Run Run Away

I can't believe I haven't been on blogger in a month.

My job got very hectic in May as I got ready to leave. I was helping my boss hire my replacement (got to love that the higher ups didn't bother to look at the almighty budget when they said that my boss could hire replacements for me - they will be spending MORE personnel money, but I had to leave because my boss was going to go over budget employing me - what morons!). Then, I had to train them, and I felt like I should finish at least 1 of the many projects I was supposed to be working on.

On one of my last days a friend of mine mentioned a friend of hers used a staffing agency to get a dull data entry job at an awesome company in the city my BF moved to. A company I would love to work for (they are huge, I garuntee you have an email from them in your inbox right now)  I just haven't had the guts to apply to them.  But to get a dull job to get a foot in the door that I would do. So I set up an interview with them after Memorial Day and went to spend the weekend with the BF.

I had my interivew and though the guy didn't sound like he was going to help me (at least not when it came to Awesome Company) I got a call a few hours after my interview saying this national engineering company with an office in the city needed somebody ASAP to fill in for somebody on materity leave, could I start the next day?  So, I did!

It pays crap - way less than I made working part time before. And it's dull data entry. But the people are nice, it's right down town and it meant that I could actually move. Sooner rather than later. So the next two weeks were spent apartment hunting and I sign a lease this week!

 The company I work for has a really strict no phone, no internet policy so I am NEVER online, or I wasn't. Because when I was back at the BFs place I was looking up more apartments.

Now that that part is over I am supposed to look for permanent work more in line with what I want to do (not entering data into online forms and filing the paper ones for 8 hours a day). But I got TWO freelance gigs that are both due in July.

Crazy shit is happening!  I nearly got online right after saying yes to the job because I had a bonafide panic attack. All I could think of was "What if this was all a terrible mistake?" And I cried my eyes out for 3 nights straight. Until I started thinking about what I was really afraid of... and there is no 'worst case' situation I can actually come up with that I can't think of a solution to or that I haven't been through already and know I will come out of okay.

In the mean time I have gone "home" once to get more work clothes and start packing my stuff. And to snuggle with Black Kitty who must be very lonely, even though I know my mom is taking good care of her.

My weight was 124 over the weekend. I haven't been exercising much, but I haven't been eating out and I have been taking really tiny lunches to work because I have nothing. but my purse to carry them in - I take public transit to and from - and I walk the rest of my lunch hour. It's also a 1.5 mile round trip from the BFs place to the transit station.

Anyway...I haven't been able to keep up with people's blogs and for that I am sorry. Eventually I hope things will calm down and I can start writing and reading again.

I appreciate any followers who are still hanging in there with me :)