Saw the ultra sound of baby #2. Not as clear, but still exciting. DIL is not feeling well at all, but she's a nurse, and is carrying on.
Printable View
Saw the ultra sound of baby #2. Not as clear, but still exciting. DIL is not feeling well at all, but she's a nurse, and is carrying on.
Good news about the ultrasound! Hope your DIL feels better soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Okay so I hate winter and I don't care who knows it! But at least now that it's February we get 31 Days of Oscar on TCM. So many great movies, so little room on the DVR...
Cool Hand Luke is on tomorrow night and Auntie Mame is also on the schedule this week. You've got to live, live, live!!!
That's putting a positive spin on it, NY, good job!
Have to say, I'm really enjoying my first winter in Florida. It's really crowded but the no snow/ice makes up for it.
Sitting here in a McDonald's parking lot killing two time while waiting for my second interview (NOT at Mcdonalds) it'll be good for me to figure out these traffic patterns, the other day I got here with 15 minutes to spare and today I got here with 45 minutes to spare. LOL wish me luck!
Good luck!
Whew, hour and ten minute interview! Afterward the interviewer told me, with a smile on his face, "you are a VERY strong candidate for this position". Next up, fingerprinting and the start of the exhaustive background checks, if I pass those then I might get an offer.
So exciting, Pax!
From what I experienced in my short job search, mental health is the one field where age/experience is seen as an asset.
Agreed. And he acknowledged that I'd been in his chair before and was genuinely curious as to why I'd consider a part time position at a lower level. He accepted my answer "because I've done that before, I can afford to take a part-time position, and I still want to work in the field just not at that level anymore" with an understanding smile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Super excited for you, Pax. I think you've got this in the bag!
Pax, sounds like you aced it. Fingers and toes crossed for you!!!!
[Gotta add: traffic "patterns"?? You ain't up north any more. ;) I'm still trying to figure out a joke that combines Florida drivers, lane discipline, and safe words, because I'm pretty sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but when you're trying to get someplace it isn't very funny at all!]
Ha, ha, Oak. I don't think I'd last a minute driving there. Even ten miles east of where I live, my rate of swearing goes up exponentially, due to the incompetent drivers.
Since the ancient of days snow birders have arrived (present company excluded, of course) my language has become a poetry of profanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket, so I applied for a job in Chicago and one in Tampa (across the state from me). If I can't find a decent job here I'll just branch out, my honey can work from anywhere so instead of getting bummed by lack of opportunity... I'll seek out opportunity.
Impending "blizzard," so I gave myself a snow day. It's started just south of us, but just a few flakes here, as of now. I feel a bit silly now, but it is supposed to be seriously awful for a few hours and I know what will happen; no one will come to see their therapist! I don't blame them. Schools are closed, so I follow the rule that if that happens, I don't go, either.
It took me an hour to cancel and get confirmations of this from 8 people... time to drag myself into my exercise clothes and get on the treadmill.
I remember the agency being a ghost town any time it snowed, all the clinicians would be there and every single client stayed home. Could never get the director to understand that and let us go home early... so we turned it into bring snacks-do paperwork-then hang out and chat day.
Well, last year, the clinic actually closed 3 days, which I guess is unusual. Since we are FFS, it's up to us. It is snowing now, and this is exactly the time my first person was scheduled. My boss knows the inner Arizonan comes out in me on these days. I live close, and my car is aweome in snow, but it still is not fun for me to drive in it. I had many horrific drives when I had a 40 mile commute to work, back in the mid nineties. This was when schools didn't close so easily, and a couple of blizzards started while we were at school. Now, I think computer models are more accurate (today sure is), so they cancel ahead of time. I remember as a kid, being released early, the bus getting stuck in the snow, and ending up having to walk "2 miles in a blizzard."
I'm getting so excited, we're going home to IL for a few days next week! I've got a haircut scheduled as well as breakfast/lunch/dinner with various friends, and coffee with my old boss. I can't wait.
Had a wonderful time in Illinois, it was so fun catching up with friends and enjoying our favorite bars and restaurants. Equally glad to be back home here in Florida... going home reminds me why we moved.
HEllo! I decided ten seconds ago to go back to TE -- haven't logged in in years -- and you were the most recent post ! Enjoy Florida :) :)
Hey Sue!!! Good to see you here!!
Good to "see" you, Sue. Welcome back.
Really glad to see you back!!
Sue! *waves*
Sue! Hey!
Pax, glad you had a nice visit.
Crankin, hope you're starting to feel better!
I am feeling better. Now, I just wish my eyes would stop itching.
Hoping to ride at least 20 miles today, without the wind that was out there yesterday.
I had that eye itching thing for about three weeks last month, it was maddening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Waving Back :) :) Loving the "winter riding" quote, tho' I don't even need lots of bundling for today's "February Thaw" ride...
Had an interview in my current field yesterday (academic libraries) and it went very very well. Heard from one of my references that they already called her and were super impressed with me and my skill set, so yay!
The job working with felons in work release is still out there as well, just caught in the endless background check cycle (dependant upon state police and FBI "getting around" to their part).
