One Door Closes / Plan B in Gear / Val's House Finally Gone!
After a weekend on pins and needles, I found out last night that I didn't get the job I interviewed for back on Friday. They decided to go with a candidate who had been a previous intern of theirs from almost a decade ago. Who can compete with that? During the weekend, however, I slowly awoke to a gut feeling that I didn't really want the job anyway. More specifically, it's not the kind of job I need right now. It would have been $16/hour but only for 20 hours a week with no benefits of any kind. I had already gone in knowing in the back of my mind that I was only going to keep this job (Had I gotten it) for a short time before leaving it anyway, but during the interview I realized they're looking for someone willing to commit years worth of time and dedication. With my life-goals the way they are at this moment, that just isn't the job I want or need. So when I got the call that I wasn't picked, I was okay. Calm. Pleased. Relieved. Excited.
Plan B -- As if getting that job was Plan A -- is to follow in my brother's footsteps and get a simple, low-demand full-time job locally at a Lowe's Home Improvement warehouse store. Not exactly the kind of job I expected to ever have to take since I'm a college educated artist, that's kind of what it's like for most everyone right now. Most importantly, however, it'll be simply a day job. The kind of stable, steady, mindless work that will allow me to use my free time to pursue my career. This will be the job that allows me to move out the fastest and finally be free. I'll have health insurance and benefits for the first time in six years. It'll be a job where I'll be allowed to make my own schedule and, most importantly, when I leave, I'll be able to actually leave work. Some jobs I've had, you stress about work when you're at home because unfinished work will be waiting for you. Lowe's will be stress-free and even probably good for me as the majority of the work will involve heavy lifting and I could use the workouts. It's going to be nice. I'm looking forward to it.
In other news, I noticed I forgot to mention that the house my sister, Val, and her ex, Franko, shared for several years before their breakup has finally been sold and they've finally handed the keys off to the new owners a couple weeks ago. It's finally over! Ever since their breakup, that house has been a thorn in their sides. And as the economy tanked, it's been even more of a problem. But they were finally able to find a buyer and after six months of haggling and bank nonsense, things finally clicked and it's all over. Ryan and I drove by the place the other day to see if the new owners had moved in and if there was work being done to the house, and sure enough, they were there. They already had new curtains up and the place looked slightly different. It's strange knowing that place is no longer accessible. So now it looks like the one and only thing Val and Franko are still dealing with together is Val's car, which Franko bought for Val years ago as a gift but still owns the title to. Franko wants money in exchange for the title, so this will keep being an issue between them, but at least the elephant in the room, the house, is a done deal. Hopefully the bank doesn't continue coming after them to make up the difference in the depreciation in the house's value over the last couple years...
Plan B -- As if getting that job was Plan A -- is to follow in my brother's footsteps and get a simple, low-demand full-time job locally at a Lowe's Home Improvement warehouse store. Not exactly the kind of job I expected to ever have to take since I'm a college educated artist, that's kind of what it's like for most everyone right now. Most importantly, however, it'll be simply a day job. The kind of stable, steady, mindless work that will allow me to use my free time to pursue my career. This will be the job that allows me to move out the fastest and finally be free. I'll have health insurance and benefits for the first time in six years. It'll be a job where I'll be allowed to make my own schedule and, most importantly, when I leave, I'll be able to actually leave work. Some jobs I've had, you stress about work when you're at home because unfinished work will be waiting for you. Lowe's will be stress-free and even probably good for me as the majority of the work will involve heavy lifting and I could use the workouts. It's going to be nice. I'm looking forward to it.
In other news, I noticed I forgot to mention that the house my sister, Val, and her ex, Franko, shared for several years before their breakup has finally been sold and they've finally handed the keys off to the new owners a couple weeks ago. It's finally over! Ever since their breakup, that house has been a thorn in their sides. And as the economy tanked, it's been even more of a problem. But they were finally able to find a buyer and after six months of haggling and bank nonsense, things finally clicked and it's all over. Ryan and I drove by the place the other day to see if the new owners had moved in and if there was work being done to the house, and sure enough, they were there. They already had new curtains up and the place looked slightly different. It's strange knowing that place is no longer accessible. So now it looks like the one and only thing Val and Franko are still dealing with together is Val's car, which Franko bought for Val years ago as a gift but still owns the title to. Franko wants money in exchange for the title, so this will keep being an issue between them, but at least the elephant in the room, the house, is a done deal. Hopefully the bank doesn't continue coming after them to make up the difference in the depreciation in the house's value over the last couple years...