Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?

Tomorrow afternoon I start my new job. I'm a little overwhelmed, and I haven't even started! I'm going to try and keep blogging so please don't abandon me! I may miss a day here and there. It may be harder at first while I'm trying to learn my new duties and get back into the swing of going to work. What do I think will be the biggest adjustment for me? Getting up around 4 AM!

By that I mean that I just found out I will no longer be a member of the ranks of unemployed as of next week. So...when you see those jobless numbers take a BIG dip next Friday you'll know why. :-) No more stress of waking up at 7 AM and wondering what to do that day, what to wear, what to fix for dinner. Do I take my shower before noon or after? Make the coffee before my morning walk or when I get back?

I'm going to be volunteering in the office of one of the baseball stadiums during Spring Training. The pay sucks (there is none), but it's baseball. I'll have a reason to get out of the house and who knows? Maybe it will lead to a real job somewhere.

Well, it’s been about a year since I lost my job – or at least since I realized that my job was not going to last much longer. I never dreamed then that a year would pass without me being able to find work. It used to be that jobs just fell in my lap even when I was hoping for a little time off in between them. My job was always a large part of who I was. Coming home at the end of the day knowing I had accomplished something and done it well always gave me a great sense of satisfaction and made me feel like I had a set of skills that were valued. It’s been kind of a tough year in that respect, and I have to admit that I’m still struggling to replace that sense of accomplishment and self-worth and figure out where I go from here.

It's only temporary, but the pay is good and it looks like there's a lot of time off included.

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