Blessings?

Ok, I know a good job is a great blessing. That's not in question. And today was my first day, so that's nothing to judge by. But I can promise that I was not cut out for this job. I'm going to have to be stretched mightily to fill the hole. I was good in training. I was comfortable. I was doing the work for real, and there was no pressure. Heck, my trainer is the owner's 16 year old daughter! Then I start for real. My first task was to set up my own computer. Well that took forever. Then I had to find all the websites we use, and try to keep track of a whole slew of new usernames and passwords. But some of them weren't working, so I had to speed train on a different task, because I can't do the ones I know and love. Then after I get thrown into something new, it's my turn to be on primary phone duty. Well I haven't got a clue about that. All I know how to do is ask someone to hold for a certified loan officer if they happen to ask the right question. And then I have to go find them a loan officer. I met most of them... but I can't expect to actually know their names for at least another 2 weeks. And besides that, what if someone asks me a question that isn't "I'm trying to lock my rate?" What do I do then? I have no answers. None. I don't know anything. If I did, I'd be happy to answer the phone. As it was, I avoided answering it at all costs. I answered twice. And I felt sick the entire time I was on duty. And before. And after. I was feeling better by the end of the day. But my brain was still a mess. Sometimes all I could do was stare at my computer screen even though I'd done this so many times already. I couldn't focus. I was so scared. And this was a Friday. I can't imagine what Monday is going to be like. It can't get far enough away.

I came home and my wonderful Stephen had cooked dinner. What a champion. Then we went to see a movie in the dollar theatre. And got ice cream. I have to admit that I've had far too much of that this week. It's been a long while since I've been this excited to sleep.

Blessings!

So this morning I woke as usual with no job. At 11am, I had an interview for the post office. The Provo one. Less than a mile from my apartment. They offered me a job right away (even though they asked me about Christmas, and I told them I would be gone for a week), and figure the soonest I can start after all the paperwork/drug test etc is done is August 27th. When I got home, I saw that my friend Kristy had called. She left a message asking if I could come to her work today to fill out a new employee packet so I can start a FULL TIME job on Monday. It is at Box Home Loans in Lindon. It's only temporary at the moment, but that might change. So for the time being, I'm going to let the post office know that I have a full time temporary job, and am only available on Saturdays, but I want to still do the postal thing in case the Box job ends sooner than later. Wow. Let me tell you how I applied to the Provo post office before I left St. George. That was 4 months ago. They are slow. So that's my story of the day.

Good week

This has been a good week for me. Tuesday our landlord came for a quarterly inspection, so everything was squeaky clean. Not that she was checking for squeaky clean, but it's best for the place to be squeaky clean so as not to distract from the inspection's purpose, which is to make sure we haven't been trashing the place, and to see if we need anything fixed. A clean house is always refreshing and renewing. Granted, the place is always acceptably clean, but to have everything as clean as it gets all at once is really neat.

Yesterday was my "goal day" on the wii fit. And I actually reached my short term goal! I lost 5lbs last month! Well, according to the wii board on the carpet, which isn't always reliable. I really need a new battery for my scale. Aren't those batteries supposed to last forever? But no. It died in the move, because it was pushed up against something that kept it on the whole time. I did weigh myself on the real scale at curves today, and it said 179! Which is about where I left off when I stopped counting on a real scale, but I've never been below 181 on a Curves scale, so I count it as awesome.

As far as the job hunt goes, the family I interviewed with last week decided to "go a different direction". I'm not exactly sure what that means... you would think they would just say "we chose someone else". But that's ok. The pay probably wasn't worth it anyway. I went to a baby shower last weekend for one of my old room mates, who said she would let her boss know about me, but her boss has been out of town and won't be back until Monday. Also, I applied for a "real job" as an assistant genealogist for ProGenealogists in Salt Lake. I'm pretty sure I would love that job, but I'm also pretty sure they won't hire me because I have zero experience outside of that one semester when I nearly killed myself to finish giant family history projects for two different classes. But I applied anyway, and I think I wrote a pretty convincing and awesome cover letter. That was Wednesday. No word yet.

Today I get to see a good friend. She has something to tell me, and I hope it's that she's engaged. Or at least almost engaged :)