• I wonder if I’ll ever be able to write a real post again. You know, something with content and detail and maybe even a plot.
• I have two proofreading assignments right now, both due within 2 days of each other. Yikes. That’s a lot.
• I got two new tires this morning at Les Schwab. The guy even ran out to greet me at my car, just like in the commercials. They’re awesome.
• I finished the first newsletter for Zonta of Everett, but I made a few boo-boos. Now I have to gain access to a certain laptop again at some point for revisions. I’d do it on my computer here, or any other PC, but I had to change a bunch of stuff so I could work on it on a Mac laptop, and now it’s all hopelessly screwed up for PC work. Macs are AWESOME.
• I can’t express in words exactly how badly I want my own laptop with the Adobe Creative Suite on it. I don’t need much. Just Adobe, and wireless internet, and Word. That’s it. But I have to wait until the crazy discounts Day After Thanksgiving. Boo.
• This computer is being twitchy and annoying today. Or maybe it’s just Facebook that’s doing that.
• My To-Do list for work is getting out of hand.

• The construction workers building the new Italian restaurant next door are insane. They yell and scream and sound like pirates.
• Facebook is eating my life. Mousehunt has taken hold of my soul. It’s not pretty.
• My job still makes my brain hurt. Which is good. But it still hurts.

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My new job is awesome. Really hard and confusing and unclear and humbling, but still awesome.

I’m actually at work right now, so I can’t write much, but I wanted to check in and let y’all know that I’m surviving.

I am The Marketing Department. I guess I need to learn about marketing now. Right now my priorities are to create a marketing plan, to get hooked up in various social networking avenues, (re)design a promotional postcard, and find ways to tap into the LGBT market.

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Yay! Woo! Last day at this job! Yippeeee!

Sadly, the only thing I’m going to miss is my laptop. I’ve grown very attached to my sweet little laptop, with its wireless internet and Adobe Creative Suite and all my favorite setting just right.

But it’s a small price to pay to be out of here and moving on to something that might actually be fun and stimulating and challenging and interesting and not requiring a logo-embroidered polo shirt and name-tag.

Wheeeee!

So I guess I should give a little more detail about the new job, now that my brain has calmed down a little and I can actually think. It was nice for my entire head to be filled with cookie-scented, rainbow-colored happy faces, but it did make it hard to focus.

So, the saga.

I had the interview, and I thought it went really well, and it seemed like she was impressed by me. After meeting the owner, seeing the store, getting sniffed by her puppies, and hearing more about the job, I fearfully bantered about the term “dream job.” So much variety, and a store filled with goodies that I’d actually like to own if I could afford it, and a boss who seems friendly and laid back.

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Holy crap, I got the job!

I’m too excited and flibbertijibbety right now to really say anything worthwhile or coherent about it, except YAY!!!

I have found my purpose in life. It is to make buttons.

I’ve been using every spare moment lately to make button designs on Photoshop. Well, compiling ideas for buttons and then actually making the button designs. Next, when my circle-punch is ready to pick up, I can actually make the buttons. I can’t wait to see what they actually like under mylar with a little pin-back.

So far I’ve made about 80 button designs. And, if I may say so, I’m pretty darn good at this. And I’m having a ridiculous amount of fun.

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• I’m back on my crazy pills, and they seem to be doing their job. I guess technically they’re anti-crazy pills.
• My birthday was good, low-key. Learned how to play Mancala (which is fun and addictive), did some geocaching and shopping on Whidbey Island, and had a very good time. Coupeville has at least three very fun stores, and at least two very good restaurants.
• Had a second interview with the place that I was sure hated me after the first interview, which was basically a barrage of personality tests and “Answer fast!” questions. But I guess they did like me. Many problems with accepting the job, if they do offer it to me, but I’ll worry about that dilemma later.

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A couple months ago, I wrote this list of reasons why I hate my job, and a list of reasons why my job isn’t so bad. The Hate side won, but it’s worth posting to remind myself of the less craptastic aspects of being completely unemployable and stuck here for eternity.

What’s Bad About My Current Job?                                                                                   

• I have very little respect for my supervisor.
• My commute is driving me insane. It’s 1.5 hours on average, each way, and there’s no way to take a bus. It takes me an hour to get to my carpool buddy.
• I make far less money than I should, especially considering I have a master’s degree and loads of work experience.
• I absolutely hate hassling people to pay their bills.
• Exhibitors can be very rude, demanding, and stupid. Dealing with them makes me want to shoot myself in the face.
• My company is very rigid and inflexible in many ways.

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It’s not even Monday.

I’ve had a headache for two or three days now. I’ve lost count. I should eat something, but my only choices right now are a nasty Weight Watchers TV dinner or fast food. I’m sure there are other choices, like going to the grocery store and buying stuff to make a healthy lunch, or some crap like that, but those aren’t really options to me right now.

My job is really depressing me lately. I know that’s not really anything new, and I should stop complaining about it. I sent out some more applications this week, but I know I won’t hear back. I never do anymore.

It’s clear I’ll be here until the end of time. Which is very depressing, since I really don’t like anyone who works here anymore. Especially the new guy. He’s just way too in my face all the time. I can’t even sit here and cry, pretending I have allergies. And I can’t give him stuff to do, because I can’t trust him to do it even partially correctly. And I have to go sometime soon and talk to my manager about my review. I’m sure everyone said that I have no personality, that I obviously don’t care about my job, and that I don’t participate in things like holiday parties. All true.

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