I have not written a lot about my unemployment and job search woes on this side of my blog - but I did finally get a job! It comes after I decided I was unemployable and started working on a new business with my sister...but I applied for it because it was a weekends only position working for an animal emergency clinic and I thought I could do both. Now it turns out that they want more hours on the new job, but it is night time hours plus the weekends which would make me a full time employee. My husband is thrilled because it means I can bring home the benefit package (he is self-employed.)
So this is going to add many new elements for me to deal with. I will not be home to make dinner some nights. I will be away from home for some of my meal times. I will be working late into the night some nights. I will be sleeping through my usual workout times on some days. My schedule is going to vary wildly - where now I am very steady about when I go to bed and get up. So this will be an interesting set of adjustments. The good thing is that my scheduled work days will be limited to Saturday-Sunday-Monday. The rest of the week will depend on what is happening with the business with my sister and will be flexible.
Interesting times to come!!
6 comments:
Sounds like your world is going to be different from here on out. I think you have a positive outlook and that makes a huge difference in how things go!
Thanks for the nice comments you left on my blog.
Wishing you well!
Congrats on the job. Benefits - yahoo! I sooo miss having a company medical insurance plan:(
You are going to be very busy, it sounds like.
My advice would be to make one day your chopping/pre-cooking day. I dedicated Sunday afternoons to this last spring when I worked full time and it enabled me to be losing weight and eating healthily even while tremendously busy.
Congratulations on the new job! It looks like something I would enjoy doing.
I don't like cooking and my schedule varies, so I do batch cooking/prep. Tomorrow I'll make enough turkey taco filling and Mexican chicken fixin's to last for about 8-10 meals. I can keep it in the freezer and defrost as needed. I'll also prep enough fresh veggies so that I can assemble a salad on demand. Sadly, the "need" to grab something quick (at Burger King) is completely without justification. :)
Wishing you quick success with adjusting to your new schedule.
CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so excited for you!
Oh, and I agree with Jenn's advice.
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