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You see, after eleven months, the Oklahoma office decided that they wanted to hire me full time which is were it got sticky. The Oklahoma office was non-union and the Indiana office was union. Thus, they couldn't hire me to live and work in a Union state for a non-union ...whatever...you get the drift.
Well, imagine my surprise when the call was about a job! Yes, there was an offer on the table. How flattering, how tempting. Back to the pj's and the perks of working at home, if I chose to go back down that path. I didn't even need 2 seconds to think about it. The answer was no. No, thank you. I didn't ask a single question, knowing the approximate pay range and benefits I don't think they can pay me enough to go back home again.
My current job is stressful and challenging and rewarding. I will admit to second guessing my decision nearly every day, though I do know that I made the right decision. My career path has taken a very different turn from what I thought, but I'm loving every minute of it-ok, I'm really loving the majority of minutes of it. But that's more realistic anyway, n'est pas?
I really need to find some holiday spirit, but I'm afraid it's not going to happen this year. All I can think about is how much work it's going to be to take it all back down in just a few weeks. bah.
Anyhow, she called me about a week or two ago and we planned this little trip to the mall. I hadn't seen her in about a year and a half and we now live about 2 hours away from each other so it was good to get together again. We have one of those cloaked rivalry friendships, so I took pains getting ready to go today. I wore an oufit that was casual, but still very eyecatching and I took pains to create the studiously "undone" look of my hair and makeup today. I shined and polished my jewelry and off we went.
We really had a great time shopping together, for a while in pairs then the girls met up with us again and we group shopped. She bought way more, but I purchased better, so another success. Everyone was pretty happy with their purchases, and I even got a little Christmas shopping done. I was also gratified to see that she is still a full size larger than me. Am I a bitch, or what. Oh well, a little competition never hurt anyone.
I will say, that after 9 hours of shopping in 3 inch skinny-heeled boots, I am ready to do the rest of my shopping online.
Sometimes just the thought of a particular Lucy episode can make me laugh wholeheartedly, even if I'm alone, which tends to make me look slightly off center. No matter. It makes me happy. This evening I was remembering the "Vitaminavegemin" episode.
I wish I could get my hands on that happy juice named vitaminavegemin. I hate taking vitamins and rarely do it. I'm a pretty good pill taker in general which is part of what baffles me so much about my aversion to vitamins. It must have started somewhere in my pregnancy. If you're experiencing any morning sickness at all, I don't see how you can even think about taking them and keeping them down. Those horrid prenatals are about the same size as a human finger (ok, maybe not that big) and just as hard to choke down. Well, I took maybe one and gave up. Luckily, Miss Boo wasn't affected my the lack of powdery minerals. I was fortunate to have mostly healthy cravings.
I do see the value of taking a small supplement at this stage of the game. I'm (gasp!) not getting any younger, and I realize I could use a little nutritional supplementation. The only problem is that even normal women's vitamins are huge and they instruct you to drink plenty of water with them. It helps with the rapid digestion, don'tcha know.
That's another thing. I drink water all day long. I'd say I drink nearly 4-5 bottles of water throughout the day but for some reason I can't drink a whole glass of water to chase a stinkin' vitamin. The thought makes me nauseous.
What I've been trying to do is take my vitamin with my lunch. A stomach full of food and plenty of liquids seem to make the vitamin go down without a fuss. The only problem is that I forgot to take my vitamin at lunch today. You see, I just bought these and have only been on them for less than a week which means that it's not yet a habit. They say you have to do something 7 days in a row for it to become habit. So here I am, on a Friday night and I found a perfect solution for vitamin taking.
Potato chips and beer. Food in the stomach and liquid to break down the vitamins. Why didn't I think of this at the beginning of the week??
One of the major things that attracted the hubby was the fireplace. He'd never lived in a home with a fireplace and was excited over the prospect of a roaring fire on a cold winter evening. Because of the timing we weren't able to have the fireplace checked until recently. You probably know where this is going: the flue handle is broken and it looks as if there may be some exposed insulation in the chimney. I really don't know what it's going to take monitarily to fix this, but it looks as if there may not be any cozy fires yet this winter. Poor hubby.