life moves pretty fast. if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

-Ferris Bueller

I hate to count my chickens before they hatch but it looks like I'm getting a new job. I didn't find out about the position until Wednesday, so the past few days have been a bit of a whirlwind. I don't want to get into a lot of specifics but I should know by the end of the week whether the job is mine or not. If I get the job, it could really help relieve some of the financial stress I'm under. Yay! Keep your fingers crossed!

A week from now, I'll be waking up in a condo overlooking the mountains. Yay again! I'm crazy excited about getting out of town for a while. It should be a good time.

I'm enjoying my three day weekend.

Yesterday I met the lady I will potentially be working with for lunch. After lunch, I swung by my sister's place for a few hours. Then Ace and I went and saw not one but two movies. We saw Yes Man and then Bedtime Stories.

Today I don't plan on doing much other than cleaning my apartment and watching movies. Tomorrow, in honor of MLK Jr. Day, I might go out and do some pre-trip shopping.

5 days until vacation!

Oh Niner

Somehow, we're a week into 2009. There are a lot of things that I need to make decisions on in the beginning half of this year.

Work
There are so many things that could be said. While I'm not miserable at work, I'm not happy either. I like the people I work with (which is huge) but the work is becoming less challenging and I barely make enough to live off of. I have a salary review coming next week(hopefully). I'm trying not to get my hopes up but it's hard not to. Depending on how that goes, I might be able to stay put. There is also the chance that it won't turn out well at all which means either a part time job or a new job altogether would be in the picture.

Apartment
My lease is up at the end of June. I would like to move a little closer to civilization. You know, a legitimate suburb where the nearest non-Lunds/Byerlys grocery store is closer than 10 miles. Refer back to the paragraph on work. The apartment decision will all depend on where I'm working and the cash I have available every month.

Car
It's becoming increasingly clear that this is my car's last winter. The door latches are much more tired than they were last year. Depending on how cold it is, sometimes the driver's door doesn't like to let me in at all. The car also grumbles a little when I start it after sitting for a couple of days. Again, going back to the work paragraph, we'll see what I have available for payments.

So my six month plan is simple:
1. get work stuff figured out
2. figure out everything else

16 days until vacation!

my weekend

It was boring.

Friday night I came home and played around on Facebook. This led to me getting a virus leaving me able to do nothing.

Saturday I reformatted and started over with the laptop. This made me realize that I should probably get around to getting my desktop fixed. A couple of X-Men movies and some football rounded out my evening.

Today I made chicken noodle soup which was mediocre at best. This afternoon I watched more football.

I didn't step foot outside of my apartment all weekend. With any luck, my car will start when I leave for work in the morning.

Less than 3 weeks until my "gocation". I can't wait! Hopefully it will help recharge my batteries. I can't imagine a week in the mountains could hurt...

I hope you all had good weekends!