Domestic Geek

Hey, I got a job! I start tomorrow morning. Have you ever had to do a pre-employment drug screening? It's quite the process. The dude who's going to be my boss called it a whiz quiz. Never heard that term before and it made me giggle.

It's as a preflighter for a printing company. I'll start out part time. Hopefully it will become full time very soon. It'll come with full benefits after 90 days of full time employment. They kept stressing that it's not a design job. I'm quite well aware of that. I hating designing for other people. They take all the fun out of it.

The dude I interviewed with a month ago that never bothered to contact me called and left a message while I was in my interview today asking if I was still available. Nice timing, huh? I guess whomever he hired instead of me didn't work out. Oh, well. It was farther away and I think it paid less (I can't really remember).

Man, I'm getting the nervous jitters right now. It's taking everything I have not to chew my fingernails to bloody stumps. My interview is at 1pm. I feel like my whole future balances on the next few hours. I know I can do the job they are hiring for. I just have to convince them to give me a shot. The downer of it is that the initial hire period is part time. It seems that all design and prepress jobs are like that anymore. If I can get to full time, though, FULL BENEFITS after 90 days! Yes! I may have to do a night shift, but hey, I've done that for years. In fact, I do my best work after the sun goes down. I've been a night owl by whole life. WISH ME LUCK!

One a different note, I'm going to start my weight-loss blog this afternoon after I get back. Marcus set me up a subdirectory yesterday and I installed wordpress into it last night. My weight this morning was 294.2 lbs. I'm never going to be this fat ever again. I don't fit into any of my clothes. I hate shopping for clothes when I'm this overweight. A new job means I'll need new clothes, I want to get smaller ones. No time to start like the present, eh?

One of the things that has been really upsetting during this job hunting period of my life has been the daily combing of my list of Internet job sites. I don't know how many times I've clicked on a promising job only to find it's some headhunter that has no real job to offer and simply wants my resume for his database. Lots of times, you don't even know what company the job listing is for. It's hard to convince a potential boss that you're right for their company when you don't know who they are or what they really do. Don't even get me started on the work at home scams that I have to sift through. C'mon, if you could easily make $12,000 a month using only your computer, everybody would already be doing it. Geez. Anyway, I came across another site to add to my list: GetTheJob.com. The site indexes jobs from company job boards, so supposedly only real job postings for real open positions. I'm reserving judgment on that claim as I've been to many company's sites to look for open positions only to find they aren't very diligent about keeping their job posting pages up-to-date. Regardless, it's one more resource I can check daily.

So, the situation is getting dire. I emailed the placement lady this morning to see if she has any leads and to let her know that I'm starting to panic because of absolutely no income. She tells me not to panic, this process takes time. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB SINCE MARCH AND I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED SINCE JULY--HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU THINK I HAVE??!!!! I know she's trying to be helpful, but it wasn't. I had a small glimmer of hope that I'll still find my true calling. I watched a video of the Fly Lady being interviewed. She didn't start that program until she was 40 and look at how successful she is now. Oh, universe...please show me what I'm supposed to be doing. In the meantime, help me find a job so that I can continue to pay my bills. Thanks.

The previously mentioned "White &Nerdy" hoodies are now available from WeirdAl.com for a mere $45. w00t!

I'd better get the job I interviewed for today. He said he'd let me know Monday if I would be called back for a practical 2nd interview and then he needed the job filled by the end of next week. So, we'll see. I've got the song "I Hope I Get it" from A Chorus Line running through my head right now.