Alive and Well

Ok, so time has completely slipped away and it's basically mid-February now. *Sigh*

I started the new job and I'm very much loving the job, but very much hating the drive. Took me 2 hours to get home when we had the big snow-dump during traffic-time this week. I've come to realize I don't really hate snow and slush and gunk, I just hate it from 5am-8am and from 4pm-7pm Monday through Friday. But even without the snow, it's a good hour each way. I'm hoping that I can possibly flex my time in the near future to avoid driving during the most horrific times of day, which I'm doing now.

The new place of employment is more than I could have expected. I had resigned myself to the fact that after 4 months, I was probably going to end up back in the Admin (really do hate the word Secretary, I know that's so uppity of me, but too bad) world as somebody's Support Person and probably for less money and a longer drive, blah blah blah...Wasn't looking forward to that. I enjoy doing the project managment that comes with Compliance and I wanted to keep doing that.

Then I found this place. I can't believe how much of a good fit this is for me so far. Yes, it's only been a week, but I'm REALLY liking the people, and REALLY liking the way the company runs, and I'm considering myself MOST fortunate to have found this. It's Compliance! Yipee! Just for a different industry, which I'm learning about and finding utterly fascinating actually.

Ok, so I'm gonna stop gushing about my new job now cuz I know there are so many of y'all out there not in my boat, but suffice it to say I'm happy. Just not with that new drive. Ick.

The flip side to all this fabulousness is the fact that not only is the drive long, but I had gotten into a pretty good groove being home when the kids got home. I started this job 3 days after they offered it to me and that doesn't allow a lot of time to prepare for change. Yes, the kids are older and they had adjusted to both of us working a while ago, but they had a re-adjustment period (re: fell into a lapse of comfort)when I was home. We all liked me being home when they got home. And me not being in de-compression mode for the evening. I have to re-adjust to that and I'm working on it.

I've been off the radar in terms of communication with folks and that's just cuz I'm running out of time during the day. And energy to type up something and send it. Sorry bout that.

Random Thoughts:
1) First day on the job story: (Quick backstory is a good friend of mine lives very close to the new job) I come out to my car after my first full day, feeling content, exhausted, and needed again - something I hadn't felt in a long time. I'm in a good place. I have a smile on my face. I see a piece of paper on my windshield. It's ripped out of a mini-steno book. Written in blue scrawled ink: 'I am a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815' - I started laughing so hard. That night was the Premiere of Season 4 of Lost, and I knew my friend had stopped by to give me this little gem to make me laugh. And laugh, I did. She hadn't signed it, but she hadn't needed to. She knew I was a nut for Lost and I just knew this was her. I called her, and she answered oh-so-sheepishly after a few rings. We had a good guffaw, and she admitted driving by, seeing my car and thinking 'This is just too easy!'

2) I'm loving Lost, yes, but I've found another new show that I am hooked on, and it's called Eli Stone. It's on after Lost, and it's not one you can really watch after the intense gut-clenching-fest that Lost is. So I've recorded it once and watched it online once, at my leisure. Much better. Ahhhhhh....this show is like that little confirmation you always want to hear: RE: life is not a pile of shit, but that it DOES have meaning and there IS a purpose to which we are all meant to figure out. Or not. *Snicker*

I mean, this show has everything. It has interesting court cases. It has the most charming nerdy main character since Jason Bateman was on Arrested Development. IT has quirky Ally McBeal type moments that make your brain go "huh?" -- It has VICTOR GARBER SINGING AND DANCING in one scene, only to switch to his Stone-Face-I-Used-To-Play-Jack-Bristow-Don't-Mess-With-Me face the next. And if THAT weren't enough for you it has the ONE, the ONLY.... GEORGE FREAKIN MICHAEL singing his sexy songs IN JEANS in this guy's living room!

Um, hello? Can there be a more perfect show for me? Legal court drama? Check. Quirky, nerdy, charming lead? Check. Fuktabulous Victor Garber? Check. No, no, no that's not enough - we need to put George in there just to drive Kelly absolutely batty. I swear if JK Rowling shows up in this show, I'm gonna spontaneously combust!

Yeah, so watch that show if you get a chance. =)

I always intend to have a purpose or a story or a SOMETHING resembling sense when I start these blogs. Guess I'll have to keep working on that. Hope you've stayed wtih me here. Stay tuned next week when Kelly writes about her NEW! EXCITING! ADVENTURES!