What beer are you drinking now? #3083

otra Head Full of Dynomite

 

Aaalterrr ego

Thinking I’ll have to bust out a very hhhazyyy next.

cheers!

 

I wish I could double like this post

 

Alaskan's White. .....Not bad for a Wit, nice flavors, not over done, very drinkable and approachable.

 

Been saving this one.
To @scream RIP my beer brother.

 

Tough news indeed, any time you want someone to give you a hard time hit me up my friend.

 

Highly underrated, Summit has been made since way before any beer wave. It is incredibly consistent, worthy and easily found here in MN. Such a beautiful pale ale. More please!

 

A DIPA brewed by Triple Crossing.

 

So just as I thought, no opinion.





Just joking.

I’m just about to have another beer and will continue with a Philly based theme.

 

I really do think you have the skills to do that successfully!

 

Cheers BA!!!!!!!!!

 

Mirror Pond Pale Ale and Brigantia, a German single malt.

 

At home drinking a Uinta Black Lager, what a great style and this is pretty damn good.
Cheers!

 

Hey BA...

I GOT THE JOB!

I'm putting in my two weeks tomorrow at my current place. I have to pass a background check with the new place but considering I just passed one recently for my current employer last month to renew my security clearance (I work in a gov't facility for those of you who didn't know, which is probably most of you), I'm good. Don't know how long it's gonna take to clear it but I'll be getting a payout of 80 hours of PTO regardless so, shrug.

Celebration beers, then new career details!



Pretty good stuff. I get everything they added (chocolate, graham crackers, vanilla, marshmallow) and it feels nice and slick with a semi-sweet note and some good roastiness. Not gonna write a whole review cuz I'm spending tonight being fucking pumped I'm leaving my crappy workplace to work for a cannabis dispensary!

So, I've been a pharmacy technician for a decade or so now. Actually a little longer than that. I worked in retail for six years then transitioned to my current place of employment, a VA-affiliated mail order pharmacy (one of only seven in the US) as an at-will contract employee. Over the years, I rose to an extremely high position and became one of the highest paid employees in the facility other than my boss (who is corporate and therefore salaried). Last year, I did some dumb shit and got involved with a co-worker who is married (some of you may recall this story). It ended before anything really bad happened, but our relationship at work (which had always been good) hasn't been the same since, and we can't get on the same page anymore. There is probably more drama involving my boss, too, but it's really speculation at this point (and also involves this woman, so I won't get into it or entertain it here), though the bottom line is things became toxic. And it's not just me; everyone working for my company can feel the tension and difference in the vibe. I don't feel comfortable there anymore; I started feeling like I wasn't part of the team, like I was getting pushed aside, and like my opinion stopped mattering. Other people remarked on some of these things and it started getting to me. Instead of enjoying (in some sense) going to work every morning, I started dreading it and started feeling like I'd never be happy unless I did something.

So, I started going back to school, with the goal of eventually finishing the courses required for me to apply to a pharmacy doctorate program with the goal of getting a PharmD degree (look up wages for the average pharmacist in a decent size city for the reason behind this; plus I love it and have been passionate about it for the entire time I've worked in pharmacy). This would take several years though, at which point I'd quit my job and just power through the doctorate program full-time, taking on a ton of debt in the meantime. Things at work got steadily worse, though, and my personal and professional life has been taking some hits due to the general difficulty of working alongside someone I've always worked well with rather-suddenly becoming an awful and difficult proposition. Again, this is my bad. I shouldn't ever have gotten involved.

But, I will say that I'm proud of myself for turning it around. Every day since I've been in school (which is going very well; in all honesty, I love school and have always been great at higher education in general, so I know this is where I belong and what I deserve), I've still felt this nagging feeling in my gut saying "you can't do this for two more years, even if school is helping you feel better. You're stuck, you're lonely... you have to see her all the time, you can't go anywhere with this, and you're treading water." It's true. I make enough money that there literally is not a possibility for raises or promotions whatsoever. That's being a contractor for you. And it's not even that much money honestly. So, I took a leap. I knew my friend's fiancee got a rather high position at a new dispensary in our neck of the woods right as they opened last year, and so I asked her what kind of qualifications they look for with their entry level positions. She said that given my expertise, I would be hired on at about $6 less per hour than what I make right now, but that advancement is pretty much a given considering my experience. So, I sent my resume, set up a phone interview, and came in the next day (last Friday) for an in-person. I was sent an offer today, which is a really fast turnaround.

So, yeah, this is the story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down in under 6 months. I wouldn't recommend getting involved with married co-workers who also probably have some kind of connection with your boss, no matter how attractive they are to you (or if there are weird feelings in the mix somehow). They might also be not very good people, and we all have to rise above that kind of thing.

Anyway, I now need to learn everything about cannabis. I'm going to be an inventory control specialist at a new local dispensary and I couldn't possibly be more fucking excited and overwhelmed and whatnot right now.

Thanks for always being there for me, BA. Especially @ESHBG , who has been there for me with wise words since the aforementioned scenario played out. I would never forget the discussion we had or the wisdom you imparted on me. I am so incredibly grateful to have come out of this situation relatively unscathed and armed with the ability to remain tenacious and go for what I want regardless of how difficult it feels at times, instead of giving up and feeling sorry for myself in my position. Cheers to you all out there. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Ichor Out!

 

Better days ahead my friend. Sorry about Lucy, enjoy the time left you get to spend with her.