insights into the world of caffeinated monkeys
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Saturday, November 08, 2008 Proper Fucked So, things have been going along at a merry little clip here in Wyoming. Work is good, friends are good, I've been remembering to send snail mail on a semi-regular basis to folks. By now, most folks know that I've been dating a pretty nice (and HOT!) guy named James (he lives in Montana, about 2 hours away, and before you start commenting on how far away that is, let me remind you that you probably commute 2 hours to work daily). Things are going well there--we're dating and that's a good thing. However, my life can't be simple and I just got a big ole' monkey wrench thrown into the works. Many of you know this monkey wrench by a different name--Liz. Surprisingly, we do okay living together--we're opposite in a lot of ways, but the most pronounced difference has been that she's messy and I'm neat. We drive each other crazy in that regard, but we get along. But we may not be for much longer--she resigned from her job this past week. I'm not sure what her plan B is for this, but I don't think she has one. She's planning to take some time off to spend with her family, and bought tickets to go to Peru. She'll be gone from November 19th through Christmas, at least. She's also planning to attend the Inaugural Ball for President Obama. I'm not sure what she'll do about work--this is her first "real" job--first paid position that equates to a career. And its a small town--she has a reputation for being ditzy and disorganized. There are no other planning positions in the community, so I'm not sure what she'll do. But she's been really upbeat in viewing this as an opportunity, and has been trying to network a bit. But it seems like she's putting the traveling before finding a new job, and in this economy, that may not be a smart idea. At least I've learned my lesson from being in this position before. I need to move out asap. I'm not going to stay and pay her way in rent and utilities while she looks for a job. I need to get out now while she can still decide if she can sink or swim. I've been thinking about this for a while, but that decision just lit a fire under my ass to find a new place to live--I want to share my home with my cat. I want my alone time. I want to sleep in uninterrupted. I want to come home every day to a clean kitchen, the way I left it when I left the house for work that morning. And the understanding of living with Liz is that we are both sharing the bills, which she can't do without a job. We also have an understanding that I clean the apartment and that she tries to keep her piles of stuff out of the common area, but it'd be so nice to just have my own space, no messes except the ones that I create. Or that Baldric creates. I don't know--I'm exploring my options right now. And I have tons of time to think about things--I have 17 PTO days to use by the end of the year or I lose them. I have a training in Indianapolis mid-December, and that leaves me with exactly 17 working days in December, so I think I'm taking the entire month off from my job (minus the training, which those don't count as real work anyway). My parents have already offered to buy a plane ticket so I can go East for the holidays, and I may take them up on that--instead of flying home from Indy, I may fly from Indy to Denver and Denver to Baltimore. I'd only be skipping the Denver to Sheridan leg, but I may be able to change the date on that ticket--I have to find out, as I applied for a training grant to cover the Indy training and that may screw with the grant compliance. I may also be able to swap my Indy-Denver ticket for an Indy-Baltimore ticket, but that may definitely fuck with the grant, and it'd be the same to me to fly from Indy to Denver and then Denver to Baltimore. Not like I'm checking any bags through to anywhere, as I am Superwoman and can live from a single carry-on plus personal item for 3 weeks at a time. :) It's something that I'm thinking about, though, because it'd be cool to see everyone for WTX and New Years. And I wouldn't return to Sheridan until the 4th, and return to work on the 5th. So that means if I opt for traveling, I need to wait until January to rent a new place. No sense in paying a month's rent when I won't be there for that month. :) Although, I would like to enjoy the alone time in the apartment while Liz is traveling. I'm torn. Ultimately, it comes down to not wanting to take the time off from work--I'd rather just work, but I don't want to lose so much free time. If I don't use it, I lose it, and I'd rather not give 17 days to the company. And if I have that much time off, I should do something cool, but that requires money, unless I take advantage of the parents' offer of free (to me) airfare. Bah! I'll figure it out, I know, but ugh. Decisions, decisions. posted by jaime | 9:49 PM 1 comments |
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