09-03-2011, 12:48 AM
decocritter wrote:
Nice "work" if you can get it...
I really lucked out as I got a call out of the blue to come down and set up his office with a NAS, 4 computers, a Barracuda SSL VPN, 4 iPads, 3 Apple TVs, several wireless routers and a LifeSize video conferencing solution. After he said he needed help, I immediately cleared my schedule at the end of August and here I am. He works with another IT consultant and apparently, that person is no longer in the good graces of my client (that is all he told me - usually that means that they did something stupid and/or unethical).
I am fortunate to have a few clients that have far more money than time and when they call me, they want something done immediately; the fact that, more often than not, I help them out, they call me when they have cool projects like the one i just did.
CJsNvrUrly wrote:
Gorgeous. Did you get to enjoy any of it?
I worked four 10+ hour days (Monday-Thursday) in an office and each night when I got to my room, all I really did is prepare for the following day. Today I spent 3 hours with his assistant and then came back to the hotel (Atlantis - MAN, what a HUGE property) to grab my trunks and head to the beach.
Spent about an hour in the water (soooooooo nice and warm) and then spent another hour on the inner-tube ride (I went around 2 times - that was a lot of fun).
Yes, I did enjoy the trip, but would have enjoyed it more if my wife could have made it with me (she could not get the time off).
Thoroughly spent at the end of this stretch (I was in Miami for a few days prior to this) and am very, very ready to get back home to my wife, sleeping in on Sunday and going to see friends on Monday.
If you are not used to East Coast humidity (I am not), it really takes a lot out of you to come here. I am a little more acclimated now, but going from where it is dry to very wet, my energy level noticeably decreased.
