Feels like it's been longer than three days
Found out today that work was expecting me back as of this Friday, which I wasn't expecting. I thought I had into next week but I guess I was looking at the calendar as full weeks and not just 5 work days x 6 weeks. Whatever. I'm taking a vacation day Friday so I can start back on Monday. Next week is a short week as Friday is Canada day so it'll be a bit easier to ease into things?
There's something percolating for another job, something I alluded to before my surgery but I didn't want to say anything to jinx it. I thought it would come to fruition or be close to it by now, once my recuperation was over, but there's been something come up with the company that's going to delay the position for three months, at a minimum, but I'm hoping the minimum part is just them hedging their bets.
The position was brought to me by A's boyfriend who works for his family company here in the city. They're expanding and looking at making a position to handle their social media, some website stuff, and advertising (from the sounds of it, I haven't seen a full position breakdown yet, although it's being worked on). A's boyfriend does most of that stuff right now himself but he also handles all the web programming and he's the corporate services director or something so he's got enough on his plate. Plus I know advertising, I know social media, I can do this. I CAN DO THIS. It's a family company but they have an outside advisor for that reason to keep them from mixing family and business and from the sounds of things they actually CARE about their employees.
So I'm keeping this in mind as I go forward. I was REALLY hoping I'd be able to walk into work my first day back and hand in my two week's notice but it's not going to happen that way. So I'll bide my time while keeping my eye on what else pops up. The job search has been on the back burner during my recuperation because a) I was recuperating and b) I got lazy and put my eggs in this other job's basket. C is looking out for me, as well, at the moment and A's boyfriend knows that if something else comes up I'm going to consider it but I think his job with his company is the best bet for me right now. It's smaller, it'll have an actual job description and it's something totally different than what I'm doing now but something TOTALLY in my wheelhouse.
I'm worried when I go back to work that things will have changed in six weeks. I know they will have because they were changing before I left. But I don't know if they've hired a new sales manager yet (they've been looking and striking out because the position SUCKS and no one wants it), we have a new union contract (see my earlier bitching about the change in our benefits plan and how much more expensive my meds are), and now that the publisher's assistant has taken over control of telemarketing and classifieds I have a feeling we're going to be clashing heads a lot more. The good thing is that right away when I go back I have my own sales project to work on that'll go out in August so I can shirk off on other things to concentrate on that instead. As long as I keep my head in my own stuff without too much interference from anyone in management I should be able to keep my wits about me.
Wishful thinking, right? Just... think good thoughts, would you?
I actually stopped taking my anti-anxiety meds for a while because while I've been off work I haven't needed them. Not the extra half pills and not the pill at all. I've been monitoring the edginess I've been feeling but it's been managable. I got a call yesterday from one of the sales reps who, I'm SURE, was trying to get info out of me that she shouldn't have had so I didn't call her back and instead texted O to give her a heads up because the info was something she could have gotten from someone else. And I got another call today from the publisher's assistant about my return day. I started thinking and worrying so right away I had to take a fucking pill. I hate that my first reaction when I think about my job is panic and pills. That's fucking bullshit.
At least I know that D will be happy that I'm back!
I procrastinated TERRIBLY on my submission for character20n20 yesterday (well, for the past 20 days, really) but I got them done and posted LITERALLY a minute before the deadline. I've GOT to get my shit together, LOL.
23 x Clary Fray from Shadowhunters icons for character20n20
See them all here at rockstar_pink.
In other news I finally finished the last handful of episodes of Damien. Once again I have to say that watching the episodes at once helped me enjoy the show MUCH more than I was from week to week. Also? SO disappointed it was cancelled! I didn't even know it was, I had to go on imdb to check out the episode order and wandered down to the boards where I found the info. Bradley James was SO hot in the show and by the end I was all, DAYUM. Also, is it superbadwrong of me to want Damien/Ann Rutledge fic? Like, super hot and dirty fic? I checked out AO3 but there's only TWO Damien/Ann fics and the highest rating is teen on one.
I downloaded seasons 1 and 2 of Last Week Tonight, as well, because I don't get HBO and really only started watching consistently halfway through season 2, I think. So I watched some of season 2 while 1 downloaded and now I've gone back to season 1 to watch. Since it's a topical show I don't have to worry about anything being out of order, although it's weird to hear what was newsworthy 1-1.5 years ago now.
