The hubby is out fixing someone's computer, the monster is napping and I...I'm refreshing Reddit and Babycenter looking for new posts. Not because I want to. I just can't think of anything I do want to do. There all sorts of things I should be doing or could be doing, but none of them are the least bit interesting at the moment. I even have a Starcraft mission open and alt-tabbed, but it all feels so meh.
I did hear back from that job again with a more definite start date - October 18, at the latest, "hopefully sooner." The whole situation has kind of soured the idea of working there, to be honest. If they can delay my start date by a month and a half because they "had a bad month," what will happen if they have a bad month after I start? Not schedule any hours for a month and a half and say they're "sensitive" to my situation? The woman hiring me has also been really hard to get in touch with to discuss anything. If she ever answers my last email, I am going to tell her that I understand sometimes things happen that are outside of our control and the needs of the business come first, but I was not planning on being out of work for this long. Please let me know when you have a definite start date, but I may have to start looking for something else in the mean time.
Or maybe I shouldn't say anything at all. Though I am planning on applying for a few other jobs as a safety net, the odds of anything starting sooner than the 18th are still slim, since it will take time to review resumes, schedule interviews, make offers, etc. At this point I don't owe anyone anything, so what's the harm in backing out on an offer if necessary? I may feel like a jerk, but it happens, and at least when I was in HR there were rarely any hard feelings.
Somebody just sighed over the baby monitor...back to the grind...
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Now I'm really unemployed
So my start date was delayed indefinitely. They have to wait until after their trade show in October to see if they can afford to hire me at all. So much for that job...now I get to spend my Friday trying to keep the monster distracted long enough for me to put together some cover letters and I have to use some of my savings to get some new slacks this weekend. Yuck.
Crafting? Ha. I *wish* I had the capital to buy some supplies and start cranking out some product, or at least some prototypes, while I have all this time at home, but I think buying wool interlock at $25/yard or silk ribbon at $30/roll would be a little irresponsible right now. I did manage to finish the back of a sweater I started for myself a few months ago and start the first front piece. It's stripey and sparkly and wonderful...maybe I'll have somewhere to wear it soon? Like a new job? Please?
Crafting? Ha. I *wish* I had the capital to buy some supplies and start cranking out some product, or at least some prototypes, while I have all this time at home, but I think buying wool interlock at $25/yard or silk ribbon at $30/roll would be a little irresponsible right now. I did manage to finish the back of a sweater I started for myself a few months ago and start the first front piece. It's stripey and sparkly and wonderful...maybe I'll have somewhere to wear it soon? Like a new job? Please?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Unemployed...
...well, mostly. This is the first time in almost ten years that I haven't had a full-time or even fully-part-time job. Technically I still have my piano gig, so I am a little bit employed, but that takes up about 5 hours per week. I also should have started my new part-time job yesterday, but the manager called last minute to delay my start date by "a few weeks," and hasn't called back with a new start date yet. Part of me is worried that the call back may be to tell me I won't have a start date at all, but the rest of me is so happy to be home with the monster all day.
I have not crafted a damn thing. My beautiful shopping list of supplies was set aside in favor of pinching every penny until I'm working again.
I have not crafted a damn thing. My beautiful shopping list of supplies was set aside in favor of pinching every penny until I'm working again.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
T-8 days
Holee sheet, I quit my job. I am now in my two week wait, so to speak. Leaving this job is turning out to be much sadder than I thought it would be, considering how much I was dreading going back. The last four years really have been awesome, and I'm going to seriously miss all my coworkers. I know once I'm done I'll be so happy at home, but this prolonged goodbye is draining me.
On the crafting front...this Friday I am getting my first paycheck in two months, plus a bonus!! Most of it is going to savings since our credit cards are all paid, but I do have a husband-approved shopping list of necessities to get my Etsy store going. I've been scouring Craigslist for a printer - finally, 8 years after moving out of my parents' house, I'll have a printer again! It's such a silly thing to be missing, but I'll no longer have the luxury of printing whatever I need at work, and if sales take off (please take off, please!) there will be invoices and miscellanea to print. Once I have more free time crafting will be srs bsns. I'm also planning on getting some silk ribbon, wool interlock, hemp/bamboo fleece...lots of fluffy goodies!
I'm also on the prowl for a new wrap. I would looooooove a fische...either black or the natural tussah silk, so I can dye them. I definitely need to practice dying my osnaburg wrap before throwing an expensive wrap in the dye pot, though. A Didy Agave or Robert would be lovely too, but it's all going to depend what's on the swap board once I get mah moneys.
Back to fluffy plans...Friday can't get here soon enough.
On the crafting front...this Friday I am getting my first paycheck in two months, plus a bonus!! Most of it is going to savings since our credit cards are all paid, but I do have a husband-approved shopping list of necessities to get my Etsy store going. I've been scouring Craigslist for a printer - finally, 8 years after moving out of my parents' house, I'll have a printer again! It's such a silly thing to be missing, but I'll no longer have the luxury of printing whatever I need at work, and if sales take off (please take off, please!) there will be invoices and miscellanea to print. Once I have more free time crafting will be srs bsns. I'm also planning on getting some silk ribbon, wool interlock, hemp/bamboo fleece...lots of fluffy goodies!
I'm also on the prowl for a new wrap. I would looooooove a fische...either black or the natural tussah silk, so I can dye them. I definitely need to practice dying my osnaburg wrap before throwing an expensive wrap in the dye pot, though. A Didy Agave or Robert would be lovely too, but it's all going to depend what's on the swap board once I get mah moneys.
