Another Day 10 - Life Goes On

 

Today is day 5 of being unemployed, because holidays and weekends don't really count. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job, and hopefully I clinched that today ! For now, I consider this time off to be a vacation. I got paid for 12 vacation days and today would be day 5 of that.

After a restless night I dragged myself out of bed around 7:20 am. I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep well. It was nearly 2 am before my mind shut down and let me sleep. I got up knowing I could nap later if it was absolutely necessary, but I don't want to start bad habits. I should sleep better tonight since I'll be tired.

Minnie started demanding to get on my lap just before 8 am and I couldn't give in to that because I needed to get my hair done and work on makeup and what I was going to wear. I managed to get my hair to a point I could accept and also did ok with the makeup. I wore my pinstripe dress (which is super tight) and felt good about the way I looked from the chest up. Then I realized I had to put my headset on. It did nothing for my hair ! If I get this job I am going to invest in a speakerphone unit .. reasons why are below.

The interview went well and I came away feeling like this guy wants to hire me right away. Unfortunately, I have to get through the hiring process with their recruiting team first. Not sure how quickly that will happen, but I have the luxury of time to wait. It seems like he would be a great boss and I know I can handle the work, especially if they utilize me for AT&T bills. I do want to learn billing for the other carriers, and I'm sure that will come with time. They all sell the same products but bills and contracts and processes are going to be different for each. I think my international experience is a critical skill that he was looking for. His entire team is remote, which is great, but they have several meetings per week. I'm going to invest in a good conference speaker if I do get the job. It will make it easier to manage my hair. With this job I'll have to make sure I do hair and makeup every day AND get dressed ! I am ok with that and actually think it would be good for me. This is an 8-5 job but I'm not limited to that, so I can work late or on the weekend if necessary. I'm sure I will do that in the beginning while I'm learning the ropes !

Now comes the hard part: waiting. I thought about going to the casino today but I'm going to hold off and go tomorrow, since I'll be halfway there at the financial planner's office anyway. I think Turning Stone is hard up, as they gave me eight $100 free plays for the month of June ! I might just use them since I have some down time and it looks like I might have a new job.

I'm going to take advantage of this break between jobs to get my house and yard in shape. The car needs washing, I have laundry to do and the upstairs bath needs to be cleaned. For the yard, I have to figure out a way to stop the draft in the kitchen during the winter. I'm thinking of buying a bunch of topsoil and piling it against the foundation. Sort of like a raised planting bed. I also want to weed the fence between my neighbors yard and mine. It's his fence but the jerk who mows his lawn only weeds one side of the fence. 

I'm hoping to have positive news regarding the job by the time my zoom call with my old team rolls around this Friday. If I've heard nothing I probably won't say much about it.