1. i have officially been offered a job! there was a mix-up with my background check and everyone knows my last employer is KIND OF A SHITSHOW* so i was a little nervous, but my recruiter got in touch with me on thursday. a spot opened up in the october group and i was cleared for hiring, so they bumped me up and i start 10/27. this messes up all ( Read more... )

-con was great, it was the best, the literal best, i keep tearing up when i think about how perfect it was, etc etc ( Read more... )

second surgery went well, can't believe it's almost con, etc etc ( Read more... )

hand surgery #1 happened last week! the worst part of the whole thing was the panic attack i had coming out of the anesthesia, otherwise it's been fine if annoying. i have the stitches/bandage on my right hand til the 13th, at which point they remove all of that and cut into my left hand. the right hand looks gross (it's bruised all to hell) but it ( Read more... )

hand surgery might be happening next week! or might not be, idek anymore. i scheduled it and requested time off work but my doctor hasn't called me back to do the paperwork or set up my pre-surgery appointment to see if i'm allergic to anesthesia or whatever so. yep. (last friday she told me i needed to get both hands done in the next month to have ( Read more... )

-currently listening to the true meaning of smekday audiobook! it is so great! it's really fun, the narrator is AWESOME, the characters are delightful, etc etc. it's still a little more effort for me to listen to audiobooks because i'm so easily distracted, but i really like being able to close my eyes and half-nap on my way to work while listening ( Read more... )

i posted a hand update on tumblr, but the short version is that everything is still terrible and i have at least two more appointments. UGH, HANDS ( Read more... )

-i'm trying not to whine about this all over the place, but my hands have been pretty messed up since valentine's day (ish) and it's been painful and terrible and i miss having hands that work. i've been to the doctor four times now and i have three more appointments scheduled, so you know it's serious. the last doctor (dr. asshole) said that i ( Read more... )

trying to get back into a normal work rhythm this week was kind of awful, especially with the cold and work going from 0-60 all of a sudden. SO SLEEPY. but i managed to get back into it by today, and caught all of my buses and trains without fucking anything up, so yay :D ( Read more... )

so, i have a job! it's a longterm temp gig at an insurance company doing customer service for providers. everyone seems really nice and like they genuinely enjoy coming to work (?!) and the company seems to treat everyone pretty well?? so that's all strange. the hours could be better (8-4, out in quincy) and so could the pay, but the dress code ( Read more... )