Back to fluffy plans...Friday can't get here soon enough.
Friday, August 20, 2010
I GOT IT I GOT IT
OMG I GOT IT I GOT IT!!!~
By "it" I am referring to a fabulous part time job! My god, I am just over the moon. Arranging child care has been hell, as has not seeing the monster for 10+ hours each day. I'm just waiting one more week to give notice, then I'm out like a trout. The store owner was incredibly nice and accommodating - I can start work whenever I like, and they agreed to my 20-24 hours per week minimum. I get to teach moms about breastfeeding and sell them stuff and and and YAY!
Only my truest closest friends at work get to hear this news since I want to wait to give notice. I may be kind of a jerk, but there is a bonus next week and mama wants. I am on the fence of whether or not to even tell them I got another position already. Part of me thinks it may be wiser to exit gracefully, slip unnoticed out the back door, but I have made a lot of friends over the last four years.
By "it" I am referring to a fabulous part time job! My god, I am just over the moon. Arranging child care has been hell, as has not seeing the monster for 10+ hours each day. I'm just waiting one more week to give notice, then I'm out like a trout. The store owner was incredibly nice and accommodating - I can start work whenever I like, and they agreed to my 20-24 hours per week minimum. I get to teach moms about breastfeeding and sell them stuff and and and YAY!
Only my truest closest friends at work get to hear this news since I want to wait to give notice. I may be kind of a jerk, but there is a bonus next week and mama wants. I am on the fence of whether or not to even tell them I got another position already. Part of me thinks it may be wiser to exit gracefully, slip unnoticed out the back door, but I have made a lot of friends over the last four years.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The Grind
My second day back at work... /sadface
Well, it's not that bad. I was thinking about it this morning and, if I had to, I could suck it up and do this. I cried all the way to work yesterday, but once I was here and distracted it was bearable. No tears today, and I am even kind of enjoying seeing everyone and answering emails. It's just depressing to think that I only saw the monster for 2 hours total yesterday, half an hour in the morning before work and 2 hours after I got home before he fell asleep. The hubs has promised that it will only be for a month, even if my part time job falls through. I can do this. I can do this.
On the creative front, I finally finished that damn diaper. It came out freaking adorable, and I put it on the monster when he woke up this morning. The fit was a little funky, but it was cute. I need to re-draft my pattern so the rise is higher. I don't know how these one-size diapers are supposed to work on giants like my guy. There is no way this diaper or any of his BSRBs will fit until potty-training, unless he is a rockstar and quits diapers as soon as he can walk. If I have the energy I'll work on a new pattern tonight. I have a World of Warcraft shirt all picked out for version 2.0.
(Side note - More Milk Plus liquid is na-stee. I don't know why they even make a liquid form of it when there are pills that don't taste gross. Yuck.)
I also had another brainstorm - flowers! They seem to be everywhere, but I can't find ones like I have in my head. A long time ago a friend taught me how to hand sew roses from silk ribbon, and they would be perfect to sew on to headbands or hair clips. The ones I made were from hand dyed silk ribbon, which I looked up and is a little out of my price range. But! I like dying stuff, and I found 35 yard spools of white ribbon for around $30. I think my entire first paycheck is going into fabrics and ribbons and goodies. Well, plus a nice wrap for carrying monster...sort of a present to myself for not quitting right away.
(Other side note - must start tracking purchases for theoretical business. This could be quite the tax write-off.)
Okay, back to staring at my empty inbox.
Well, it's not that bad. I was thinking about it this morning and, if I had to, I could suck it up and do this. I cried all the way to work yesterday, but once I was here and distracted it was bearable. No tears today, and I am even kind of enjoying seeing everyone and answering emails. It's just depressing to think that I only saw the monster for 2 hours total yesterday, half an hour in the morning before work and 2 hours after I got home before he fell asleep. The hubs has promised that it will only be for a month, even if my part time job falls through. I can do this. I can do this.
On the creative front, I finally finished that damn diaper. It came out freaking adorable, and I put it on the monster when he woke up this morning. The fit was a little funky, but it was cute. I need to re-draft my pattern so the rise is higher. I don't know how these one-size diapers are supposed to work on giants like my guy. There is no way this diaper or any of his BSRBs will fit until potty-training, unless he is a rockstar and quits diapers as soon as he can walk. If I have the energy I'll work on a new pattern tonight. I have a World of Warcraft shirt all picked out for version 2.0.
(Side note - More Milk Plus liquid is na-stee. I don't know why they even make a liquid form of it when there are pills that don't taste gross. Yuck.)
I also had another brainstorm - flowers! They seem to be everywhere, but I can't find ones like I have in my head. A long time ago a friend taught me how to hand sew roses from silk ribbon, and they would be perfect to sew on to headbands or hair clips. The ones I made were from hand dyed silk ribbon, which I looked up and is a little out of my price range. But! I like dying stuff, and I found 35 yard spools of white ribbon for around $30. I think my entire first paycheck is going into fabrics and ribbons and goodies. Well, plus a nice wrap for carrying monster...sort of a present to myself for not quitting right away.
(Other side note - must start tracking purchases for theoretical business. This could be quite the tax write-off.)
Okay, back to staring at my empty inbox.
Friday, August 13, 2010
fail...
So...the doomed dipe is still 95% done. I have about 10 inches of topstitching left, and my machine is being a piece of poop. Thanks, Craigslist. I took it in to the local sewing repair shop, and the guy basically said any repairs would cost enough that I would be better off buying a new machine. Fffffuuuuuuu...
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