the interview

last week i went on an interview; one i didn't want to go on. i know that doesn't make sense, but i inadvertently applied for a position that was title 'finance blah' & in the fine print it said 'works with people'....uh, that's not me.

however, it's at a place that i want to work at, so i couldn't blow them off, i couldn't tell them i already had a job & i've already been told if i want in, i have to start at the bottom. which for the most part, i'd be willing to start pretty low but that whole havingtotalktopeople thing & they don't mean office gossip leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

so i went to the interview & of course bc i wasn't nervous i was awesome. [oh how i wish i could bottle that & save it for another time.] really, i was good, know how i know? bc yesterday they called to get approval before checking my references.
damn!

"so can we call f18 people?" - yes

"what about noems?" - um, yeah [this may be my way out, maybe old boss will give me a bad referral???? not likely, but maybe something will fall out of his mouth before he can stop himself, or his tone might say it all as well...come on old boss, bring it!!!!]

"the golf place?" - all my work peoples are gone, so not a very good source

oh, & there's more to the dislike part, it's a temporary job, only 10-12 weeks. i'm in the works about finding/figuring out how that affects my unemployment but as of right now, it's looking like not a good thing.
although i asked a string of questions trying to figure out how it would work i got one answer being "old claim would end, new claim would have to start". so a new claim based on a short work period at lower pay.

yah for me - as in who can screw things up beyond belief?

back to the regular schedule

on fri night one of B's co-workers had a get together. it was just down the street so the 3 of us walked over. B carried a bottle of wine in one hand & a can of beer in the other, classy huh?

when we got there i realized it was a potluck & the 3 of us only brought smiles, good appetites & a single bottle of wine...oh yeah, & that can of beer. i suppose we could have shared that.

i found out, after several people informed me, that indeed we are moving.

it's true the wife always is the last to know...

at least it was about the move & nothing more.

the party was split into to groups, the elders & the younger folk, we were smack dab in the middle. early on we hung out with the older group but as they dwindled out we ended up with the younger group (they were still awake, getting funnier & louder as the alcohol took affect).

i can't believe we've lived here 4 years & we still barely have people we consider friends.

so now the realization has hit me, in order to move, we have to pack all our shit up, that won't be fun. i'm leaving a decent paying job for the unknown. i need to update my resume & start sending it out. i called the golf place to see how things are going there, they're on a hiring freeze & my old boss was part of a recent 70 person layoff.

this is going to be rough, but know it will work out, positive thoughts!

June 2, 2003

yeah, i bought twilight, but i've only watched it 2x, so far. i'm still in the middle of watching the other disks with all the making of stuff, but one thing struck me. i knew stephenie meyers wrote the book based off a dream, but she actually remembers she HAD the dream on 6/2/2003.

wow....

i barely remember things that were happening in my real life in that general timeframe, that exact date, a blur.

here's what i recall:
Z had just turned 1 a few days before that, i had taken the afternoon off to spend the day with him. my mom came over & brought her mexican wedding cake (white cake, white frosting, coconut). we sat him in his high chair let him go crazy, cake & frosting were everywhere. i called B & took pics throughout the process.

B was still in Japan. [f-ing military] he was supposed to return just after Christmas [& IT'S JUNE!!!]. we had been told countless times he would returning soon only to be delayed again [f-ing military x2]. by this point i told him don't bother telling me when they say you are coming home, just let me know when you're at LAX.

i had been working at the golf place 3 months. it was my first big career move after graduating college & instead of moving up, i chose an easier job that was closer to home for less pay [f-ing military x3, single parenting is not an easy job]. i had a great boss though.

i think i got it

interview went well. talked to the current employee, job sounds weird - a lot of multi-tasking & setting priorities, very similar to TMaG.
bonus - they're willing to pay me what i used to make! whoohoo!

how to become a boss

how does one go about becoming a boss?

is there some sort of in-aptitude test?

is it just having the ability to recognize other's abilities so they can do the actual work?

with the exception of my boss at taylormade, all the rest have been clueless...(& i'm being gentle with that!)