St Andrews State Park

Friday I cleaned up my poor neglected bike and went on a bike tour of St Andrews State Park. We live about 4 miles from the park. It is a nice little park that skirts the bay and the gulf. Although they cater a lot to the boating and beach crowd, there is still a lot of nature to experience.

Gator Lake. I did not see any this time, though I did see many lizards.

Residents

Hurray for sane looking pictures.

We are officially Florida residents now. Since Wisconsin isn't on Florida's list as a state that they use the Wisconsin Drivers License as a primary form of identification, we had a bring in every important document to the DMV (or Tax Collector's Offices as they call them here. weird) to prove our identity and residence. Might as well get our passports now, since we have all the important papers together again. The event of actually getting licenses wasn't too bad, as we did our homework and came prepared. There was a lot of grumpy people there waiting in line and once getting to a clerk, realizing they were short on paperwork. The photos turned out better compared to our last ones. Zachary's has less of a homicidal drifter vibe now and mine looks like I have been meth-free. (I blinked for my last WI license photo and they didn't retake the picture. And yes, both of ours were awful pictures. Bad lighting, I don't know what it was...)

So I made a cake later to celebrate.

The cake is not a lie. It is delicious.

Working

Diogenes finds your resume lacking

Last week I had my first job interview in Florida. I was nervous beforehand, trying to remember my answers for those typical awful interview questions.  "What is your weakest quality?"  "Where do you want to be in five years?" 

I go into the interview and within 10 minutes, I was told was I getting the job. I was a bit flabbergasted. No multiple interviews, no annoying questions. Just introductions, brief overview of the position, and asked if I could handle photo manipulation and graphics and start right away. Um, yes. I am not complaining, I am thrilled I got it, just the strangest interview I ever had.

So yay, I am employed again. I am a Graphic Artist for a shipbuilding firm in the area, working with a small team that is putting together a proposal for a contract. So far, it is going well and I am enjoying it a lot. I am learning so much about all things ships. I even have port and starboard straight! Right now the position is part time, 20 hours a week minimum, even though so far it has been more than that. It has the potential to lead to a full time position down the road depending how the project progresses.

I'll save my answers for the tough questions next time.

Rays

 The beach was pretty busy on our beach walk today.

A couple stingrays were cruising the shallows. I need to pick up a reference book on Florida wildlife. Lots of new faces to learn.

minecraft sheep

If only dyeing sheep wool and

shearing sheep was this easy in real life.

Spin

Saturday afternoon at the laundromat.

hanging out

Reptilian visitor tonight on the window screen. Afterwards he ate a moth.