FINALLY!!! I’m Heading Back To Work!

Probably one of the most difficult events in my life was losing my job.  The company cut back and for whatever reason I was let go.  As an employee that came in 15 – 30 minutes early as a rule, was diligent to maintain my lunch hour and worked hard, I was puzzled.  The other admin was notoriously 30-45 minutes late for work, had a 30 minute lunch hour due to flex hours but spent an hour working out and usually well into another hour eating and reading a book, and then she spent a good deal of time standing around talking to people, it just did not make sense.  Oh some with inside info are pretty sure it was more due to choices in my personal life that were to blame and they are likely right. Sad what one does on their own time that is perfectly legal, should affect their job, but it does.

I was let go on 10/3/08 and by the time I return the work force it will be just under 1 and 1/2 years without a job.  This has been a rough road for me mentally and emotionally, not to mention it was trying for the entire household financially.  I sent literally hundreds of resumes out but got very few bites.  I do realize that the media reports 6 or more applicants for every job that comes available but I have great skills and a very impressive resume that is quite honest.  Meanwhile my husband pulled every available extra shift at the fire house and found a side job to keep us floating.

Everyone encouraged me to just be patient, everything happens for a reason and that sooner or later the right job would come along.  Well they were correct.  In February I will be starting a job as an office manager, and I cannot wait.  I not only will have a job, paying very well, but I will also gain management experience that will be a valuable addition to my resume.  The boss also wants to train me to go into the field and learn to quote jobs and take on the roll of production manager in addition to office manager.  I am VERY excited.

This job carries with it many pluses.  The best one being that I am able to wear jeans to work and do not need to go out and by a bunch of  ‘corporate’ clothes.  Gotta love the construction industry!  The work load is not horrible and the experience is going to be outstanding. Totally different industry and yet similar work to what I was doing, only now I’ll be the boss.  I love it.

Hard as it has been to be without a job, it was well worth the wait. The boss is a great guy and over many IMs, in person chats and lunch there is no doubt we are going to work very well together. I will mostly work very independently and serve has his sounding board and right hand.

I’ve spent some time this weekend detoxing my life.  By that I mean getting rid of the numerous IDs I had on Facebook and Myspace that I used for gaming.  One of each is all I need.  I eliminated a good deal of cyber crack from my life, keeping only those ‘real’ IDs.  I stopped ‘following’ well over 100 tweeters on Twitter, not even certain why I ever followed them.  I have freedom to be online and do not wish to abuse that freedom, so some things had to go.  I also removed many from the phone feed that I do follow on Twitter and Facebook just because I don’t need my phone going off all day long when trying to work.  Family and close friends made the cut, the rest I will check when I am online and have time.

I will be spending the next few weeks establishing a routine of getting up, working out, preparing as if leaving for work, then tanning etc in the evening after work hours.  I want this transition back into employment to be a smooth one.

I will blog the experiences as I take on this new job, as well as the progress with my on going fitness journey.  I’ve lost 9 pounds in the past 2 weeks which came as a huge surprise but also motivates me!  Not having the refrigerator 7 feet from me or the pantry will help so very much! WAY too easy to eat out of boredom when home.

Looking forward to mid-February!

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