We are moving March 16th. Almost everything is packed, except a few things I need for the next 2 weeks. We are bringing it all over ourselves. Actually going to start unpacking and putting away kitchen stuff this weekend. The movers will only be bringing furniture, so the price is half of the original estimate.
Our painter is finishing up over the next week or so, the shades are in, just need to be installed. Doing the punch list of things we need, like new towels, shower curtains, and bath mats, key pads for the doors, etc. DH is busy ordering as I type, and we will go buy the bath stuff over the next few days. Once the painting is done the shades will be installed, the bathroom cabinets will go up, and the living room furniture we bought in October will be delivered.
Now we just need to sell our house. Looking at putting it back on the market April 1st.
my magic ball says you'll be offered a job that will present new positive opportunities...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Good luck on the continuing job search and on the move, Pax and Crankin. Both of these activities are often of the two-steps-forward-one-step-back variety.
A few months ago I started working with a different group of people at my job, including a new manager. He is a micro-manager. I do not do well with micro-managers -- I work best when I'm allowed to think for myself. I never hesitate to ask questions or ask for help when I need it, I've been here a long time and have a proven track record. So it's not about me, it's about someone else being unable to let go and trust others. It's very unproductive to have to take time to calm down every time he yanks on the leash.
Thinking of everyone moving or on the search for a job. Both are stressful and Pax, Crankin I hope both work well for you. NY Biker, I hope your new boss relaxes the reins.
My sympathies NY, in my recent interview I was asked what kind of management style I respond to best. I explained I appreciate being taught whatever is expected, being given the necessary tools/access/authority to accomplish the job, then being left alone. He breathed a sigh of relief and said he was a very hands off manager and had had difficulty with hiring a recent grad who very definitely wanted/needed hand holding.
Why are the elderly women who work at the polls in my town so surly and rude?
My mom worked at the polls in San Diego for at least 10 years. I know she didn't act like that!
These people are nothing like the poll workers in my old town, who applauded for my son the first time he voted.
My friend, Jack, had a crash yesterday. I was not riding with him, but it happened when he was with a crazy invitation only group he rides with, that he invited me to join. I saw this when I got a flurry of emails from the group's list. I guess he did an endo on some poorly maintained road in Weston and was knocked out for a minute or so. The police were called, and although there were no obvious injuries, they took him into Boston, to MA General. He got sent home after they checked him out.
It kind of freaked me out, as he rides almost everyday and was a hard core commuter before he retired. But, he doesn't pay attention that well, and i suspect this group was not going slowly! He seems fine, but I admonished him to rest. Hopefully, his wife will enforce this.
Glad he's okay, that's some scary stuff!
Oy, nothing is ever dull here. DH has been unhappy at work for quite awhile, mostly because he got a new boss a couple of years ago and also his place is full of data driven geeky people who don't understand the human side of business. Oh, and the CEO is most definitely on the spectrum.
On Thursday, he told them he was leaving. He is not ready to retire yet, but he does need to do something different. He does not need to make the amount of money he is making now; once we sell our house, we will pay off the small mortgage we have on the condo. Other than that, we have no debt, except the normal utilities, etc. He is going to work there a couple of more months and then they will continue paying him for quite a while after that. They are also helping him with hooking him up with the type of recruiters that deal with people at his level.
I don't want him to be unhappy, but I would never quit my job before having a new one. I can only think about the bad things that can happen, mostly because my dad was unemployed a lot when I was in my teens and then later in life. It's not the same thing, obviously, but he sees this as an opportunity and I see it as a big pain in the azz. It's not like I make any money now, like I did when I was teaching. Right now, 90% of my paltry salary goes into a 401K. I will have to stop that to pay for the insurance we will need, probably only for a couple of months.
I am trying to ignore the situation, just because there is nothing I can do!
Crankin ~~ I'm with you; I would never quit a job without having found another, but perhaps that's just not practical at your DH's level. Sounds like no matter what you're in great shape financially, so I suspect it will all work out and he'll find a position that suits him quickly. Good luck with that and your move. Change is good; keeps the synapses firing! :)
That is part of the problem, Emily. Job searches at his level are somewhat "hidden," and he actually does not have the time he needs to do it in a good way. Now he has access to those kinds of recruiters, without having to pay for it. Since I am not privy to how these things work in the world of business, I guess this is the way people do it. In 2001, he stuck his resume out on Monster and had 2 interviews, and 2 offers. It was a very hard choice for him to make. The other company was quite a different culture, which in the end, would have been better, but probably would not have afforded the opportunities in terms of money and travel, which in turn, afforded us opportunity.
I am fine with change, but I don't want to jeopordize anything. We really can afford for him to take a cut in pay to get what he wants, and work a couple of more years. I know, developmentally, this is a normal stage in older adult growth. That is not the part that bothers me, it's the getting the job, even though the recruiters have already told him it's a very hot job market here. On the other hand, DH also has lots of "trade" skills, and could easily work at doing some of that, if he needed to, while job searching. Most of our friends cannot believe he has done almost all of our remodeling work himself. He has even thought of opening a handyman business, but that would be more for retirement than now. He's also thought of doing mobile bike repair... until I teased him about going to some woman's home and being told "I need you to lube my chain..."