Finished the first season of House, and finished my time spent unemployed. Back to the grind, as of tomorrow. It’s a little strange, to be perfectly honest. I’m not really *excited*, or nervous – in some sense, I’m a little scared, sure – change is scary. But I think one thing is that it’s maybe less intimidating? Maxis was a sort of legendary place – the kind of place I imagined was full of candy canes and magical spirits, or something, before I worked there. Now, I know it’s all just a job, and even the best places are f’ed up in all sorts of crazy ways.

It’ll be a chance to work in a smaller environment again – something I think I like much better than the larger, corporate craziness. I wonder what their work-life balance is like, whether it’ll drive me crazy or not. I wonder what sorts of things are possible, and what I’ll find impossible, there. How long before I feel like it’s limiting, instead of educating, how long it’ll be before I want more, or want less. I dunno. I think it’ll be fun.

Starts tomorrow. And I go back to wishing, every day, that I just had more *time*.