Post by supertrooper1 on Feb 6, 2020 12:17:56 GMT -5
I was interviewed back in March for some enforcement work I did in 2016, for an article in my agency's magazine. The article came out last night and it's awesome. This was a case that some coworkers gave me crap for because they thought it was insignificant. But it's blown up into a big deal across the nation.
I’m halfway through the interviews. I’ve met with 7 people so far. They all seem really nice. I can’t tell how I’m doing. But good God, this is exhausting.
DH hired someone for his business! He's known him for years, very well qualified, very interested in building the business. I started digging into some stuff for DH today related to the hire, and I'm going to start picking up work for him here and there.
I'm also signing up with an agency that caters to former executive moms that have taken a step back from their careers. It's a lot of project work, which I think is best for us right now.
Still working on 2 other projects. It's been nice to work a bit and use my brain differently.
Still stressing over the braces for DD. I assume that it will get paid just like everything else, but I always get stressed about new bills. She is counting down the days.
DD still has a cold. I think I may need to take her in to check for a sinus infection, but I am putting it off because all of the offices are over run with strep and flu. I don't want to come out with something worse.
Well it took me an hour to get home last night when typically it is 30 minutes. I complained a lot about this morning, but it was only 5 minutes slower as much had been plowed and salted. I feel like nothing new to report over here.
Just living the dream of work, date nights, cub scouts, girl scouts, dance and basketball lol and having time to read.
I’m halfway through the interviews. I’ve met with 7 people so far. They all seem really nice. I can’t tell how I’m doing. But good God, this is exhausting.
Blech. It’s over. By the end I was questioning why I was even doing this. I don’t know that I’m really ready to step into an individual contributor role. I felt okay about that until the 5th time someone asked me the question.
They were all really nice. I had great chemistry with the VP. I think it’s an awesome company. I’m not sure it’s the right position for me.
Thanks, everybody, for the good thoughts. It helped me more than you guys know to know I had a cheering section.
We had our fetal echo on Tuesday and baby’s heart looked normal - phew!
Two of our prior pregnancies had heart defects. They were so bad in our first pregnancy that baby would not have survived to make it to a repair, so we made the incredibly difficult decision to end the pregnancy. DS1 was born with repairable heart defects - he had open heart surgery at 5 months and is doing awesome.
DS1’s defects were missed at the fetal echo, so we waited a few weeks longer into the pregnancy this time. Fingers crossed that means our good report is accurate.
My brother's back surgery is today. Apparently modern medical science is crazy and he'll be up and walking around immediately after this out patient day surgery procedure. Which means he won't have to stay at my house for recovery. As the big sister, I'd do whatever I needed to for him, but I am so relieved that I won't have an extra person in my house.
mommyatty, congratulations on surviving a grueling day! And congratulations for stepping outside your comfort zone and going for the job and the interviews! Maybe this will help make the next ones easier if you continue to look for something new.
Post by librarychica on Feb 7, 2020 8:15:18 GMT -5
There is evidently no way to stop payment/reissue the $300 in gift cards my mail thief got. The company that administer’s the company rewards program says they cannot and don’t keep track of what numbered cards are issued to who, the store the gift cards are for can’t do anything without the numbers. No one can tell me what those are so I’m out of luck. I saved those points for 8 years and was going to do some serious kitchen reorganizing with those huff cards. I’m bummed.
I’m generally bummed lately, actually. I’ve tried so hard to find a sense of community since we moved here 6 years ago. I don’t know if it’s just this area (it’s rather unique in a couple ways) or if life is just different now. I may make a thread later.
Post by traveltheworld on Feb 7, 2020 11:05:43 GMT -5
librarychica, I feel the same way about it being hard to find sense of community. We moved cities almost 3 years ago and have had a tough time integrating ourselves. My kids go to a neighbourhood, closed boundary school, and we have 10+ kids from his grade that live within a 2 block radius of us; and yet, there's no playing on the streets, no "hanging out", etc. Originally I thought it was because I'm not a SAHM, but it seems like even the SAHMs don't hang out that much.
Post by traveltheworld on Feb 7, 2020 11:23:42 GMT -5
oh my TWERK (more of a rant) - I didn't realize that since I've been promoted, I'm now expected to deal with a bunch of random requests from various departments. It's....annoying. I spent my entire career as either a private practice lawyer where clients get billed by the minute so have an incentive to keep all interactions short; or as an in-house lawyer who dealt purely with the investment teams who are all ex I-Bankers who also like to keep things short. I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me before, but it's like I suddenly discovered that there are 500+ other people at my company who do not operate the same way that I'm used to, and these "new" people keep coming to me with their random issues, and I just want to ignore them, but can't/shouldn't.
Post by erinshelley21 on Feb 7, 2020 13:31:02 GMT -5
I think I mentioned last week that one of our agents quit and I wasnt sure how that would affect me. Monday my boss asked me if I would be willing to get my life and health license so pick up that agents work. He's paying for the class, test and my time there. Soooooo I'm doing that the week after next.
All of my bloodwork from Monday came back normal. I just have a lingering virus.
My early bedtimes have pretty much gone away because I've stayed up cleaning the dinner mess, moving laundry, paying bills etc. I got pretty pissed at DH the other day after he complained about the kitchen being a mess. He said he should have made himself do the dishes the night before. Well, I did do the dishes, just not the handwashing ones or the skillet he left grease in for 3 days. It also was hard to tell because 3 people had eaten breakfast and a snack that morning, I also had lunch dishes and he threw food containers in there too. He felt the need to give a shitty reminder that he'll be going back to work soon and it was at the point that I almost lost my shit. I eventually told him his reminder made me feel like I dont do enough around the house when I already feel that way but also can't find any extra time to sit down and relax ever.
We are going on 3 weeks of trying to plan a family vacation to the Smokies. Dh and my brother want a hotel in Gatlinburg so we can walk to shops and dinner. Mom and her boyfriend want a cabin. My other brother is along for the ride.I'd like a cabin as long as it is close to Gatlinburge and the park. So mom keeps sending these cabins 2 towns over, because she doesn't listen. At this point just book something. My only requirement is to keep my part around $600 for 4 nights, which would be a very nice cabin,hotel, pretty basic. We will be going to Vegas in May, and DS will be going to the Smokies again for an officer retreat, so we are maxed out on trips.
At least with a hotel, mom has less of a chance of sticking my brother and I with the entire bill like last time.
My colleague who I work closely with - we have a great working relationship- has been offered a job at another agency. I’m so happy for her but sad for me and worried about what kind of transition plan my boss will create to back fill her role. Ugh. Plus work is super busy right now. I worked last Sunday and am going in again today (Saturday).