My arrival in Brussels and my new job

I arrived last night in Brussels to do my annual interpreting gig (I love that word) for Atelier Mineeda. This is my fourth visit to the city, but I love it here every time. Brussels has an atmosphere like Amsterdams, where there are relatively few famous buildings, but there is lots of pretty architecture. Brussels has more of a big city feel, though, which I don't like so much. You have to expect that, though. This is the capital of the European Union, after all. Needs lots of office space. Banana angles don't regulate themselves, you know.

My week here is the continuation of a pretty crazy period in the Life o' Benny. I handed in my resignation about a month ago. Then I spent a week literally just playing web games because my boss would neither give me work to do nor allow me to sit on my ass via home office. Then I had two weeks of vacation before beginning my new job as a computer programmer at H.Com, which job I had a whole week and a half before leaving for Brussels.

A lot of you, my loyal fans, have been asking me about my new job. In short, it is awesome. I have real responsibility on a real project, and I spend my days writing computer code, and I don't have to sell anything to anyone. I'm surprised and a bit dismayed when I look up and see that it's time to head home, and my anticipation of getting another bit of the puzzle I'm working on solved spices my evenings. It is a fine thing to not hate one's work.