Giving Thanks for the Craziness of it All
Wow. I can't believe I haven't posted in my blog since August. Even my cats have been more regular bloggers than me! LOL Why haven't I written? Simple. I'm too exhausted at the end of the day, but in a good way.
Both of my jobs are going fantastically. At the library, I got promoted to Adult Services Librarian with a bunch more responsibilities and a hefty pay raise. Plus, I try to work at least 25 hours a week there now if I can. I really enjoy the job and I love the people I'm working with. I even have a boss who is the greatest one I've ever had. I'll put it to you this way. My car was hit the other week while it was at the dealership. I had been depressed and upset about the whole thing. My boss actually called me up the next day just to make sure I was doing ok. What kind of boss does that? Man I'm lucky. Then again, maybe the powers that be are giving me some karmatic respite after the horrible bitch boss I had at my last full-time job.
The teaching is going fantastic as well. I am thoroughly enjoying it. My students seem to like me. And I just had a fantastic evaluation from the department (I got half "meets expectations" and half "exceeds expectations). Whoohoo! They have asked me to teach two classes in the spring so I'm totally psyched.
I think that if I had taken on any other type of job with different bosses, my depression would've really gotten in the way. For these past few months, I've gotten positive feedback, support, and pure enjoyment out of both of my jobs. How many people can say that about one job, nonetheless two? Yes, I still have bouts of sadness and I still get tired way too easily, but I haven't had an episode since I've started working (*knocks on wood*). This was a big step for me and I'm glad I took it.
Of course I can't just let things be. I have to add in the strain and stress of buying a house. Darren and I decided...ok, well it was really me who decided but he didn't disagree...it was time to look for a townhouse or condo for us. We're tired of where we live as the quality of the new tenants coming in has been going way down hill the past couple of years. Also, I'm sick of putting $1,200 a month in rent that goes to absolutely nothing. I want to use this money to get us a place of our own. Something that we can build equity in.
We've been looking in Sussex county, up in the mountains near the ski resorts. It will be a bit of a commute for the two of us but it's a lot cheaper to live up there and we can get more for our money. We actually just put an offer down on a townhouse, to which we received a counter-offer, to which we put in a counter-counter-offer. We really love the place but we can't afford to go much higher than our original offer. Since it's the holiday weekend, I'm not expecting to hear anything back until next week so I'm a nervous wreck.
The really sucky part about all of this is moving. I HATE moving. This will be my ninth official move in 16 years (I moved around like every year for the first few years). We're going to hire movers and such because I'm just too damn old to do it myself, and too out of shape. I just hope whatever place we do buy will be our home for quite some time.
Both of my jobs are going fantastically. At the library, I got promoted to Adult Services Librarian with a bunch more responsibilities and a hefty pay raise. Plus, I try to work at least 25 hours a week there now if I can. I really enjoy the job and I love the people I'm working with. I even have a boss who is the greatest one I've ever had. I'll put it to you this way. My car was hit the other week while it was at the dealership. I had been depressed and upset about the whole thing. My boss actually called me up the next day just to make sure I was doing ok. What kind of boss does that? Man I'm lucky. Then again, maybe the powers that be are giving me some karmatic respite after the horrible bitch boss I had at my last full-time job.
The teaching is going fantastic as well. I am thoroughly enjoying it. My students seem to like me. And I just had a fantastic evaluation from the department (I got half "meets expectations" and half "exceeds expectations). Whoohoo! They have asked me to teach two classes in the spring so I'm totally psyched.
I think that if I had taken on any other type of job with different bosses, my depression would've really gotten in the way. For these past few months, I've gotten positive feedback, support, and pure enjoyment out of both of my jobs. How many people can say that about one job, nonetheless two? Yes, I still have bouts of sadness and I still get tired way too easily, but I haven't had an episode since I've started working (*knocks on wood*). This was a big step for me and I'm glad I took it.
Of course I can't just let things be. I have to add in the strain and stress of buying a house. Darren and I decided...ok, well it was really me who decided but he didn't disagree...it was time to look for a townhouse or condo for us. We're tired of where we live as the quality of the new tenants coming in has been going way down hill the past couple of years. Also, I'm sick of putting $1,200 a month in rent that goes to absolutely nothing. I want to use this money to get us a place of our own. Something that we can build equity in.
We've been looking in Sussex county, up in the mountains near the ski resorts. It will be a bit of a commute for the two of us but it's a lot cheaper to live up there and we can get more for our money. We actually just put an offer down on a townhouse, to which we received a counter-offer, to which we put in a counter-counter-offer. We really love the place but we can't afford to go much higher than our original offer. Since it's the holiday weekend, I'm not expecting to hear anything back until next week so I'm a nervous wreck.
The really sucky part about all of this is moving. I HATE moving. This will be my ninth official move in 16 years (I moved around like every year for the first few years). We're going to hire movers and such because I'm just too damn old to do it myself, and too out of shape. I just hope whatever place we do buy will be our home for quite some time.
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