Times, They Are a Changin'...

A lot has changed over the past few weeks...

I GOT A JOB!!!  I didn't blog about it sooner because I think I still wasn't sure if it was all really happening.  I went in for a second interview before Halloween and fully expected to have to wait another week before I heard anything back (like every other job I'd interviewed for).  But after an hour of meeting with the two partners of the group, they asked if this job sounded like something I wanted to do, and when I said yes, they asked when I could start!  Just like that!

I think I expected to be a little more excited than I actually was.  That's not to say that I wasn't; I just wasn't rolling on the ground, kicking and screaming.  I think fear and anxiety muscled past excitement, because while I was relieved and happy to have finally found a job (one that actually sounded like something I wanted to do and not just something I was settling for) and a real paycheck, my mind instantly went to all of the logistics.  How long would it take to pack up my apartment?  How am I going to get my couch down three flights of stairs?  How quickly can I find a new apartment?  How much is all of this gonna cost me?  How am I going to make friends in a new city?  The harsh realities of adulthood were seriously taking all of the fun out of getting my first real job!  But nearly a week later, I'm finally starting to feel a little more at ease with the whole process.  I got a new apartment that I'll be moving into this Friday, so the big stressor right now is packing and moving everything out of here and into the new place.  So for the past week, I've basically spent all my time on this:

Packing.  I.  Hate.  Packing.  I did it every single year while I was in college and it never gets any easier. And this time around, I have a couch to move, which presents new fun challenges.  Sigh...it'll all get done, one way or another.

It's been a crazy past couple of weeks, but all good crazy.  It's nice to finally be moving forward instead of standing still...