It seems really quiet here today. I guess I haven't been around much, maybe it is slower than I remember.
How about vents/randoms? Here's mine: for some reason, my life feels "grey" right now. Maybe it is the weather, but I'm not feeling happy or excited about much lately. I pretty much decided to stick out the new job for at least a few months to see if it gets better. I really like the people, it is just a lot of stress. But I realized that whereas I used to be pretty happy, I'm not feeling happy lately. I feel like I have nothing fun to look forward to. This summer is going to be insane at work as we open a new facility, meaning no vacation time and even more stress. I don't know what to do. I'm sorry, I'll try to stop complaining about it. But you guys give such great advice.
Or maybe it is just that my building has no windows and the walls are all painted a depressing dark grey.
Hey, I posted dorky pictures! What more do you want? LOL
Noodleoo, I agree to stick it out for a bit more. Can you decorate your workspace? That always helped me
My mom keeps asking if we're excited about our trip. I never get excited until I'm on the plane, because of all the planning stuff. And DH never gets excited about anything. So we're a lost cause
I was rarely a post starter even when I was super active on GBCN. With my new job I'm only on after 5pm.
Vent/Pity Party: I relate to the gray feeling. So much of my life is up in the air and on hold and I'm starting to get bitter about it. I want it now. Especially on MM, it seems like everyone who was around my age (or younger) and was unmarried is now engaged. At first it was interesting that everyone else was at such a different point in their lives than me, now I just feel sad about it. I don't fit in. My upcoming birthday is contributing to my general malaise too.
Blah. Tonight I'm making Kraft mac and cheese out of the box to cheer myself up. I might even nuke a hot dog to go with it. DON'T JUDGE MY COMFORT FOOD.
I started a post this weekend - don't blame me I don't GBCN from work, so I'm only on during weekends and evenings.
Softball season is starting up at work. I've been playing in our corporate fun league for 6 years now and I am still absolutely terrible. I usually get placed in right field b/c the ball never goes there. lol. We BBQ after games and have fun, so whatever. We're the worst team in the league b/c we'll take anyone regardless of talent or experience. Some of the other teams are way too serious and make new players tryout before letting them onto the team. It's a beer league people, have some fun!
I'm making brownies to bring to our practice tomorrow. Yum!
noodle: I 100% agree. I am feeling the same way about my work situation and the idea that sticking it out might be the best plan for now. It is a draining thing to be unhappy in your work.
I also am feeling anxious about our finances. Our expenses increased a lot when we moved up here and my income hasn't been what we thought it would be, I feel like we are blowing through money and need to reign things in. We sat down and looked everything over last night and we decided to take the thanksgiving vacation off the table and while we are looking for a more fuel efficient car for me I will be driving my DH's car to work when he works from home. I also need to stop shopping all.the.time. We want to start TTC soon so we want to make sure we really have things in order.
I went to a party at Clink tonight at the liberty hotel. It was nice. Now I'm on the train on re way home.
How was Clink? Its been on my "list" but so have a few places at the Liberty Hotel.
Their is a Gilt City for Clink today dinner or brunch I'm trying to decide if its worth it...
It was nice - we were actually in the lounge which is like in the lobby in the big open area in the center. I drank a bajillion delicious cocktails (those are $15 which is a little steep but I wasn't paying). The food was delicious - we had all these cheese and charcuterie plates which were really nice. Then at one point I was starting to be more hungry and they busted out this platter of fried chicken and sliders. The sliders were really good and so was the chicken. I kind of devoured everything b/c I was drunk and hungry by then.
I'm not sure I mentioned it actually, but yes, we're finally moving on up! We're going from an ~800 sq ft 1 bed/1 bath apartment to a ~1800 sq ft 4 bed/2 bath apartment! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF TWO BATHROOMS?!? As much as I love the income the big apartment brings in, we've just completely outgrown our current space and I'm super psyched to have some breathing room come September.
Wow! Are you moving upstairs? Or taking over both apartments?
Wow! Are you moving upstairs? Or taking over both apartments?
Moving upstairs! The upstairs apartment is the 2nd & 3rd floors. We'll be renting out the apartment we're in now. Then I'll be able to host a GTG without making some of you sit outside! Ha.
Sweet! And you won't have upstairs party noise to deal with now! I'll host a gtg when Precinct sets up outdoor seating Otherwise everyone will be listening to C's incessant stream of questions.
Sweet! And you won't have upstairs party noise to deal with now! I'll host a gtg when Precinct sets up outdoor seating Otherwise everyone will be listening to C's incessant stream of questions.
Ha! I'll gtg with you at Precinct ANYTIME woman. And C is adorbs.
We're all dying for Bronwyn to open. Biergarten? Hell yeah.
This has been the best/worst week for me. Work is a mad house since it's the last full week of classes before the students head into reading period and then finals so everything is getting crammed in. Plus, with the school closure on Friday, it's really pushed things back. This last weekend was also the annual convention for my sorority and since I serve on the E-Board I had to be there.
Though don't get me wrong, I love going and it's a lot of fun. But it's also exhausting. This year we were in Maine so it's a drive plus I never get good or enough sleep. The weekend is late nights and early mornings. I did unexpectedly run into an old college friend who was our DJ that I hadn't put 2 and 2 together until I saw him. I did come home from the weekend to find a fabulous new purse from my H. He also picked up some stuffed clams from the farmer's market for my dinner as well. That was a really nice suprise!
My trainer had to cancel our weekly work out and this week is the week of end of year banquets I'm on campus late almost every night so this is turning into a total non-gym/work out week. Though it doesn't help that I'm sitting here at my desk eating another slice of the Kane's coffee cake I brought into the office for everyone.
I'll also be working on Saturday so again it's going to be a short weekend for me.
Plus side I have a long over due hair appt Friday so that will be nice. I'm just ready for it to be May already. My schedule eases up a lot then.
Yeah, I'm sorry guys, I got all up inside my head and shat my feelings onto the keyboard. I really appreciate the kind words! I wouldn't express these kinds of feelings to my IRL friends so you ladies are my outlet. I know I need to get some perspective and chill out.
I did go to the interview, it was over three hours long and the hiring manager ended up not even interviewing me. For that and some other reasons, I don't think they'll be offering it to me. But that's ok. My new job is good, I'm making friends with my coworkers, and everyone keeps talking about all the advancement opportunities. All things considered I'm in a pretty good place right now.
On a side note: I put on Glee on Netflix and it happened to be the episode when Sue decides to marry herself. I'm feeling inspired, LOL.
Hey Guys! I'm back, I guess I posted and ran. We're being audited this week, so it has been nuts. I too wanted to say thank you for the support. I feel all I do is complain about work and my H is sick of hearing it and my IRL friends are all MIA lately. This is also contributing to my general sadness.
I think I need to start looking on the bright side. The weather is warming up (yay!). FL will be warm and fun (if really boring) and at least give me a break from work. H and I need to start planning some kind of small trip. We did the Cape in Dec and it was awesome just to be away for the weekend. I think half the fun of vacation is the planning/anticipation. We need to start thinking of what we can do in the fall, hopefully by Oct/Nov I can get more time off from work. I'm thinking we're going to need to hit a beachy place. I want to go back to Hawaii, I wish it wasn't so far away!!