FINALLY! Some time to post!
Okay, here's some time to post and just keep everyone generally abreast of what I've been up to.
I'm working at Allstate, and have been since April 2008. I trained for 4 months, then was put on "the floor" and have been working property claims ever since (please reference journal posting of Policy advice I gave out.) NOTE: Property claims means I work with homeowners, renter's, condo owners, etc. I do NOT work automobile claims.
I specialize in thefts - I get to investigate them up to a point, and if I deem that someone is attempting fraud, I send the file with my recommendation for further legal investigation. If they seem legit, I pay it. So, I basically go to work and pay people money. Cool, huh? :) I really enjoy it, far more than I thought I would. I look forward to my time at work, between my investigations and my coworkers, we have a great time.
I took a second job at JoAnn Fabrics - well, I was actually there last year about this time. I went back during the summer, and work at the cutting counter with fabrics. I enjoy it, because it incorporates another part of my brain that I don't get to use at work - the creative, giving out advice and opinions for projects. I miss Becky though! :(
The only sucky part is that it makes some of my days during the work week very long - I end up working a 14 hour day. But hey, to live in Maryland, it's pretty much a necessity.
I've been dating a wonderful guy named John for the last 5-6 months, and it's been a dream come true - though at first I thought he was kinda of an insecure goober, he's now MY goober and I love him so much it's crazy. I won't keep going on about him, you can read the earlier posts where I'm sure I either bore you or want to make you barf, but there it is.
I signed up at Lifetime Fitness, the HUGE warehouse-like gym in Columbia that is only 1 mile from where I work. John and I signed up together to help beat off some of the holiday packing on of pounds. I really like it - rock climbing wall, every machine on the planet they've thought of for excercise, so many classes from martial arts to ballroom dancing, 24-7 access, eucylptus steam rooms, sauna, two indoor pools and one outdoor pool, and Pilates and yoga rooms separate from the excercise rooms. AWESOME. Oh, and they have a health cafe with REALLY good food, and a yuppified overpriced salon! :)
Basically, life has never been better, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I'm very content and happy, and perhaps may get even happier if John and I get the chance to get a place together sometime in 2009. I have never felt so secure, so content, so loved and so..at peace now that we're in each other's lives. He's everything I ever wanted, and so much more.
I'm working at Allstate, and have been since April 2008. I trained for 4 months, then was put on "the floor" and have been working property claims ever since (please reference journal posting of Policy advice I gave out.) NOTE: Property claims means I work with homeowners, renter's, condo owners, etc. I do NOT work automobile claims.
I specialize in thefts - I get to investigate them up to a point, and if I deem that someone is attempting fraud, I send the file with my recommendation for further legal investigation. If they seem legit, I pay it. So, I basically go to work and pay people money. Cool, huh? :) I really enjoy it, far more than I thought I would. I look forward to my time at work, between my investigations and my coworkers, we have a great time.
I took a second job at JoAnn Fabrics - well, I was actually there last year about this time. I went back during the summer, and work at the cutting counter with fabrics. I enjoy it, because it incorporates another part of my brain that I don't get to use at work - the creative, giving out advice and opinions for projects. I miss Becky though! :(
The only sucky part is that it makes some of my days during the work week very long - I end up working a 14 hour day. But hey, to live in Maryland, it's pretty much a necessity.
I've been dating a wonderful guy named John for the last 5-6 months, and it's been a dream come true - though at first I thought he was kinda of an insecure goober, he's now MY goober and I love him so much it's crazy. I won't keep going on about him, you can read the earlier posts where I'm sure I either bore you or want to make you barf, but there it is.
I signed up at Lifetime Fitness, the HUGE warehouse-like gym in Columbia that is only 1 mile from where I work. John and I signed up together to help beat off some of the holiday packing on of pounds. I really like it - rock climbing wall, every machine on the planet they've thought of for excercise, so many classes from martial arts to ballroom dancing, 24-7 access, eucylptus steam rooms, sauna, two indoor pools and one outdoor pool, and Pilates and yoga rooms separate from the excercise rooms. AWESOME. Oh, and they have a health cafe with REALLY good food, and a yuppified overpriced salon! :)
Basically, life has never been better, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I'm very content and happy, and perhaps may get even happier if John and I get the chance to get a place together sometime in 2009. I have never felt so secure, so content, so loved and so..at peace now that we're in each other's lives. He's everything I ever wanted, and so much more.