Originally Posted by
Rutnick
Mrs Rutnick is already there. I'm still here because I'm a state government worker with a pension to finish. Yes, I am old but younger than most. I got to buy 5 ghost years so I have to work almost 1 more year to get my lovely *sarcasm* half pay from the state. Hey, 50% of what I'm making now is still better than most people's retirement plans. I will just need to start a new career. Any ideas for a washed up crime lab director with authority issues? I have a chemistry degree. I like bikes and I'm usually grumpy until around 10:30 in the morning.
I have no idea how we are going to make that road commute thing work for her and no idea how I can work and then get home to ride if it will take another 40 minutes just to get to a ride start location.
I'm crossing this weekend. It will be colder, raining and muddy. I prefer those days vs the 115 degree heat indexed MTB races we did this year. My teammate got 4th in the series but I did 3 of 7 races in 100-115 degree heat indexes in the woods and I melted so I said screw it. I did a few crit races in that heat but I died in the MTB races.
I'd love to come and do a X race up there when I can and finally tell you thanks for the help in person. I have zero prep for this weekend's cross race and it's my first ever. I think I'm peaking. I did a few mounts and dismounts during lunch yesterday. Everything seemed to go the right way.
If you run into someone that might sound like it's Mrs Rutnick, tell her I am eating horribly and that I am a shell of myself. The house is a wreck and I barely can take care of myself.
Yes. What sort of work did you do at the labs before you became a director? First, send a resume to all of the ISP labs:
http://www.isp.state.il.us/docs/fslabareamap.pdf
(the main Chicago area one, Westchester, is not far from where your wife works... you guys could even carpool)
Second, consider expert work. It wouldn't be a ton of work at first, but if you're good it very well may be enough to keep extremely flexible hours and also get by. If you're really good, and stick with it, it could turn into a decent job with a lot of flexibility to ride whenever you want. Do you have a CV? I just may happen to know about 200 defense attorneys in the area.
Rob's right. Don't fight the commute. A lot of us ride near work (or on the route home) rather than worry about racing home to then ride. There are thousands of fairly involved riders in the area that are able to balance it all. I think it may even be easier this time of year... a CX bike, a good light, and an open field are there to crush you 24/7. It's not hard.