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Thursday, May 03, 2007   No Time For Vegetables I finally am back to a normal work schedule--no more 6 and 7 days a week. The newbies are trained, they're doing a great job, and they have now taken over all new issues. I've passed along most of my customers with outstanding issues, and have completed the cubicle swap--I'm now on a temporary extension at work, and in a cubicle next to the door. I've got about a month or so left of work before we move--we're looking to sign a lease starting July 1st, and moving mid-to-end of June. Ian will have his 3 years in with the post office, his lease will be up at the end of June, and I have about two months to focus on the job search hard-core. Ian and I are planning a trip to South Beach next week--take some time to tour apartments (we know where we want to live, but we'd feel just a bit better if we actually saw the apartments before signing a lease). We're also planning to check out some furniture stores as well--I'm not sure if I want to continue working in furniture or if I want to do something similar to what I'm doing now, but it doesn't hurt to check it out. If I find a place I want to work, the owner has said to tell him where it is and I will have a job. It seems like he knows everyone in the business, and if I can take advantage of his offer, I certainly will. However, I'm not sure I want to continue on in the business--it seems to make decent money, you have to be in sales, and I don't want to do that. I also don't want to continue in customer care--out of everything I've done, customer care is what I hate the most. I'm great with people, but after listening to their stupid problems every day (and they're all the same problems it seems), I want to strangle them with the phone cord. I don't feel like I helped people at the end of the day; I just feel like I hate everyone--I don't want to do a job that leaves me with so much rage at the end of the day. I'd feel more useful managing a group of people. I'm hoping to get some resumes out by the end of this week and get some callbacks so I can interview next week while we're down in Florida. I'm excited--I can't wait to move, and I can't wait to start packing. I know once I actually start lifting and moving boxes of crap, quite a bit is going to go to Goodwill, but for now, I'll take being excited. posted by jaime | 10:09 AM 0 comments

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