I'm also going to take a stab at The Tunnel soon, once I saw that Clemence Posey's in it, and it's interesting and short (bless UK programming for their short seasons, even though I curse them at the same time). I have both seasons ready to go; I think I'll start it once I'm done with LWT.
There's something percolating for another job, something I alluded to before my surgery but I didn't want to say anything to jinx it. I thought it would come to fruition or be close to it by now, once my recuperation was over, but there's been something come up with the company that's going to delay the position for three months, at a minimum, but I'm hoping the minimum part is just them hedging their bets.
The position was brought to me by A's boyfriend who works for his family company here in the city. They're expanding and looking at making a position to handle their social media, some website stuff, and advertising (from the sounds of it, I haven't seen a full position breakdown yet, although it's being worked on). A's boyfriend does most of that stuff right now himself but he also handles all the web programming and he's the corporate services director or something so he's got enough on his plate. Plus I know advertising, I know social media, I can do this. I CAN DO THIS. It's a family company but they have an outside advisor for that reason to keep them from mixing family and business and from the sounds of things they actually CARE about their employees.
So I'm keeping this in mind as I go forward. I was REALLY hoping I'd be able to walk into work my first day back and hand in my two week's notice but it's not going to happen that way. So I'll bide my time while keeping my eye on what else pops up. The job search has been on the back burner during my recuperation because a) I was recuperating and b) I got lazy and put my eggs in this other job's basket. C is looking out for me, as well, at the moment and A's boyfriend knows that if something else comes up I'm going to consider it but I think his job with his company is the best bet for me right now. It's smaller, it'll have an actual job description and it's something totally different than what I'm doing now but something TOTALLY in my wheelhouse.
I'm worried when I go back to work that things will have changed in six weeks. I know they will have because they were changing before I left. But I don't know if they've hired a new sales manager yet (they've been looking and striking out because the position SUCKS and no one wants it), we have a new union contract (see my earlier bitching about the change in our benefits plan and how much more expensive my meds are), and now that the publisher's assistant has taken over control of telemarketing and classifieds I have a feeling we're going to be clashing heads a lot more. The good thing is that right away when I go back I have my own sales project to work on that'll go out in August so I can shirk off on other things to concentrate on that instead. As long as I keep my head in my own stuff without too much interference from anyone in management I should be able to keep my wits about me.
Wishful thinking, right? Just... think good thoughts, would you?
I actually stopped taking my anti-anxiety meds for a while because while I've been off work I haven't needed them. Not the extra half pills and not the pill at all. I've been monitoring the edginess I've been feeling but it's been managable. I got a call yesterday from one of the sales reps who, I'm SURE, was trying to get info out of me that she shouldn't have had so I didn't call her back and instead texted O to give her a heads up because the info was something she could have gotten from someone else. And I got another call today from the publisher's assistant about my return day. I started thinking and worrying so right away I had to take a fucking pill. I hate that my first reaction when I think about my job is panic and pills. That's fucking bullshit.
At least I know that D will be happy that I'm back!
I procrastinated TERRIBLY on my submission for character20n20 yesterday (well, for the past 20 days, really) but I got them done and posted LITERALLY a minute before the deadline. I've GOT to get my shit together, LOL.
23 x Clary Fray from Shadowhunters icons for character20n20
See them all here at rockstar_pink.
In other news I finally finished the last handful of episodes of Damien. Once again I have to say that watching the episodes at once helped me enjoy the show MUCH more than I was from week to week. Also? SO disappointed it was cancelled! I didn't even know it was, I had to go on imdb to check out the episode order and wandered down to the boards where I found the info. Bradley James was SO hot in the show and by the end I was all, DAYUM. Also, is it superbadwrong of me to want Damien/Ann Rutledge fic? Like, super hot and dirty fic? I checked out AO3 but there's only TWO Damien/Ann fics and the highest rating is teen on one.
I downloaded seasons 1 and 2 of Last Week Tonight, as well, because I don't get HBO and really only started watching consistently halfway through season 2, I think. So I watched some of season 2 while 1 downloaded and now I've gone back to season 1 to watch. Since it's a topical show I don't have to worry about anything being out of order, although it's weird to hear what was newsworthy 1-1.5 years ago now.
I'm also going to take a stab at The Tunnel soon, once I saw that Clemence Posey's in it, and it's interesting and short (bless UK programming for their short seasons, even though I curse them at the same time). I have both seasons ready to go; I think I'll start it once I'm done with LWT.