My boss required everyone on my team to submit a bulleted list of goals for 2007 last week. As I sat down and thought about my goals for this year, it only reinforced my desire to move in another direction with my career. I really couldn’t think of much else that I could (or even wanted) do to advance within this company. I’ve known this for quite some time, and have been putting my resume out there, and blabbing to anyone who would listen that I’m searching.
As I sat in my bedroom on Wednesday feeling anxious about my current situation…not knowing where I’m going to live or work, and lamenting my super tight budget, I thought if just ONE thing could go right this week…or even this MONTH, that’ll be enough for me. On Thursday I received a call from the company that I’d interviewed with the week prior and they made an offer. It was so surreal because I’ve been looking for a good while. *makes mental note to send thank-you cards to everyone I bugged to death w/ reading and re-reading my resume/cover letters* It’s an opportunity that I’m very excited about and it came right on time. I haven’t put in my two weeks’ notice yet (not til I get something in writing psssshhhhht!) but I expect that to fall into place by Wednesday.
As far as apartments go, I was torn between staying on the outskirts of the city or moving back to the city altogether. It would be cheaper (so long as I don’t move downtown) and everything would be closer, including work (the new job is 2 blocks from the old job). However, if I move back to the city, whatever I’d save in rent, I’d lose in car insurance. It didn’t help that as I was thinking about all of this, the local news was playing in the background and the story was about yet ANOTHER mofo that got shot. Um…people don’t tend to get shot around here so I’m gonna stay put. Furthermore, when I sat down, crunched numbers and compared what’s out there to what I have (and viewed some very blah apartments), clearly I have a good deal, even when I take the AC fee into account (utilities are included with rent so they charge a yearly fee to use an AC). Plus my apartment is as cute as ever!
I’m already thinking of ways to save my pay increase woo hoo.
