So It's been an interesting month since I returned from Asia. It took me literally two weeks to sort of get back into the swing of work and over the Jet Lags, and then two weeks to wrap up everything at my job. It's been weird, and I'm feeling very low key this weekend. It's like my brain has finally caught up with me. For the first time in four years I don't have the old job-worries, and I haven't yet got the new ones, and it's very, very strange.

On Friday, I deleted my profile from my work computer, gathered up Ted and Basil, and emailed the sysadmin that it was OK to remove my administrative access. Which was the hardest part. Because power corrupts. Administrative access corrupts completely.

I am excited, and filled with trepidation, about starting my new job. Maybe it's not trepidation, maybe I just ate some bad cheese. But cheese or not, it will be awesome! And I start tomorrow! Yikes.

In other news, I've been working on some stuff for a client this weekend, and I now have two pet peeves: the first is stereotypically gendered stock photography. Can I find a single female electrician? Anywhere? No. Not even on Corbis! Second, all of these photographers who don't know the difference between electrical work and telecom work? They should be shot. Because it is NOT THE SAME THING. Sigh.

I also received an email confirming my business name. I'm now not just a sole proprietorship - I'm a sole proprietorship with a business name and number! I exist! And my taxes just got TEN TIMES MORE COMPLICATED. And insurance? Did you know that small home-based businesses can't get rental insurance unless they have errors and omissions insurance? And that it is expensive? Yeah, me neither.

Also, happy Canada Day!