New(ish) Gig

I started a new job with my same company this week. Today is day two…

I was not excited at all.  You know how you get excited/nervous before starting a new job?  Well none of that--in fact quite the opposite.  Last week I had nightmares, one where I was mugged in a dark alley and I was so frightened I couldn’t scream, and another where someone was trying to take Diamond from me and I said “over my dead body!” and there ya go, I was killed.  What do YOU think that means?  I have a pretty good idea…I already blogged about the clusterfuck it was getting this role.

But as I said, today is day two and I had to book a trip to meet the team.  I was told that the weather in Montana will be nice but to dress for a blizzard because apparently they form within minutes.  Great.  I live in California, I have no “blizzard wear”.

Anyway, the job is new in that they use different acronyms and terms for basically the same thing I did in my last role.  As my new manager was describing it to me I was finishing her sentences.  She seemed to like the fact that I am familiar with not only what they expect of the person in the role, but of the company’s many hoops.

Day two and still not excited.

Random Friday

Today was a great day. I met a friend in Burlingame at an outside cafe. We had lunch--pork belly and salt cod--YUM!! And a few drinks in the sunshine. It was great! 70 something degrees today in February!! Ahhh love it here!

Then I went home and took ms thing on a looong walk :)

My friend Susan.

What can I say?? I still miss her when I allow myself to. It saddens me greatly because she was not only my friend but she was a really good, decent, kind person. She was intelligent and funny and fun to be around and she made me feel hopeful because she always had a plan to do better--be better...even if she never did anything she planned on doing, she still had the plan.

Miss you my friend. I wish I took a picture of you.

Frank

Good news!!! Frank found a forever home!!!

Thankfully he was only at Rocket Dog for a few days before a woman fostered him and decided to keep him.

I am extremely please with the family that has adopted Frank. They have a fenced in yard, a 5 year old Frank absolutely adores and a submissive dog that's bigger than Frank! Ha! I spoke with his new mom on the phone for like a hour last week. Then we exchanged pictures and funny videos of him when he was with me and him when he's with her and her family.

Last Sunday Diamond and I met them at the farmers market and we got to see him again and meet her in person. Seriously a great match. Susan would be happy. It was funny/odd meeting at the farmers market because that's where Susan and I used to meet before walking the dogs.

Bittersweet.

Fuck-ers

Here I am thinking I'm in a good place because I thought i was negotiating a new position with my current company and I have a final interview with another company next week. Then I find out that the offer letter has been initiated but I have not agreed to the salary. I am not certain why they would initiate the offer if I have not agreed to the salary, other than to force my hand which pisses me off.

I am so fucking pissed I can't stand it and I find sneaky underhanded shady shit like this is a blow to my ego.

My hope is that this other job works out and I can say Suck It!! To my company and move the fuck on....

Back home

I got back from vacation and want to list what I've found so far that irritates me. I had a dog sitter stay in my home with my dog and he ate my food and drank my booze. He smoked weed and used the top to my jewelry box as an ashtray. He fed my dog a months worth of treats, 2 cans of pumpkin on top of her food. She can barely move she's so lethargic over being over fed.

I left written instructions in how much to feed her. What's the problem?? Fuck man!

I'm seriously irritated!

Vacation and shit on my mind

I'm on vacation. I'm sleepy. I'm at my moms house. It's raining :(. I can't get away from work...fuck man!

I've had time to think about the position I have applied for at work. I am beginning to believe that they are trying to low ball me. The original position I applied for was a B3 pos but they closed it and then told me apply for another position and I think it's a B2. Hate them.

Please give me the strength to get thru this.