Just on my way to the island for a quick little weekend trip.
I haven’t been to the island since back in the early aughts.
Just wanted to get out of the city for the weekend.
Decided to try out the new Hullo ferry service. Well, it’s not really new, it’s been operating since last year.
Normally getting to the island is a royal pain in the ass. Nothing wrong with BC Ferries, but those ferries are dedicated to car culture. And the ferry terminals are only really accessible via highways meant for cars. The whole experience from BC Ferries isn’t that great for someone who just wants to take a quick trip to the island.
One can take the bus to the ferry terminal, but still you can tell that the terminals and the ferries are geared towards drivers.
Hullo on the other hand operates from Downtown Vancouver to Downtown Nanaimo. And the fares aren’t that expensive either.
Just wanted to get out of the city for the weekend.
Spending way too much time at work. I’m currently filling two positions at work. My position as chief engineer, and the assistant chief engineer’s position as well. So much overtime. Probably way too much overtime.
So far my YTD is $112,000.00. And I have two months to go in this year.
I don’t mind working all this time. Work is all that I’ve done my entire life.
I started working way back in 1982. By 1987 I was on my own and working full-time. I think work is what has distracted me all these years. Kept me from realizing just how fucked up my childhood had been and just how much of a basket case I was.
Work has always been a double edged sword though.
I work at levels well above what my formal education and my mental health should allow me to work at. You’d think that this is great, but it causes a lot of conflict. See, as a 4th class power engineer I’m just supposed to rubber stamp what contractors want to do. I’m not supposed to have valid opinions about building automation. I’m sure as hell not supposed to be able to build BACnet networks and add them in and make them function.
But I do.
And it makes me realize just how badly I got fucked all those years ago.
Beeshive 