warmer than I thought, but it was still wet and soggy and just plain disgusting. I really hate being cold. I’ve been using this “last week of freedom” as an excuse to be a serious bum instead of a half-hearted one (there’s so many more hours in a day when you’re not spending every waking hour wading through job sites), but mostly it’s because I do not want to go outside at all. I think I might be able to avoid the great outdoors today, but tomorrow I’ll be getting a much-needed haircut and doing .. stuff. Yes. Stuff.

I’m really nervous about starting my new job. Three things are weighing heavily on my mind: what am I going to wear; what will I refer to my job as; will they attempt to create an email address for me before I get there and make it “kwangzilla” instead of the much preferred “klwangzilla”. I have name issues, you see. Big ones. Giant. I must have my L!

There have been some really good suggestions for code names, but I’m leaning towards “Secret Agent”. I did like the suggestion of “Rodeo Clown”, but that’s what we use to refer to Ed’s job – it just doesn’t come up much because I never talk about his job and he doesn’t have a website. I also really like the idea of being a “Test Subject”; then I could work in all sorts of nerdy game references and also talk of shower curtains. I almost settled upon using Half Life – working at Black Mesa and having a job title of “Gordon Freeman”, but that would get old fast and also be all copyrighted and stuff. Oh, the luxury of choice! Maybe I should just wait and see what comes to me. After all, being an astronaut wasn’t planned – it just happened.

The sun’s coming out! Melt that snow, my pretty!