New developments
Mood:  not sure
Jim was cruising the NE Workforce Development site on Monday and noticed a listing he thought might interest me. He was at work at the time, I was at home. So, he called me up to tell me about it. It's a (supposedly) full-time evening position (5pm - whenever the work is finished) at Camera Concepts, which is a full-service (for lack of a better term) photograpy shop. They sell new and used cameras and accessories, photo albums and scrapbooking supplies, film, batteries, and other photo stuff. They offer film development - usually in about half an hour, custom framing, and they have an in-house studio for professional portraits. They also shoot weddings and other events. Like I said, pretty much full-service. Well, I looked over the ad, it's for a photo finisher. That means someone to run the development machines, and assist in other areas as needed. I thought to myself, that doesn't sound too bad, and maybe I could get a discount on a wedding package as a perk. I just happen to know the head salesman, so I decided to stop over this morning after work to check the place out, and maybe set up an interview. I got there before they opened, and didn't feel like sitting in my car twiddling my thumbs for 20 minutes, so I went to Shopko to pick up a new curling iron. Of course, I managed to find several other things to spend money on while I was there. Anyway, got back to Camera Concepts about 45 minutes later. Went in, talked to the guy I know, he didn't know anything about an opening, but called the owner out to talk to me. Nice lady, she handed me an application, and asked if I was available that afternoon for an interview. Thinking to myself, "hey, who needs sleep?", I said yes, but the later the better. So we arranged to meet again at 4pm. I immediately went home and filled out the application, then took a short nap. Got back up at 2:30, found some interview-worthy clothes, put on a little makeup, and off I went. That was the easiest interview I've ever been through. She didn't ask any of the typical interview questions that I rack my brain trying to answer the right way. I hate it when they ask me "What would your previous supervisor say about you?" "Well, since I called her a bitch the day I quit, I can't imagine it would be anything flattering, so let's just leave her out of it, ok?" Heh. Basically, we just sat and talked about the store and what they do, and what I know how to do, for about 45 minutes. Turns out that they handle all of the developing for the Affiliated stores in the area. (In other words, when you drop your film off at an IGA store, it gets sent to Norfolk.) About 30 minutes in, she told me she'd only talked to 2 other people. One hadn't scheduled an interview, the other one had come in at 2pm. Then she said that after talking to me, she wasn't planning on scheduling any more interviews. She didn't feel it would be necessary. She said she was going to hold off on doing the paperwork until Thursday, but that she would call me either at 5pm on Thursday, or Friday morning to let me know for sure that I got the job. I've been griping to Jim for 2 months about how hard it would be to find another job. Well, I just did, and it was the quickest, most painless and stress-free experience I've ever had in the job market. I'm still floored. Not sure how I'm going to tell my boss. She's going to flip. And she's really going to flip when Jim tells her he's in no way shape or form going to take over 3rd shift when I leave. Ok, now for the bad news. It's 35-40 hours, but I'll make a dollar less than I make now. And, in a fit of insanity, I agreed to start training immediately, which means that starting next week, at 5pm I go to work at Camera Concepts, then I report to my job here at HCM at 11pm. (read: 15 hour shift, 4 days a week) So, as mugh as I've been complaining that all I do is work, eat, sleep, repeat...for the next couple of weeks, it's going to be a reality. The good news is, once I'm done with the two-week notice bit, I'll work 10am - 6pm on Saturdays, and have Sundays off! The bad news is, when the heck am I going to have the time, not to mention the ENERGY, to move? I've been saying it will take us a month to get moved into this house. Well, in all reality, since we signed the lease May 11th, it will probably be more like 2 months. Jim and I both have Saturday off, and I asked for Sunday off too. Jim will probably end up working my shift. But, we should be able to get some moving done then, maybe even enough that we can start sleeping there. (crossing fingers)

Ok, on to a seemingly unrelated subject. I don't know what exactly is going on with me, but something is different. I haven't been feeling quite like myself for the last few weeks. It's really intensified the past few days. The most noticable change has been in my energy/motivation levels, and how much sleep I need. Normally, I'm about as motivated as a cement bench. And I generally sleep an average of 7-9 hours a day. I'm also about as domestic as a college frat boy. I don't cook, I don't clean, I don't really do much of anything. Well, in the past 3 days, I've had a cumulative total of 10 hours of sleep, have done 3 loads of laundry (2 of them folded and put away), the dishes, and had an interview. I'm really tempted to think that I might be having a manic episode. After I left Camera Concepts, I stopped by Arby's and picked up supper for Jim and myself. Sat with Jim at HCM and ate, got home about 6:30ish. Tried to take a nap, but gave up at 7:15. At no point have I felt like I'm going to crash into a 13 hour sleeping fit, which is usually how I feel after an extended period of sleep deprivation. I did get drowsy at 3:30am, but I feel ok now. I've had less than 4 ounces of coffee, and no other caffeinated beverages that I'm aware of in the past 18 hours. I'm starting to feel a little tired now, but that's really a bad thing, because I have tonight (Wed) off. I'm supposed to call Jim to make sure he's awake at 7 so he's ready to go when I get home. We're going to move at least one dresser, and one of the beds up to Plainview this morning, and possibly take another load later today. I don't have time to sleep today, I have to stay awake until at least 9pm. Well, I suppose I could probably get away with going to bed at 6 or so, but I want to spend as much time with Jim as possible, because we don't get much time together, and we'll get even less in the weeks to come. I guess we'll just have to see how the next few hours go. I was seriously considering taking a nap at 4, when my last coworker left. I still might. I've got 2 hours until anyone else gets here, and I'm not expecting calls. I don't really think I should though, because I'm so sleep deprived that I doubt I'd wake up if a call came in. Once I finally get to sleep, I'm going to sleep like the dead. Not a good idea to be in that state propped up in a chair with a headset on. Anyway, I think this post is quite long enough, so I'll be signing off now. Ciao!