I love my new job!

I had an amazing day today, and I wanted to share. :) This morning started with an in depth tour of this house: www.glenridgehall.com It's not open to the public, so this was a treat, and I got paid to be there (work related)! That house left me needing a new word for WOW!, because my coworker and I wore WOW out . :-D Then, in the afternoon, I went up north to Forsyth County to look at a farm for another work project, and I got to see a colt born! It was such fantastic day, and I can't believe it was part of my job!!

Woohoo!!!

Well, after yesterday's crazy work drama *see previous blog post for details*, I have the official verbal job offer from my new workplace, and it's coming in at $5500 more than I am currently making!! *jumps up and down repeatedly* I am so excited, you just cannot KNOW!! I'll have the email offer in my inbox tomorrow, and the written letter in my mailbox around Saturday! I cannot wait to march into my current boss' office and say sayonara!! Ok, that is far too many exclamation marks for one post. ;-) I just cannot help it!

I'm being screwed over royally, but it'll be ok, I have a plan

My job situation has been drastically, painfully overhauled. To make a verrrrrryyyyy long story short, my predecessor at my current job, who I used to work under, wrote me an email today asking if I had gotten a new job and to keep him posted (I work in the arts/ticketing world and we're a pretty close knit group in terms of knowing what's up with one another professionally). I replied that my job search was on hold until after the wedding, and then it occurred to me that hadn't inquired as to his latest position, so I revisited the deleted item in my outlook, only to then notice the subject line: "I saw your job posted on the internet?" At that point, a big ugly What The F*ck!! erupted from me, and I went to the posting page and lo and behold, there, in fact, was my position posting!

So, I freaked out, called HR with a WTF need for conversation. I must first preface this with a remark that I was initially hired a little more than a year ago with the knowledge that I was filling in for a while until I could get a job in my field, and that back in November my supervisor mentioned in a meeting with me that they were "considering" reposting my job, to which I replied that I was perfectly content with doing the best job I could for them until something did come up. After that conversation, nothing had been done, and there was no confirmation that anything would be done, at that point, nor a future timeline. Now, 2 1/2 months later, poof!, it's posted, without a "hi, howdy do, guess I should let you know" conversation from my boss. F*cker!

Once I was relatively calm again, I called to a place where I had interviewed right before christmas to follow up...I figured I might as well hammer that last nail on the job coffin while I was down on the ground. Surprise of surpises, the lady at that company tells me that she cannot wait for me to start!! How is that for a twist?! All I need now is something in writing from them, and you bet your bottom that I will be marching my smug self into my current boss' office and tell him how low I think it was to post my job without so much as a courtesy call to let me know it was happening, and say that I have a job offer, and adios (with a big mental "bite me" chorusing in my head)!

Tonight, I am still overwhelmed, hurt, excited, and scared. But I had to vent. My wonderful D came up to comfort me, and we've decided to bump up our move-in-together date for the sake of our finances, and I am doing my best Gloria Gaynor right now--I will survive.

The dress is in!

I couldn't believe it when I got the voicemail earlier today...my wedding dress was already in! When I ordered it less than two weeks ago, I was told it wouldn't be in until the middle of April! It fits perfectly-no alterations needed. I am so excited!

To top it off, I was feeling especially lucky today, what with good train karma and the dress coming in, and despite the job prospect that fell through earlier, so I played the scratch-off lottery ticket for $2 and ended up winning $6. :-D

Off to bed. More later.

Wedding date has been confirmed!

The date is set! May 27 it is! :) We heard back from D's friends today, and we are on their calendar. Things are clipping along nicely, and it makes me feel so relieved!

That's it...I'm just sharing the good news. ;-)

I have a dress!

Yes, I have my dress! It only took one day and one store, but I love it, and it is perfect! Nope, it's not any of the ones I had been looking at online. In fact, I'm having a hard time locating a photo of the dress so I can email it to my mom. It's white, strapless, with pearl beading around the top of the dress that continues down the back along the zipper line, and at the waistline, the dress splits out into an inverted V (with an under layer of the same or similar material, and the beading goes along the line of the V. I love it! Got a veil, too...just a small one that I can put up under my hair when it is piled on top of my head. I'm so excited!!

Happy 2007!

Happy indeed! I hope that everyone's holiday experiences were wonderful, or at least not too terribly painful. ;-)

I had a wonderful holiday myself. It's official...I'm engaged! He proposed on my birthday, and now we are in full-on wedding planning mode. Aiee! So far, so good, as we are paying for this ourselves. We've got a lot of help, which is most appreciated. D's friends, who are a Methodist clergy couple, will perform the ceremony at the husband's church near Savannah, and they are waiving the usual church fee! One major expense down. I have a ring, and we've decided on wedding rings, and that is another detail resolved.

I'm having fun planning away, and for those of you who speak with me regularly, if I get to be annoying with the wedding planning details, please say so. I'll try to be vigilant about not talking about it exclusively...it's like new parents who can only have a conversation about their baby. It's interesting for a little while, but it is not the only thing you have going for you, and I like hearing about other details of your lives.. And for those of you who are considerate of such things (HC, you're great about balancing baby news and life news! Give little N a hug from me), I thank you and will do the same.