Time to Turn a New Leaf

It is always sad whenever I have to say goodbye or when I have to let something go. It has been a nagging suspicion over the past 10 years that my friendship with someone I hold dear is all one-sided. Recently that has been presented to me in neon-flashing lights. I always excused her behavior as being busy or newly married. I am newly married now, but I try to make time for friends, especially if they called me.

I wanted to merge our friendship with that of our husbands, as we talked about our families being friends when we were married and had children. Right now neither of us has children. It was difficult to set up a time to meet the two of them, my calls to confirm the time were not returned until the day we chose three months prior to the actual day. That to me was a sign. She is not too keen on keeping up our friendship.

Honestly it hurts. I wish that I didn't have to put our friendship on the backburner. I really like being around her. May be I am too chubby for her. May be she just doesn't like my personality. May be she really didn't like me to begin with. All I know is that two weeks ago, I left her a voicemail that was unanswered. This week I called again. I honestly doubt she will try to keep the friendship going.

I tried. I am tired. I feel like over the past 10 or so years I have been the one setting up one-on-one meetings, shopping trips, lunches. I have a full time job, she is a stay-at-home wife. Once I stopped being able to go to club meetings (because of my job) she has not strived to keep up communication. There are always parties that we go to that are in common, but other than that we have no communication.

Turning this new leaf is very sad for me. I don't want to do it but I know that in the long run, if she truly is my friend, I will see a change. But I have my doubts too. Over the past five years communication between us has been on my shoulders, and she is status quo. *sigh* I am sad.

Receptionist

There is a new receptionist on the block! That would be me!! I have a new job, trying to learn the names of everyone in a 60 person office, the teams they are on (the teams are 3-person teams) and how to work the phone system. It is challenging, but I like it, there are plenty of people and everyone is very nice. Time will tell, but I think I will be there for a long time.

Last Days

Wow, it is hard to believe that tomorrow will be my last day at work with my current job. Monday morning I have to wake up earlier, drive longer, and gotta look my best all day long. It should be fun being around new people, they are all excited to get to know me. What is weird is that this week at my current job I found out about a sales meeting with our Florida rep, it will be happening in 3 weeks. Normally I know about this 2 months in advance. Well, I hope the new receptionist is ready because these guys definately don't communicate all the time! I am sad to go, it is a good company. I just don't like to be left in the dark as much as I am, both figuratively and literally.

Countdown to New Job

It is now only one week until I go to my new job. Yesterday I took a dry run of my new route. It shouldn't be too bad, until school starts again. There are quite a few cute shops in the area as well. The transition shouldn't be too hard, I just have to change my wardrobe, wake up earlier and will get home later. Not too bad. But the pay increase should be worth it. :)

Job Searching

I have been looking for a new job since I found out that my current position will not help pay college tuition; I worked overtime and have yet to be paid; I am working for 2 bosses, 1 self-appointed manager, and 4 different companies on the same salary; oh, and the self-appointed manager told me, to my face, right before he left for a week's trade show in Las Vegas, the only reason I was here was "to check the fax machine." I have gone to at least 12 different interviews, scheduling before and after work, heard from 6 companies that they hired someone else, and now I am to the 'final contender' for my new employer.



I have to pass a background check before they hire me, as well as submitting a drug test. I have never done a drug test so that was something new. Quick to do, time-consuming to get to the clinic, but once there it took less than 20 minutes. Good thing I had to go when I got there . . .



The background check had a holdup because I am a home school graduate. I have gone to college so high school should not even be an issue. Especially for a receptionist position. **sheesh** But everyone has their guidelines. I talked with the background company and clarified the situation, hopefully I should be receiving an offer soon.

Just Looking . . . . . . .

After a few weeks of deliberating about college, expenses, and where I stand financially I decided to go ahead and search for a new job. Christopher helped me polish my resume, I wrote a cover letter, and for one week submitted about 30 resumes. My head is reeling right now with the amount of job interviews that I have scheduled for this week.