change is coming
ok, so i'm starting to feel better about all of this change. partly because i'm starting to get excited about new possibilities, and partly because i have no control over some things. for instance, today our landlord let us know that he was showing some people the apartment tomorrow. so yeah, sadly my time on magnolia ave is limited.
i need to back up a little bit and update the roommate situation. ang: moving back home. em: still not sure. jord: moving in with lizzie. me: most likely finding a roommate or studio place
i've looked at studios on craigslist and i think i might be able to afford something close to what i'm doing now. i also looked at people looking for roommates on craigslist and they actually seemed normal. i mean, how normal can you seem in a little blurb, but whatever, i feel better about that possibility.
also, my boss from new york was in town this week to check on the showroom and stuff. long story short, i asked him for a raise, which is a really ballsy thing to do during a recession and he basically told me that's a possibility if i move to sales and i could work on commission. i said yes immediately because i'd like to make more money, but then i started to worry. i just spent the last 4 years studying to be a designer, and now i'm doing sales? i'll still get to design, but my focus will be sales. i know it'll be really good for my resume and i'm just starting my career and i have PLENTY of time to get my dream job, so i realize i need to calm down and be glad that i even HAVE a job right now.
again with the change. why is all of this happening so fast?!
so on top of all this stress, i'm still trying to study for LEED. i take the exam this saturday night and i SWEAR TO YOU that my brain is full. it has seriously reached capacity. as lorelai would say "it's shea stadium when the beatles played. girls are screaming and i'm pretty sure paul is fighting with ringo." but in all seriousness, no more LEED information can fit into my head. i've learned all i'm going to learn. so we'll see what happens. que sera, right?
ok, real quick, back to the job thing. part of the reason i think i should stay at my job right now is the minute possibility of a job in italy. we represent all italian furniture lines and our main kitchen line has a single factory in northern italy, so i guess there is a possibility of a job opportunity, but i'm pretty sure it's small. i actually asked my manager if anyone has gotten a job over there. she said the old manager wanted to get a job somewhere with the company in italy, he even started learning italian, but it never worked out. i guess they have a high turnover rate for some reason. but how awesome would that be to move to italy! or any foreign country for that matter. i would love to have that opportunity. it's definitely a dream of mine.
so that's how far my life has progressed from last week. man, it's been a long week. from the boss being in town and studying and having an event tuesday night and all this crappy weather(i swear, it's been cold and rainy all week! i'm convinced we went back in time and it's march again. this is not june weather!) and the housing stuff, i am spent! i took a 2 1/2 hour nap this afternoon(after i got home from work around 6:00) so i'm probably going to be up for a while. studying? probably not. watching videos on youtube? most likely..
i need to back up a little bit and update the roommate situation. ang: moving back home. em: still not sure. jord: moving in with lizzie. me: most likely finding a roommate or studio place
i've looked at studios on craigslist and i think i might be able to afford something close to what i'm doing now. i also looked at people looking for roommates on craigslist and they actually seemed normal. i mean, how normal can you seem in a little blurb, but whatever, i feel better about that possibility.
also, my boss from new york was in town this week to check on the showroom and stuff. long story short, i asked him for a raise, which is a really ballsy thing to do during a recession and he basically told me that's a possibility if i move to sales and i could work on commission. i said yes immediately because i'd like to make more money, but then i started to worry. i just spent the last 4 years studying to be a designer, and now i'm doing sales? i'll still get to design, but my focus will be sales. i know it'll be really good for my resume and i'm just starting my career and i have PLENTY of time to get my dream job, so i realize i need to calm down and be glad that i even HAVE a job right now.
again with the change. why is all of this happening so fast?!
so on top of all this stress, i'm still trying to study for LEED. i take the exam this saturday night and i SWEAR TO YOU that my brain is full. it has seriously reached capacity. as lorelai would say "it's shea stadium when the beatles played. girls are screaming and i'm pretty sure paul is fighting with ringo." but in all seriousness, no more LEED information can fit into my head. i've learned all i'm going to learn. so we'll see what happens. que sera, right?
ok, real quick, back to the job thing. part of the reason i think i should stay at my job right now is the minute possibility of a job in italy. we represent all italian furniture lines and our main kitchen line has a single factory in northern italy, so i guess there is a possibility of a job opportunity, but i'm pretty sure it's small. i actually asked my manager if anyone has gotten a job over there. she said the old manager wanted to get a job somewhere with the company in italy, he even started learning italian, but it never worked out. i guess they have a high turnover rate for some reason. but how awesome would that be to move to italy! or any foreign country for that matter. i would love to have that opportunity. it's definitely a dream of mine.
so that's how far my life has progressed from last week. man, it's been a long week. from the boss being in town and studying and having an event tuesday night and all this crappy weather(i swear, it's been cold and rainy all week! i'm convinced we went back in time and it's march again. this is not june weather!) and the housing stuff, i am spent! i took a 2 1/2 hour nap this afternoon(after i got home from work around 6:00) so i'm probably going to be up for a while. studying? probably not. watching videos on youtube? most likely..