hello LJ
sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry.
sorry.
i'm the type that kind of has to do everything in order. so if i miss an episode or an entry, i won't post until i complete the first one. in order. so i guess as life went on, and the posts stopped, i had tons of stuff i felt like i was supposed to post. it kind of got overwhelming because it felt like there was so much to do. so...that's my excuse. sorry i dropped off even though i was the one who kept buggin ppl to post or come back to LJ.
i've stopped taking pictures for every event, maybe something changed? maybe it got old. i do miss LJ tho. i still have tons of pix in my camera that i haven't even dled into my laptop nor uploaded into photobucket. and...i really don't feel like doing it right now. in due time...
december and january was a much needed break. i quit my jobby jobby and pretty much just went snowboarding all the time. hung out, slept, ate and did what ever i wanted whenever i wanted. oh and lots of unnecessary shopping. a couple nights i tried pulling all nighters and then staying up all day the next day as long as possible. my logic was that it would somehow re-set my sleeping schedule. i was up till 6 in the morning sometimes, and then sleeping till 4 in the afternoon. so i figured i might as well stay up all night, stay up all day, and then by 9 pm or so i'd be pooped and go to sleep till 9 in the morning. and voila! sleeping schedule re-set. didn't really work tho. i kept procrastinating with getting myself ready for my new job and new routine. the weekend before i was to start my new job i was still staying up till 6 in the morning. now my schedule is wake up 6:30am, leave home by 7:15am, be at work by 8:15am, work till 6:30pm, get home by 7:30pm, eat dinner, sleep by 11:00pm and repeat. kinda just jumped right into it without any probs. it's been a month now, since i've been on this work schedule. so far so good.
i got a corporate job. full suit everyday.who woulda thunk huh? kinda always wrote it off in my head that i'd never get a corporate job bc of my record. so i never let myself want one. but now i have one. it really is all about who you know. i kinda feel like i have a real job now. i mean, i have to follow the corporate guidelines and structure, i have 401k w/ a match, medical, dental, vision, tuition re-imbursement, flex spending, 3.5 wks paid time off, holidays, options for life insurance and a whole bunch of other goodies. i've got a parking permit for my car, an ID badge, and a datawatch key card to get me in and out of the building as i please. and not to discount my previous job. it's just that, i guess this is a job that i'm actually proud of i guess. i'm a recruiter / consultant now. well, technically just a recruiter. but it's not your ordinary IT recruiting or human resources. it's for this specific niche, just contracts / procurement professionals. very small pool of candidates, much harder to source for new candidates, but still potential to make a ton of guap.
so saks had this 50% off sale for like a good 2 months or more. i think it started around black friday / end of thanksgiving. my old boss actually bought me a suit and a couple shirts as a going away present. he's prolly the best boss i'll ever have. after that, it kind of snowballed. i kept going back on my own and purchasing more suits, shirts, ties, and a pair of shoes. my reasoning = work clothes. i needed suits for my new job right? somehow i managed to spend over 2 large, even with the 50% discount. and now, i'm really paying for it. but this is one of the things that keeps me motivated. knowing i have a bill to pay off. or a financial goal to obtain. i still keep in touch w/ my boss. try and see him every 2 weeks or so. we still talk about once a week. i still try and help him when i can. he misses me a lot and wants me to come back, i feel bad, but i can't. i'm done over there. best of luck to him.
the monster is still growing, he's talking a lot more now. jen, alex, mom and everyone else is pretty much the same. actually saw my twin half sisters recently. they just turned 16. wth??? i thought they were still like 14 or 15 at most or something. they're getting so big...time really does fly. my dad still tries to call me every once in a while and keep in contact. kinda feels like he has a feeling that before we both know it, it'll be too late. so he's trying to have a relationship now. i've been going w/ the flow and meeting up when he asks, but haven't been giving more effort than that. i should start doing the same, and make as much effort as he does and try to spend more time w/ him. his wife is still a nut. haven't seen her in a long time. feels like a whole other lifetime where i used to visit him at his house. back then it was just him, his wife, and me spending the night sometimes over the weekend. then the twins were born. i remember spending lots of time w/ them too, then it jumps in multiples of 5 years, and now here we are.
i'm tired all the time now, mostly because work is so draining. thinking about moving closer to work, which will start a whole other chapter of my life. su won't be as close anymore, i'll see her much less, then she has to decide where to go to grad school, and then i may see her even less again. things have really changed within the past 6 months. a couple of my friends that i used to go out w/ every weekend are out of commission. so since i've started my new job, i haven't really been going out. almost at all. really hoping i stay focused, stay on the grind, knock this year out and get back on the path of financial stability and be on my way to my long term goals. whatever they are. i think i should start setting goals and milestones for myself. to keep myself in check. because ever since i learned that procrastinating won't kill you, i've started to put everything off just because i could. sort of in a power trip kinda way.
there's tons of other stuff to write about, update you guys on, pictures to post, entries to log in order. but not tonight. just wanted to post an entry and get the ball rolling. let you guys know i'm still alive and that i'm doing well. hope all of you are well, or doing better than when i left off. that's another thing....i have to catch up on all of your journals. ughhhhhhhhhh................jk, i don't mean it like that. i want to know what's going on w/ you guys. but again, if i'm going to read it, i have to read it all. and in order. and if it's going to be one person's journal i catch up on, it has to be all of yours.
sorry, no pictures this post. i'll post those old pictures eventually.
