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@kmtthat my dream is going to greece someday! Sounds amazing
Thank you everyone for the congrats 🙂 I’m going to accept the job this afternoon! It will be a good move for me. New guy mentioned he’s still looking for jobs, but looking in my state, so that makes it feel okay to go on some more dates with him.
Trampoline park update – i didn’t break an ankle but damn, it wears you out fast and both of us noticed that yesterday and today our hips and knees hurt. The teenagers were running laps around us lol.
I could never foster dogs because I would want to keep them all and my house is at capacity.
My valentine’s plans are that my parents are coming to make me a nice dinner! As a thank you for basically taking care of them the last few months of last year. I’ll take steak dinner with them over a valentine’s date any day!
@nickel COFFEE SHOP SMORES?? That sounds amazing. Second guy sounds pretty cool too!
@Ranger – what plans did he make? I hope you have fun!
As for me – I got a job offer Friday night that I will probably accept this week. It would be a step up career AND pay wise, so it would be very hard to turn down!
New guy and I spent the whole day together Saturday. Lunch, shopping, movie, trampoline park and then late night drinks. It was so awesome and so good to see him again. We went to a hardware store right before the movie to buy bottles of water and ended up playing with some of the “as seen on tv” toys in one of the aisles – and we both agreed that was our favorite part of the day. Just being silly together in a hardware store!
Oh nickel that does suck. Sorry friend.
I haven’t had a date yet, but the new guy found out about both of his interviews and unfortunately didn’t get either of the jobs so he asked me out for tomorrow. We are meeting up for lunch and I’m excited to see him again. And tonight I’m watching horror movies and eating pizzas with two friends in honor of singles awareness weekend 🙂
@copa I had some wicked insomnia last night so I feel your pain.
@Copa – I’ve had four interviews in the last week and a half – some I’ve done on my lunch break and one of them I had a “chiropractor appointment.” Which I totally did, later in the day, so sorta the truth.
I also agree that the cable guy/furnace repair/internet fix appointment has worked for me too. Good luck!
Mindfulness didn’t work for me either, so we’ve been doing EMDR therapy and that seems to be helping. I do try to find peace and mindfulness doing other things, and like Copa, I’ve found crossfit to be the one hour a day I don’t think about anything other than surviving the workout.
@Copa thank you, I was laid off in August and unemployed for 5 weeks before finding a new job. My new job is okay, but I just don’t think it’s a great fit so I’ve been looking around more since Christmas. Actually have another interview today at lunch, so we’ll see what happens. Just such a blow to the confidence to have them say “It’s nothing personal, but we ran out of money and had to cut a position so we chose yours. But really, nothing personal and you didn’t do anything wrong.” It felt pretty personal.
@Copa and Miss Dre – I know that feeling so well and I’ve been working in therapy to get that voice to shut up. It extends to career stuff too. After being laid off your career confidence goes in the toilet. And even knowing I interviewed fantastically yesterday and answered all the questions to the best of my ability and wowed them with my portfolio – I’ve convinced myself I won’t be offered the job. And I’ve even been asked to interview somewhere else tomorrow for another position – so I know my resume must be pretty good, but is it good enough for the employers I want to work with?
Same with guys. This guy I am “dating” seems perfect, I’ve loved getting to know him and talking with him – but in the back of my head, I was not surprised that something came up to put it all on hold. Temporarily or permanently. New therapist is trying to beat that out of me, but it’s a hard mental habit to break. I’m feeling your pain!
Thank you Stone and Copa!
Copa I will send good vibes and thoughts your way. The waiting game was super hard when I was unemployed last year, so I know the feeling 🙁
Ktfran – I’ve never heard of that app! But I’ve heard of huggle? I haven’t tried either.
Just got a call asking me back for a second interview on Monday! I guess it went well.
The new guy has his other phone interview today so we’ll see what happens with that but we’ve still been talking and will probably see each other again.
@lucia it went really well! They didn’t seem concerned about minimal management experience and only asked me one question about it. Interview lasted a little over an hour and I really liked the organization and told them I think I’d be a great fit. As one of the interviewers was walking me out to the security door she turned to me and said “I think you did a really great job in there” – so let’s hope she knows what she’s talking about! They’re supposed to make a decision either today or Monday, so either way I won’t be stuck waiting around forever for a decision 🙂
Thank you for asking!
@copa lol thanks! It’s a management position so It would be a huge step up. And I’ve had weird managers so if they got hired……
Update on dude: his interview went well today and he texted me to tell me about it. And that he still wants to see me again but after the second interview later this week is sorted out. So, I’ll take it.
@Copa I might have teared up a little in the privacy of my own bedroom but I’m pretty sure I’ve cried over stupider things on buses/ trains myself! I am hopeful most of the time so it’s the loss of possibility that gets me the most. And ghosting after months is such a douchey thing to do. Good luck at ramen class!!
@nickel_5 thank you for your perspective. We both were okay with LDR but now it’s a matter of just how long the distance is!
@ktfran – yes, gave some space over the weekend and we checked in this morning. I told him I hoped his interview went well today and also that I hoped we could still hang out again. He thanked me and said that he would very much like that. So I told him if he’d like to, to let me know how the interview goes. I’m choosing positivity and happiness today rather than anxiety!(I also have a job interview later this week for a job I really want that would get me out of politics and I’m super nervous and studying the company as much as I can and building up my portfolio to prepare, so if you folks have good thoughts to send, I’d really appreciate it!)
@Copa thanks for making me feel a little bit better. I was kind of beating myself up for being a little sad about all of this considering it’s only been two dates, but they were really awesome dates and one lasted 9 hours and the other one last 8 because neither of us wanted to leave, and damn, I just really enjoy him and want to keep seeing him. I guess we’ll just see what happens.
