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8:22 a.m.

So, yesterday I was hired. To be some sort of kitchen/home designer. (My understanding of the job is still sort of vague, but it involves new houses, cabinets, counters, fancy flooring, windows, doors, remodels and lots and lots of stuff about paint and paint colors. And math. And designs.) So! I'm really nervous!

I turned down the hospital job before I actually had the second interview at the other place. J and I talked it over (by "talked it over" I obviously mean I "asked the same pestering questions over and over in random airports and also when he had just fallen asleep at night"), and he pointed out that I would have been miserably bored within a few weeks (I like projects and challenges, not so much routine and sitting). Also, the whole working opposite schedules thing would have sucked. I'm sort of bad about tricking myself into thinking a not-so-ideal situation would be ideal, and that's probably what I was doing about that job. I feel very apprehensive about the design job, because a) it sounds sort of hard, and takes a year or more to train and b) oh geez, it's a Real Job. But these are also things to like about it, if that makes sense. J seems to think I will be Good At This Job, and so do the people who hired me. I hope they are all correct and I do not Crap the Place Up.

So, starting tomorrow I'll be working real 8-5 hours and will have a job that is sort of related to my degree and utilizes my skills, and I will have to dress like an actual professional adult and not like...however it is that I dress. I went through my wardrobe and discovered I have about five appropriate outfits, and that is stretching it. My extensive collection of peasant skirts, vintage style t-shirts, and sports bras are going to have to be banished (sad!) to weekend wear. My art work, along with gardening and pet activities and reading and writing in blogs and sitting on the couch with my husband, those will all be banished to nights/weekends, too. Also, sadly, I can not wear my nose ring at the new place of business, and I'm sort of in a quandary about it. I love my nose ring, and it sort of feels like just part of my face, you know? I can take it out during business hours and put it back in (I did that when I was a waitress, back in the day) but that's sort of annoying and seems to make it more prone to pain/infections. Do I take it out forever, and feel really angsty about it? Do I try the in and out thing and see if it's worth the pain and annoyance?

Woe!

I started browsing more, um, businessy type clothing online and are ankle boots really coming back in? They seem so unnatural to me. Like, not with pants, that seems fine. But with skirts. Am I too stuck on tall boots? What is going on with these ankle boots, you guys, and...do people really wear heels all day? Is that really something people do?

I feel sort of mournful, about going back to work. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, CRY ME A RIVER, you think, but shut up! It was a crazy summer and I think it helped that I had time to process things. This job is a major commitment, and I am not used to making major job commitments. I mean, it takes over a year to train, and they wanted someone who would say, "Yes, I will be in this for the long haul unless of course I suck terribly and you have to fire me." That was scary, you guys. It was scary to me to say, yes, I will make an occupational commitment to you, I will stay here for a long time. I've always been more of a switch things up type of girl. I'm thinking since this job will allow me to juggle projects (combined with the ADD medication/my newly discovered ability to focus) my desire to change things up will be channeled more productively. So scary, but probably very positive, etc, etc.

Still, let's have a moment of silence for my free time.

OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS I GOT A JOB.

This morning I wanted to stay asleep long enough so that I would have gotten, oh, eight hours of sleep. J got up and showered and was getting ready to leave for work, and I had just drifted back to sleep after the noise of the alarm/shower. A delicious, happy sleep. And that is when the dog ripped such a huge fart, from the other room, that it woke me back up, and I had to get up and take him out so he could find the perfect place to take a gigantic stinky dump. And then it rained.

The end!

Oh, but not the end!

NEW BLOG EXCITEMENT!

I've been working on a new blog, you guys! And you all have to participate, because it is going to be Super Fun. And even Swistle said it would be fun, so, there! The idea comes from the fact that I get pretty wound up about holidays, because a) I have little to no experience with hosting things and b) I like to get wound up about things. I like holidays, and I like seeing how to do things. I enjoy looking for recipes, or seeing how other people's traditions, or finding out tricks for things, or looking at decorations, etc, etc, etc.

Also, I like all of you, and how clever you all are.

So! I was thinking earlier this summer, about how much KNOWLEDGE is just floating around out there, in our blog community. I was thinking about how I'd like to make a really good pumpkin cookie, and how it would be nice to be all, "Hey, blog community, give me the most awesome pumpkin cookie recipe ever!" because you guys are magical and smart. It would be nice to go somewhere to find out how to make your house smell lovely for guests without actually having to, you know, clean. I'd like to find out how you guys buy gifts for that sister in law who seriously has EVERYTHING, or how to get lovely cheap handmade cards, or to have extensive discussions on Halloween candy, or to find out how to make awesome costumes, or to share how we celebrate New Year's. There is so much brilliance, out there, in your brains, and we should tap it! And share it! We could learn so much holiday goodness from each other! You guys are smart! There can be links, you guys! Helpful links!

A holiday resource, you see!

I'm so excited I'm using tons of exclamation points!

I'm about done working on the blog template, and will start posting around the first of October. I thought we could do Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and obviously any other winter holidays you guys want the dirt on (holiday love for all!), and then if everybody likes it and finds it to be fun and helpful, we might continue for year-round holidays.

So! You guys have to participate, or it won't be fun. I mean, I'll dig around and fun things, but I also want you guys to send in post ideas or questions that you'd like answered. There'll probably also be things like "everybody send in your favorite tradition for such and such" or "everybody send me pics of your jack o'lanterns" or "give me recipes for diabetic neighbors" so we can all share the love. Or if you just have general awesomeness to share (and I know you do, YOU SOOOO DO), send it in and everyone will benefit.

Hooray!

Right?

So, my email is k a r a m a r i e @ g m a i l dot c o m. I expect lots of emails, you guys. Lots! And I'll post the link later this week, when it's all done. And we'll have fun, sharing! A blog holiday free for all!

Okay, go!

Love,
black sheeped