better times ahead

Quite a few things have happened in the last week that I feel I should put down in blog form. As I said in my last entry I quit my job over the weekend. I was hoping to possibly stay on for the last two weeks but my boss seemed to think it would be better if I just cut and run. But, by a terrific stroke of luck I got a call on Monday from a place that I had applied to nearly two months ago called Blick Art Supplies. They are a national chain and all they do is sell art supplies, which is something I'm familiar with because my first job ever was for an art supply/framing store. The manager said she was interested in speaking with me so I had an interview on Tuesday with her and the assistant manager and that went really well. They seemed to like me and understood that I had a good amount of experience so they basically said that I had the job, but that they needed to speak with the district manager to see what they could offer me as far as hourly rate of pay and how many hours a week they could offer me. So, it was a nice comfort knowing that I had something lined up so quickly after my last job.

The rest of this week has been pretty uneventful, haven't done very much, just hanging out at home, went and taught my Irish step class which is still going great. It makes me sad that we only have two classes left, so I am trying to plan something big for the last day that would be fun for them like maybe inviting their friends to come and watch or something or maybe try to arrange to take them out to eat. I think it would be a lot of fun.

Then, today I had a kind of shock that I was hoping wouldn't happen. I had been having a bad feeling all week about my last paycheck from Aspen Dental, I don't know what it was but I kept thinking that they would try some kind of weasley move to try to jip me out of my money, and in a weird way I was kind of right. I had signed up for direct deposit when I started my job so I was under the impression that my last (and first) paycheck would be put in my account overnight. So, of course I check my account when Chris gets home around 2am and the money isn't there. I kind of freak out a little, but I realize that sometimes it takes till morning so I decided to just check again in the morning. So, I check it again at 7am, still no money. I check again at 9am, STILL no money.

Now I'm pissed, so I write an e-mail to my former boss telling him what happened, and within the hour he tells me that it's basically not his job and that I need to call the actual dental office and talk to Allison (who hates me) about my check. So, I call, end up getting Christina, who trained me, and she puts me on hold to talk to Allison which ended up taking nearly 10 minutes. She finally answers and cops her usual bitchtastic 'tude and tells me that they don't direct deposit "last" checks. So, I'm thinking, fine whatever, I really NEVER wanted to have to go back to that fucking place but whatever, I'll go it's fine. She tells me she needs to check and see if it came in the tote that day. Over there they have this system of mailing things from the corporate office where we receive a big grey storage tote every morning that is filled with mail and other things, and every night we add more to it and send it back to them. So, she gets back on the phone and says that my check didn't arrive in the tote today, so I have to wait until Monday to get it, or there is a possibility that they might be mailing it to me. This sent me through the roof. It wouldn't be a big deal really, but my fucking rent is DUE on Monday. So now I am royally fucked. I ended up having to ask my parents to spot me a little over half of my rent money so that I can pay it and then transfer it back once I am able to cash my check which may or may not be coming on Monday. Yippeee....

I also decided to call over to Blick today to see what was going on with this job since I hadn't heard from this lady since the interview, and she basically said that she is still waiting to hear from the District Manager about what they can offer me, but she said that I was her number one choice for a new hire so I basically got the job, I just have to wait a while before I can start. Also she let me know that there is a possibility that I might only be getting part time hours for the first three months, but at this point, as long as it doesn't drive me batty, I'll take any job I can get.

So, that's my life in a nuttshell. Just trying to muddle through as best I can and not kill myself. But it feels nice knowing that good things are on the horizon and are looking up, I'm just having a shitty go of it in the mean time. I'm really looking forward to my mom coming into town next weekend. It will be a really great little mini vacation and will be great spending time with my lovely momma. Gotta LOVE IT! Not much else to report, just gearing up for a crazy month of visits, after my Mom, Ben (Chris's BFF) and his girlfriend Laurie are coming to stay with us for a week, so needless to say we have a lot of housecleaning and such to do this coming week, but it will be good times.

Now it is time for me to make some delicious chicken and try not to screw up too badly.