Oh what a tangled web...
Nov. 6th, 2010 09:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mermaidbluewe weave when we dare to make a plan!
People keep asking how I am, and accusing me of being quiet. I never know what to say. There is a lot going on, but none of it is simple.
I am working some locum tenens work. For those of you not in medicine, that means fill in jobs for doctors who are on vacation or locations that can't get someone to work there full time. It's been enough to pay the bills and hopefully will continue to be so. I does means a large amount of time away from home, about 1/2 the month in varying size chunks. It's not easy on either Jason or I. I have an even longer 4-6 week assignment in Maine in December and January, so I'll be missing the Holidays and away from my family and friends for a long time. But, I can't argue with the pay, so *shrug* we make due.
Money, therefore, is ok but not great. We can make ends meet, but there is very little wiggle room, especially since we have Jason's 2 best friends, their 2 dogs, 2 ferrets, and a sugar glider living with us. We did think about saying no, but they really had no where else to go except to live out of his car. So we had to get the upstairs A/C fixed and some other things that cost a fair amount. Plus they aren't giving us any rent, just covering their utilities. Oh, and I foolishly let her drive my car, so of course she promptly hit someone. Hopefully it won't affect my insurance rates as it's the only at fault incident in over 7 yrs with this company and it wasn't even me! But either way, I'm out the $500 deductible.
The job search continues, and in a certain sense I've been very lucky. I've gotten tons of interviews, and a few offers. Sadly, the job I really wanted said no with an excuse that according to a corporate wise friend of mine (thx![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
durthorin translates as "too expensive to get you up here and you won't bring any patients with you" so I guess we just keep going. I am not going to uproot everyone and leave all my friends for anything less than the perfect job!
Socially, things are ok. The interviewing often leads people to ask where in the world I am that day. Add in the weeks away from home, and I'm not seeing people as much as I'd like for being technically unemployed. I haven't even gotten to meetsibylla's new dog yet ! *pout* Hopefully, I can make that up in the 2 wks off I have coming up (around Thanksgiving) before I head off to Maine.
Mentally, I've very up and down. November is always a tough month anyway. The anniversaries of both my parent's deaths and the loss of my kitten, MoonPie, make it tough regardless of any other occurrences. The job loss and being stranded for over 6 hrs in Logan Boston airport did not help. For the first time in several years, I wanted to give up and hibernate after crying for a few hours. So of course, when I got home, Jason proposed!!!
This has, as you can imagine, vastly improved my mood. :D When I got home, everything seemed normal. The puppies were yipping and barking. Jason and Chuck were putting together a table. I staggered up to the bedroom, and put my suitcase down and was chatting with Brandy about little things, and I he said "I just have one question." When I turned around, there he was on one knee with the ring. Of course I teared up, and said yes...twice I think! He stood up and hugged me and then put the ring on my finger.
Here's a picture:
Apparently the evil plan was to invite 12-15 people over, and surprise me when I got home. He'd gotten brunswick stew, baked beans, and barbecue for everyone to eat to have a small party afterward. Sadly, my being stranded in Logan ruined that plan...but it was still a wonderful surprise!
So I guess things are ok but not great, except the ring of course. :D
People keep asking how I am, and accusing me of being quiet. I never know what to say. There is a lot going on, but none of it is simple.
I am working some locum tenens work. For those of you not in medicine, that means fill in jobs for doctors who are on vacation or locations that can't get someone to work there full time. It's been enough to pay the bills and hopefully will continue to be so. I does means a large amount of time away from home, about 1/2 the month in varying size chunks. It's not easy on either Jason or I. I have an even longer 4-6 week assignment in Maine in December and January, so I'll be missing the Holidays and away from my family and friends for a long time. But, I can't argue with the pay, so *shrug* we make due.
Money, therefore, is ok but not great. We can make ends meet, but there is very little wiggle room, especially since we have Jason's 2 best friends, their 2 dogs, 2 ferrets, and a sugar glider living with us. We did think about saying no, but they really had no where else to go except to live out of his car. So we had to get the upstairs A/C fixed and some other things that cost a fair amount. Plus they aren't giving us any rent, just covering their utilities. Oh, and I foolishly let her drive my car, so of course she promptly hit someone. Hopefully it won't affect my insurance rates as it's the only at fault incident in over 7 yrs with this company and it wasn't even me! But either way, I'm out the $500 deductible.
The job search continues, and in a certain sense I've been very lucky. I've gotten tons of interviews, and a few offers. Sadly, the job I really wanted said no with an excuse that according to a corporate wise friend of mine (thx
durthorin translates as "too expensive to get you up here and you won't bring any patients with you" so I guess we just keep going. I am not going to uproot everyone and leave all my friends for anything less than the perfect job!Socially, things are ok. The interviewing often leads people to ask where in the world I am that day. Add in the weeks away from home, and I'm not seeing people as much as I'd like for being technically unemployed. I haven't even gotten to meet
sibylla's new dog yet ! *pout* Hopefully, I can make that up in the 2 wks off I have coming up (around Thanksgiving) before I head off to Maine.Mentally, I've very up and down. November is always a tough month anyway. The anniversaries of both my parent's deaths and the loss of my kitten, MoonPie, make it tough regardless of any other occurrences. The job loss and being stranded for over 6 hrs in Logan Boston airport did not help. For the first time in several years, I wanted to give up and hibernate after crying for a few hours. So of course, when I got home, Jason proposed!!!
This has, as you can imagine, vastly improved my mood. :D When I got home, everything seemed normal. The puppies were yipping and barking. Jason and Chuck were putting together a table. I staggered up to the bedroom, and put my suitcase down and was chatting with Brandy about little things, and I he said "I just have one question." When I turned around, there he was on one knee with the ring. Of course I teared up, and said yes...twice I think! He stood up and hugged me and then put the ring on my finger.
Here's a picture:
Apparently the evil plan was to invite 12-15 people over, and surprise me when I got home. He'd gotten brunswick stew, baked beans, and barbecue for everyone to eat to have a small party afterward. Sadly, my being stranded in Logan ruined that plan...but it was still a wonderful surprise!
So I guess things are ok but not great, except the ring of course. :D
