OT - Mini-Whine on Jobs

Ellice K. · 2011-01-11T18:58:57+00:00

So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sentme an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany hastold them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But thankedme for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - Iguess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnelconversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear fromher with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if Ihaven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able tohire then.So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears offrustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, andresisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to dothe fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in theface of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll beinspired from my inertia.Thanks for listening to the whine.Ellice

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Ellice K. 15 years ago

LOL - one of his favorite things from the movie Mystery Alaska (aside from laughing out loud when Russell Crowe is actually skating instead of the double) is people skating around town.

Can't skate to work 'cause it's about 25 miles, and somehow he has to get to crossing the Potomac.... Though with his busy reffin' schedule he does plenty of skating for work - or something like that. He actually told me not to help him with the de-icing 'cause he figured I'd fall on my butt. I just cannot do the walking on ice thing (except on a rink getting to some score box). Skates - no problem. But, am a mess on the icey pavement. Plus, the not yet repaired knee that got hurt last year is acting up, and my "good" ankle seems to be having an issue - so I'm pretty much hobbling about in a less than graceful movement.

We have a shovel with a square blade, shortish handle, and the full loop handle grip - that we've now promised each other never to get rid of - as the blade actually could break the ice and slide under to lift it up. Our NxDrNhbor had his little kids out there trying to help - well, the 7 yr old girl was helping, the 9 yr old boy was sliding down, and trying to scramble up the drive....We'll see what the morning brings.

Today for me was an excuse to follow-up on some job stuff, do a little stitching by the fire while DH napped (after his strenuous ice-breaking), make potato-leek soup (now 3 qts in freezer), and corned beef & cabbage with extra veggies for dinner. And, have the kitchen sink back up - have finished putting in 2nd bottle of liquid Plumr - I think tomorrow will be plumber adventure (DH has no desire to try and pull the pipes under the sink. The water seems to be balancing between the sides of the split sink in the kitchen. At least there is a small sink in the bar that I can use for any necessities...

Ellice -hoping the rest of our crew are all doing well

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Donna 15 years ago

Sorry that other job didn't work out. But the new one sounds promising:-)

Bleh. I was up and out the door at 5:45 a.m. to take hubby to the Park N Ride. Could hear the ice melting and dripping and cracking everywhere. May be slightly warmer here than at your house, right now my thermometer says it's 35. I'm just happy it looks like it will not be snowing here on Saturday for Oatlands meeting.

Donna in Virginia

I was out at 5:45 this a.m. to take hubby to the Park N Ride as he has this executive breakfast meeting to attend. Bleh - what a lovely hour of the day. Anyway. I could hear the ice melting and dripping everywhere.

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Ellice K. 15 years ago

Thanks for the hopes. Sorry you're the one dripping now (poor Donna has an awful cold, which meant she had to leave our stitchy group early).

For those of you who wonder (or not) - we live pretty close - less than 15 mi apart (close in the DC metro area). But, as you come west into Loudoun Cnty the elevation rises slightly, and the weather actually changes. It's kind of weird, but generally we'll be a few degrees colder, definitely lots windier, and usually snowier/iciers. But not always. Our ice finished melting this morning - in time for it to snow tonight.

My counter to Donna transporting her DH, I took mine downtown last week for his work, and he was then doing the public transport back. Sent me a note that he could get a bus direct to the park'n ride about 4 mi from the house. I went to doctors, etc - and then eventually went to get him, waiting in the parking lot. Dark, and cold - about 20 F, less with the wind. Eventually - phone rings "Hey - where are you? Did you get my text?" Nope - cause if it's important you have to CALL me - phone just beeps once with a text. DH did a lemming, and followed a bunch of folks onto a bus at the base gate - it was for Loudoun, the first digit was a 3, so....after a few minutes he noted the route seemed different - that would be because it is the wrong bus. So, he's about 12 miles away at a park'n'ride by the Leesburg airport

- and not complaining that I made him take a scarf, gloves, hat...Ah, the men in our lives. At least he blamed himself...poor thing was waiting in the cold, and kicking himself for not paying attention. Oh, well.

Ellice

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