sorry.
i'm the type that kind of has to do everything in order. so if i miss an episode or an entry, i won't post until i complete the first one. in order. so i guess as life went on, and the posts stopped, i had tons of stuff i felt like i was supposed to post. it kind of got overwhelming because it felt like there was so much to do. so...that's my excuse. sorry i dropped off even though i was the one who kept buggin ppl to post or come back to LJ.
i've stopped taking pictures for every event, maybe something changed? maybe it got old. i do miss LJ tho. i still have tons of pix in my camera that i haven't even dled into my laptop nor uploaded into photobucket. and...i really don't feel like doing it right now. in due time...
december and january was a much needed break. i quit my jobby jobby and pretty much just went snowboarding all the time. hung out, slept, ate and did what ever i wanted whenever i wanted. oh and lots of unnecessary shopping. a couple nights i tried pulling all nighters and then staying up all day the next day as long as possible. my logic was that it would somehow re-set my sleeping schedule. i was up till 6 in the morning sometimes, and then sleeping till 4 in the afternoon. so i figured i might as well stay up all night, stay up all day, and then by 9 pm or so i'd be pooped and go to sleep till 9 in the morning. and voila! sleeping schedule re-set. didn't really work tho. i kept procrastinating with getting myself ready for my new job and new routine. the weekend before i was to start my new job i was still staying up till 6 in the morning. now my schedule is wake up 6:30am, leave home by 7:15am, be at work by 8:15am, work till 6:30pm, get home by 7:30pm, eat dinner, sleep by 11:00pm and repeat. kinda just jumped right into it without any probs. it's been a month now, since i've been on this work schedule. so far so good.
i got a corporate job. full suit everyday.who woulda thunk huh? kinda always wrote it off in my head that i'd never get a corporate job bc of my record. so i never let myself want one. but now i have one. it really is all about who you know. i kinda feel like i have a real job now. i mean, i have to follow the corporate guidelines and structure, i have 401k w/ a match, medical, dental, vision, tuition re-imbursement, flex spending, 3.5 wks paid time off, holidays, options for life insurance and a whole bunch of other goodies. i've got a parking permit for my car, an ID badge, and a datawatch key card to get me in and out of the building as i please. and not to discount my previous job. it's just that, i guess this is a job that i'm actually proud of i guess. i'm a recruiter / consultant now. well, technically just a recruiter. but it's not your ordinary IT recruiting or human resources. it's for this specific niche, just contracts / procurement professionals. very small pool of candidates, much harder to source for new candidates, but still potential to make a ton of guap.
so saks had this 50% off sale for like a good 2 months or more. i think it started around black friday / end of thanksgiving. my old boss actually bought me a suit and a couple shirts as a going away present. he's prolly the best boss i'll ever have. after that, it kind of snowballed. i kept going back on my own and purchasing more suits, shirts, ties, and a pair of shoes. my reasoning = work clothes. i needed suits for my new job right? somehow i managed to spend over 2 large, even with the 50% discount. and now, i'm really paying for it. but this is one of the things that keeps me motivated. knowing i have a bill to pay off. or a financial goal to obtain. i still keep in touch w/ my boss. try and see him every 2 weeks or so. we still talk about once a week. i still try and help him when i can. he misses me a lot and wants me to come back, i feel bad, but i can't. i'm done over there. best of luck to him.
the monster is still growing, he's talking a lot more now. jen, alex, mom and everyone else is pretty much the same. actually saw my twin half sisters recently. they just turned 16. wth??? i thought they were still like 14 or 15 at most or something. they're getting so big...time really does fly. my dad still tries to call me every once in a while and keep in contact. kinda feels like he has a feeling that before we both know it, it'll be too late. so he's trying to have a relationship now. i've been going w/ the flow and meeting up when he asks, but haven't been giving more effort than that. i should start doing the same, and make as much effort as he does and try to spend more time w/ him. his wife is still a nut. haven't seen her in a long time. feels like a whole other lifetime where i used to visit him at his house. back then it was just him, his wife, and me spending the night sometimes over the weekend. then the twins were born. i remember spending lots of time w/ them too, then it jumps in multiples of 5 years, and now here we are.
i'm tired all the time now, mostly because work is so draining. thinking about moving closer to work, which will start a whole other chapter of my life. su won't be as close anymore, i'll see her much less, then she has to decide where to go to grad school, and then i may see her even less again. things have really changed within the past 6 months. a couple of my friends that i used to go out w/ every weekend are out of commission. so since i've started my new job, i haven't really been going out. almost at all. really hoping i stay focused, stay on the grind, knock this year out and get back on the path of financial stability and be on my way to my long term goals. whatever they are. i think i should start setting goals and milestones for myself. to keep myself in check. because ever since i learned that procrastinating won't kill you, i've started to put everything off just because i could. sort of in a power trip kinda way.
there's tons of other stuff to write about, update you guys on, pictures to post, entries to log in order. but not tonight. just wanted to post an entry and get the ball rolling. let you guys know i'm still alive and that i'm doing well. hope all of you are well, or doing better than when i left off. that's another thing....i have to catch up on all of your journals. ughhhhhhhhhh................jk, i don't mean it like that. i want to know what's going on w/ you guys. but again, if i'm going to read it, i have to read it all. and in order. and if it's going to be one person's journal i catch up on, it has to be all of yours.
sorry, no pictures this post. i'll post those old pictures eventually.