raining again (and then more rain)

 Well, today could be the day. Granted that today is less than an hour old, but it looks like possibly, maybe, there's a chance I won't get my ass rained on today, because the first half of this watch was day 11 I think, of me getting rained on at some point 

             A few months ago we hit one of these spells. Last summer or fall I think. like 2 1/2 weeks of it?  I can't quite remember, but I was absolutely apeshit by the end of it. I'm doing OK with this spell, mostly because I'm trying really hard to focus on next week, which should be a good week, once I leave here and go home. 

I started doing my new 2nd job, too, the other night. About 5 hours of work to do what used to take me about 45 minutes. Collating data, and organizing it to be analyzed in a consistent and accurate way. 

      I had this poetic picture in mind when it came to truly flexing my mental muscle and actually working as a scientist again. Like rust falling off a previously-frozen metal fixture, and squeaking and squealing as stiff joints flex. 

    It was nothing like that. It was more like... picture the smell of burnt hair and an anxious wet dog. You know that fear stink that dogs get?  Picture that, and a middle aged dumpy guy slightly frightened at how hard it was to understand the things he was looking at. Alarmed. That's the word. I was alarmed. 

         And with a little help, and a LOT of hesitation, I did what I set out to do. I now know I'm capable of actually doing what I said I could do. Oddball analytics. 

 So that is how I got paid to set some unknown nerd's agenda for next week. testing someone else's testing methods 

 Anyhow, it was all pretty mundane, except that it's the first time in damn near 20 years since I got paid to use the education I worked hard to acquire and mostly set aside not long after. 

    Well, whatever. I'm down to like 5 more watches after tonight.