Yippee Skippee! A new job!

I love my friends! I happened to run into a friend I don't see often at the RVC homecoming football game last weekend and we talked about my still being unemployed. She lives next door to another RVC family, and mentioned to them that I was looking. They just took on a large batch of work from a failing company and need someone new to help, so they called me. I met with one owner and a VP on Friday and they called me Saturday morning to offer me the job. What's especially good is that I get to learn something new (which is always fun) and that they will be understanding when I need to take off for a doctor appointment for me or Dean. And, it's not too far away, just on the west side of the freeway, right here in SR. I will be starting next Monday.

So I spent yesterday doing one of the things I love to do, which is cooking all day. I made several things to freeze so I can just pop something into the oven and have it turn itself on and be ready to eat when we get home. There is something so great about coming home and having the house smell good and dinner ready to put on the table. If I get really organized in the morning, I can even have the table set for dinner before I leave. (OK, that doesn't happen very often.)

This is the last week of soccer and there are 4 games. Today we go to Point Arena, then home on Wednesday, Mendocino on Thursday, and home on Friday. That wouldn't be quite such a big deal except there is no school Thursday or Friday. It would have been fun to have a field trip to Jelly Belly (we have some friends who have never been) one of those days, but that will just have to wait. Of course, having games on two no-school days means the homework thing isn't so crazy. It's hard to do homework when you don't even get home after the game until about 9:00. It's actually even hard to talk coherently when you don't get home until then. The next sport is golf, but that doesn't start for a few months and shouldn't require so much parental driving.



Anyway, it's going to be a full week, but there is such a feeling of relief that I don't have to continue job hunting. I can actually get other things done - when I'm not on the road for soccer games, that is! And yes, I'm still returning calls and emails. I DO think of all of you; somehow it seems that I have time to call when it's way too late to call! Don't give up on me.