Time for a Change

Another day, another dollar. It sounds so simple, but employment is such a big part of modern life. For the last two years I have worked at a job that was good for a while, terrible for a while, and then ended up being great. My coworkers are nice, my boss is the best boss I've ever had, and the hours are completely ideal- but I have hit a dead end. A few weeks ago I was promised a promotion, and then a change in company policy made said promotion impossible. In fact, this change made it highly unlikely that I will ever be able to advance. My boss laments the fact that I will not be able to do this other job he had intended for me, but this bolt from the blue came from high above his head. So although there are a lot of things that I really like about my job, it is time for a change. I am putting the feelers out there for a new job. Although some people would be fine with a never-changing job, I am not one of those people. I need to be able to grow and improve. So I will take my time and find just the right job that will probably be pretty similar to the one I have now, but with advancement opportunities. I have been at my current job long enough so that it won't look like I can't hold onto a job, and I will be leaving on great terms with lots of good recommendations. So I feel that the time is right for a change in employment, hopefully at a place where I can stay until I have my degree, 45 years from now.

Anna Returns

After a shamefully long hiatus (attributable to an increase in my professional workload, starting school, and a rather nasty bout of food poisoning,) I'm back!

To be completely honest, one of the reasons I haven't written anything in the last few weeks is that I haven't had much to say. I have all of these good ideas, but implementing them one after the other sort of defeats the purpose since I can't really establish a habit for any of them. Since I can't really start anything new right now, I thought a simple status report might suffice:

Good Idea#1: Freezer Cooking- We still actually have several of these meals in the freezer. We will be eating one of them tonight, as a matter of fact.

Good Idea #2: Debt-Busting- After about 3K in unexpected expenses this spring (Damn you, Murphy, damn you.) we haven't made much headway. Our "budget" has pretty much consisted of getting the bills paid and feeling pretty good about it.

Good Idea #3: Non-Negotiable Priorities- Haaaah! Ummm yeah. These are still all-too-negotiable. It comes down to 2 factors, the foremost of which is that I don't have a lot of time. The second factor is that when I do have the time to exercise or read scripture, I just don't want to. Now that it is staying light out so late (isn't it lovely?) I think I am going to start walking my dogs after dinner. Goodness knows they would like it. As for scripture study, I just don't know. I'm right in the thick of the Mosaic Law right now and....ZZZZzZzzzzzz.....*snork!* What was I saying? Oh right...Old Testament. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there but MAN do you have to work to find it. I guess church as a whole is not yeilding much satisfaction right now. I think most of us churchgoers go through phases like this where church just loses meaning for a while. I guess I'm in a bit of a spiritual funk. I'm sure it will pass.

Good Idea #4: Going Back to School- This is going swimmingly. I love being back in the classroom and doing something I absolutely love. I finally feel like I am headed in the right direction, academically speaking. I really can't wait until I'm designing professionally. *sigh* It will be bliss.

Good Idea #5: Eating Healthy- This has been going fairly well except for the aforementioned food poisoning. I am currently trying for the nth time in my life to give up soda. I loves me some Coca Cola. I haven't had a coke since last Thursday which has to be some kind of record. I did drink a lot of sprite over the weekend, but since it was the only thing I could keep down for about 48 hours, I didn't feel too bad about it. The Hubs is down to the last notch on his belt and is going to have to buy a new one soon. Why can't weight loss be that easy for women? Garrrr. One good thing that seems to have come from my recent illness is that I now have somewhat of an aversion to fast food (from whence the food poisoning came). Certainly less fast food in my diet will be a great thing.

And thus are the good ideas.

I would also like to add that I crocheted 2 (count 'em- TWO) dish cloths this weekend. Next stop, dish towels. OOOooooo.....