This Sunday Currently

The woman who created the This Sunday Currently link up isn't going to continue with it, but I finally am having a non-whiny week so I had to do it this time!

Currently I am...

Reading: Still reading the fourth HP book and by the time my trip is over, I'll probably be done and onto the next one. 

Writing: This blog post and that's it. I wrote so many e-mails this past week what with accepting a job, doing all the new hire paperwork, dealing with computer issues with that paperwork, letting other employers know I was taking myself out of consideration, and getting travel plans worked out, I am sick of writing and the computer for awhile!

Listening: To Mike cooking Mediterranean lamb sandwiches for lunch and the dogs sleeping around us.

Eating:  Just ate an apple, but cannot wait for Mike's lunch. 

Wishing/Hoping:  WHOA I don't have to say I'm wishing/hoping for a job! What?! Today, I am wishing/hoping for a smooth trip today and for my first week at a new job to go well. Having your first week be in another state training is a little nerve wracking!

Wearing: My go to travel outfit:  a black tank maxi dress, a chambray shirt open over it, a statement necklace, and black sandals.

Loving: That I am no longer unemployed, my new haircut, and that my husband is making me a delicious lunch.

Wanting:  Not the usual! Again, what?! This week, I'm wanting a smooth trip, my job to go well, and for our new commuting schedule to work out okay. Also, this shirt, a custom portrait like this done of me and my boys, and an apartment near a metro so our commute calms down ASAP.

Needing: To calm my nerves...I've got everything else done so far today, weird!

Feeling: Anxious, nervous, jittery. Notice a theme?

Clicking:  MD Unemployment to file my webcert, haven't made money yet so I still have to file, Pinterest, and Google for inspiration pictures of how to style my new haircut.

A few other things...

Packing for a week long trip to a place I've never been to work with a company I've never worked with was not easy. I think I packed everything I own and like. My suitcase is HEAVY.

New job, new 'do! Five inches gone!

We celebrated my new job and said goodbye to one of our favorite restaurants in southern Maryland - CD Cafe. Doesn't look like much, but that crab cake sandwich is g-damn amazing.

You Ain't The One That We Want

Oh, the joys of job searching...

Fun fact:  I posted this on Reddit a while back and someone commented that they thought it was fake. I wish buddy, I wish.

Hallelujah

After 6 months, over 225 jobs applied for, 13 interviews, and countless nights of stress and whining and doubt, I am no longer unemployed!

Hallelujah.

I allowed myself the latter part of yesterday and most of today to celebrate and relax, but now it's time to panic and figure out my commute, what the hell we're going to do with the dogs all day, and just everything that comes along with a new job. I was hoping to have a little more time to get this all ironed out, but due to already scheduled meetings, my first day starts Monday with me travelling to Denver for meetings and training.

So...we've got to figure out what we're going to do with the dogs by the end of today or tomorrow basically. Shit.

But I'm sure it will all work out (right?!!) and yay I'm not an unemployed loser any more!

I wonder if any of my work dresses still fit?

Today So Far

I actually went for a run...

Awkward sweaty photo as evidence of said run!

I have kept up with my diet...

I haven't had any alcohol...

I've actually had some water...

I realize it's only 10:45a.m., but tiny victories right?

This Sunday Currently

Currently I am...

Reading: The 4th HP book....I don't read enough...

Writing: This blog post, our grocery list, some e-mails, and a kind of fun/different cover letter for a job I'm applying for this morning. (Hire me, I'm awesome!)

Listening: To Mike cleaning up the house while listening to a soccer game, the dogs following him around, and our upstairs neighbors stomping up a storm.

Eating:  Coffee and Mike is going to go get donuts later. DONUTS! I have always had an unhealthy love for donuts. When my mom and dad wanted to get me out of bed to do chores on the weekends, the would do so with the promise of donuts. Worked every time!

Wishing/Hoping:  Obviously for a job. I have 3 in mind that I actually could see myself really happy with. One is just a cool company and a unique experience, one is actually helping people and doing good, and one is with a great company starting really low and hopefully moving into my dream job. Fingers crossed FOR ONE OF THESE DAMN JOBS HOLY CRAP I'M SICK OF BEING UNEMPLOYED. Ahem, sorry about that. Moving on...

Wearing: A blue tank top and pajama shorts. Sexy!

Loving: That we had a successful apartment hunting day yesterday and didn't totally kill each other driving around a town we aren't familiar with for like 3 hours. 

Wanting:  The usual - a job and some security/clarity. Also, this skirt, to get to move into our first choice apartments, this whole outfit and the weather to match, and a trip here with my sister and no distractions (sound good, Laura?)

Needing: To get up, take a shower, and get ready to go run errands. Also, to do some styling, I'm so behind!

Feeling: Tired and anxious, but a little excited. Is it weird that doing up our grocery list puts me in a good mood? It's probably actually the fact that I'm getting a donut later, yep, that's it.

Clicking:  Pinterest, gmail, and apartment listings.

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I've talked about Firmoo a bunch of times on here because I think they're pretty darn great. I actually wore a pair of their glasses to the eye doctor the other day. He complimented them and said, "Whew expensive." I didn't correct him even though those suckers were about $30 with the lenses!

Gizmo likes Firmoo too.

If I was going to use the code, here are the ones I would choose between:

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My favorites!

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The code is good until August 31st. Happy shopping!

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How To

How to handle getting rejected from a job you thought you totally had a chance at getting and you rocked the interview for just the day before:

1)  Do not order a pizza even if Pizza Hut keeps sending you e-mails with free bread sticks offers.
2)  Give the dogs baths even if you can't figure out how to hook up the complicated shower thing your husband uses, just use a measuring cup to dump the damn water on them, it'll be fine.
3)  Watch Bye Bye Birdie the Jason Alexander version.
4)  Do your strength training for the day even if your ab workout is super lazy.
5)  Do a bunch of laundry even if your husband later criticizes the wash at which you did the sheets (weirdo).
6)  Eat a piece of cheddar cheese.
7)  Clean the house so it looks all nice and organized when your husband gets home.
8)  Have an awesome husband who buys you metro roses because he knows you're sad.
9)  Be happy that B got great news today.
10) Apply for a shitload of jobs to make up for this disappointment.
11) Drink two strong cocktails and go to bed at 9:15.
12) Just start over and keep going and blerg.

Don't forget to take photos of yourself mid-workout, looking like a total trainwreck.