A non-expiring pass on the "Life is Good!" bus
This entry may get a bit long, so feel free to pick and choose topics or just skim. But I wanted to post an update.
The commute to my half-time assignment gives me plenty of time to knit on my to-be Etsy/local garments, that project that is coming along in fits and starts. I had so much preliminary work to do, but now that I have two designs definitely created, things are going much faster. I got my own yarn dyes last week and the weather for the holiday on Wednesday looks like it will be perfect, weather-wise, to dye at least a couple of batches while over at evannichols' house. I will try to post pictures soon. I did redo my Etsy shop banner, though the shop itself is still empty. (here, in case you're curious)
I'm really enjoying my half-time assignment! My marketing colleagues are great, I'm using my brain, skill set, and love the environment there. So low stress, given the hours, expectations (which I'm so happy to blow out of the water), and I'm a temp on assignment for goodness' sake. The other staff I interact with seem to really like me, and it's win-win all around. I do have a very busy week this week with other job leads, including the half-time development assistant position at a downtown church (interview is this Friday morning) and a newer development. I applied for a customer service position with Airbnb and did that video interview I wrote about last week. I've been invited to a group preliminary interview this Thursday, which I'm definitely going to. The perks for this job are pretty fabulous, including this: This position has full benefits (medical/dental/vision) covered 100% for the employee and 70% for any dependents, that start the first of the month after your first day. In addition we offer some awesome perks. If you work here, then travel runs in your veins. Airbnb understands that, which is why each employee gets $2000 per year to travel anywhere in the world they want. We take advantage of it. Yee-ha! Like any job I've applied for, interviewed for multiple times, etc., I have no expectation of actually getting offered a position until it actually happens, but I will pursue these with the same enthusiasm and determination as I have since getting serious about job-hunting again. And in the meantime, I am working 20 hours a week and being compensated quite satisfactorily.
The short version: I am, as evannichols puts it, "in the reward phase" of my life. More than anyone else, I know keenly how much I've paid in recent years to get to this place, and my gratitude is bottomless. I love Evan all to crazy. He's equally smitten. I have a limited social life, but I really enjoy doing things with
snottygrrl,
sanguinity and grrlpup. My overall anxiety levels have dropped dramatically, I'm taking care of myself (I'll be upping my jogging route just a smidge to 4 miles from 3.5), my living situation is mostly quite wonderful and most of the time, I'm able to curb the part of my brain that frantically asks, "What am I going to have to pay for all of this wonderfulness??" That is when I remind myself that I've already paid. This is the reward.
So, yay. It feels pretty amazing to be able to post something like this.
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The commute to my half-time assignment gives me plenty of time to knit on my to-be Etsy/local garments, that project that is coming along in fits and starts. I had so much preliminary work to do, but now that I have two designs definitely created, things are going much faster. I got my own yarn dyes last week and the weather for the holiday on Wednesday looks like it will be perfect, weather-wise, to dye at least a couple of batches while over at evannichols' house. I will try to post pictures soon. I did redo my Etsy shop banner, though the shop itself is still empty. (here, in case you're curious)
I'm really enjoying my half-time assignment! My marketing colleagues are great, I'm using my brain, skill set, and love the environment there. So low stress, given the hours, expectations (which I'm so happy to blow out of the water), and I'm a temp on assignment for goodness' sake. The other staff I interact with seem to really like me, and it's win-win all around. I do have a very busy week this week with other job leads, including the half-time development assistant position at a downtown church (interview is this Friday morning) and a newer development. I applied for a customer service position with Airbnb and did that video interview I wrote about last week. I've been invited to a group preliminary interview this Thursday, which I'm definitely going to. The perks for this job are pretty fabulous, including this: This position has full benefits (medical/dental/vision) covered 100% for the employee and 70% for any dependents, that start the first of the month after your first day. In addition we offer some awesome perks. If you work here, then travel runs in your veins. Airbnb understands that, which is why each employee gets $2000 per year to travel anywhere in the world they want. We take advantage of it. Yee-ha! Like any job I've applied for, interviewed for multiple times, etc., I have no expectation of actually getting offered a position until it actually happens, but I will pursue these with the same enthusiasm and determination as I have since getting serious about job-hunting again. And in the meantime, I am working 20 hours a week and being compensated quite satisfactorily.
The short version: I am, as evannichols puts it, "in the reward phase" of my life. More than anyone else, I know keenly how much I've paid in recent years to get to this place, and my gratitude is bottomless. I love Evan all to crazy. He's equally smitten. I have a limited social life, but I really enjoy doing things with
snottygrrl,
sanguinity and grrlpup. My overall anxiety levels have dropped dramatically, I'm taking care of myself (I'll be upping my jogging route just a smidge to 4 miles from 3.5), my living situation is mostly quite wonderful and most of the time, I'm able to curb the part of my brain that frantically asks, "What am I going to have to pay for all of this wonderfulness??" That is when I remind myself that I've already paid. This is the reward.
So, yay. It feels pretty amazing to be able to post something like this.
This entry was originally posted at http://thrihyrne.dreamwidth.org/486605.html. Please comment there using OpenID.