18 posts tagged “job”
Guess what I got today!
We moved out of the 'old' office building today. It was actually a lot sadder than I'd expected it to be. I mean, I've been there the last 9 months... I guess packing everything up and walking out made it seem like I'm really not going to be there very long.
to say today. Just tired.
Man, it's been a super long day. Thanks to everyone that sent good karma my way today, I think it helped... I think the interview went well. She asked some really tough questions, and smiled at a lot of my answers, so I think that was a good sign. Unless she was secretly laughing at me, LOL. I also got to interview people in the department about their jobs. The hiring manager likes to let people do that to get other perspectives. It was nice that everyone's answers lined up, and I really appreciated the time that everyone took to answer my questions. I'm hoping to know something by the end of the month, but I know all too well that things can move very slowly in a large company like this. We will see! (I have a good feeling, but am so scared I'll jinx it!)
So, it's Sunday. Slept in today, applied for some jobs, did some stuff around my house, and then had dinner with Scott's family. Now I'm catching up on my e-mail and notes.
I wish I had more to say today. I have a lot on my mind, but am really too tired to try and form them into sentences. So, since everybody loves a list, here ya go:
- The only real best friend I've had as an adult is moving to DC this weekend. I am bummed out so far beyond words about this that I have resorted to pretending it's not actually going to happen. Tomorrow is her going away party at knit night. This will mark the first time I am not excited to go to Wednesday night knitting.
- Work is somehow taking up all my time, and just when I get ahead, I seem to fall back behind. Treading water is exhausting.
- I worry what will happen when my contract job is up.
- I wish it would get warmer outside and the sun would stay up longer, I'm tired of it being so dark out.
- The apostrophe key on my keyboard keeps sticking, and it's really pissing me off.
- I feel like I could sleep 24 hours straight and still be exhausted.
- I wish I was better at sewing. I need to work on that.
- I got a travel mug that keeps things warm all day. I thought the package was lying, but it's totally true. It makes me look forward to drinking things.
- Scott is the best boyfriend ever.
- My dog is a bed hog.
- They are both waiting for me to join them. I bet Paisley is in my spot.
- She's gonna be really hard to move. And I won't have as much of the blanket as I want.
Today was a lazy-ish day.
Yay!!!! I got moved to another project, and so I'll continue to get a paycheck, at least for another week!
What's your favorite thing about yourself?
I'd have to say this would be a catch-22 kind of awesomeness.
See, when I decide I want something, I tend to not give up. Ever. I'm pretty relentless. And it gets old, even for me. It's like a little contest with myself. I try to find something that would be fun, then I race myself to the end. This has resulted in pretty much everything I have, as well as everything I've lost (or ditched).
The first instance of this that I can remember would be a gameboy. I'm not sure exactly how old I was, so let's say that I was in 3rd grade. One of the neighbor boys got a gameboy for his birthday (or something). I decided I needed one too, but that mine would be way cooler than his. So what did I do? I somehow scraped together the money to get one that very afternoon. It was through dedication. It's hard work scrounging through the laundry room and trying to remember all the spots I'd hidden my dollars. Sure, I may have gotten a few bucks from mom & dad, but I'm sure that involved washing the car or something. So. I got my gameboy. I seem to remember the hardest part of the whole process being getting my mom to take me to Target to buy it. I got the clear one. The one that you could see all the sweet insides of. It was way cooler than the neighbors. Funny that I remember their lame gameboy, but I'm not even sure which neighbor it was.
Then there was school. I figured I'd get a degree. Oh, but while I'm at it, why not see how fast I can do it? High school by day, college by night, working full time too? AWESOME! Let's really make it a challenge. And I did it. And graduated high school early while I was at it. Then, I couldn't stop at one degree, had to get two. Why not go for a bachelor degree too? Sure! That last degree didn't end so well though. The college I 'chose' sucked ass and was a waste of time, so I ditched it. I should have known it was going to suck ass, because a guy I dated about 1.5 years before going to said college went there, and his work sucked ass (which was a lot of the reason I ditched him. That, and I swear he had bigger ovaries than I did, he cared way too much.). So, that really should have been a sign about the school.
Then it was a job in my field. I got that faster than I thought I would. But, I guess they saw that I'd busted my ass everywhere else, so why not take me? That worked well, but I got bored there pretty fast. Ditched it for another place that was a better fit. Busted ass there too.
Which turned into a house. And that has been some serious hard work, too. But, it's been worth it, even after that whole "Operation: Drag Out" thing.
Then there's my crafty life. I learned to knit from a book, which the entire knit community will tell you takes patience and persistence. I'm 7 years into that now. Then at the end of last September, I got a drop spindle. In a not even month, I had a wheel. Suddenly, two months later, I'm spinning lace weight and am sooo close to being able to spin without even looking. And that is kick ass, regardless of what you think about the craft.
So, I guess what all this is really supposed to be about is that I'm a really hard worker, so long as I'm into it. And hopefully it's this exact attitude that gets me a forever job at the company I'm temping at... Cause that would kick ass.
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Wow. That was some serious word vomit after not hardly typing at all so far this year.
I've had a crapton on my mind lately. I'm just not really ready to spit it all out. My brain is tired or thinking and trying to map out the 'next step' in all this job search/budget bull shit. Something's gotta give, and hopefully soon. I'd hate for my head to collapse in on itself.
In final news, I got about 1.3 more oz (I really need an electric scale) of Heather's yarn spun up today as well as roughly 2 inches of my tree jacket knit up. Go me!
So, here's another picture from Christmas eve. Look at how cute the doggies are while my dad reads to them:
