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Day 4 at Cool Cat
So far so good…but I don’t even have an email set up yet, so I’m really just playing around and learning the product categories. I like it right now, but I know the storm is coming. I’m bracing m...
Second Day
Today is my second day at my new job and I’m sitting outside on the patio of a Starbucks while several other remote workers have meetings around me. It’s a little weird being two time zones away ...
I Start Tomorrow!
Well guys, I start my next job tomorrow. Fully remote, and I was able to negotiate $5K more annually, which still doesn’t cover my portion of the medical insurance premiums, but I’m making due un...
Negotiations, or Nothing Is Easy
Ughhhh. Why is negotiating for a job so stressful?! In a series of stressful events, I’ve not only gotten an offer from the company I’ve been talking with (let’s call them The Cool Cat Company, o...
MOHS Blows
Yesterday I had mohs surgery on my shoulder. That nasty ol’ squamous cell bugger had gotten bigger and crustier since the original derm did the biopsy. I can’t believe how fast a fucking skin can...
Last Week's Anxious Snippets and Big News!
Monday, October 2nd: Had what would have been my 3rd or 4th interview with a company I’ve been talking with for a while. It’s a lot of talk, talk, talk, and finally I talked with the guy who’d be...
Sunday Morning Ritual
Sitting here at this lovely, lovely coffee shop with massive patios overlooking the lake and tons of outdoor seating and live jazz. Sipping my half-caf bottomless drip coffee and tapping out an e...
I Can Not Today
Read the updates to the previous entry for what happened with the interview at the Home Decor company. I am shattered because I’m just so tired of the bullshit happening. Companies need to get th...
Video Interview Soon! *** Last Update
I have a video interview in less than an hour and I’m sitting in front of my computer turning the camera on and looking to make sure I look okay and that my background (my actual kitchen and livi...
Sunday Morning Live From the Coffee Place
And now I’m sitting at my favorite coffee place tapping this out, sipping a half-caf drip coffee with nothing in it (fasting! More on that in a sec), and waiting for the live music to start at ar...
Updates from a Brewery
Interesting Work Spaces: I’m typing this out at a brewery. That’s right - I’m sitting here drinking a beer and writing this entry while others around me work on their laptops as well. I think if ...
Getting Stuff Done...And Then Not
Two steps forward…one step back. At least I’m making some progress, I guess? This morning I had a coffee meeting with a woman who works at one of my target local companies that I’d LOVE to work f...
RAD: Super Happy Guy
The last of my later-RADs. This one happened two weeks ago: Name: Super Happy Guy Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 52 Relationship Status: I can’t remember? I know he’s single for sure, but I...
RAD: The Mysterious Housesitter
←another RAD that way Name: Mysterious Housesitter Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 54, I think Relationship Status: Divorced, one son Job: Consulting for food companies - seems like he’s als...
RAD: The Pole Dancer
Name: The Pole Dancer Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 51 Relationship Status: Divorced, adult twin girls Job: tech sales Lives: In a beautiful neighborhood a few miles from my place Length o...
What's the Worry?
What a lazy Saturday - where did the day go? Well, for one thing, I slept until well after 8am. I hadn’t planned to do that, but I woke at 2am with a worried brain and it took me quite some time...
What's Happening?
Hi everyone! I’m deep in the throes of creating my consulting package to present to the founders of this startup tomorrow. Guess what I’ve realized while working on this project? I don’t want to...
RAD: The Lion King
Finally. This is the first of FOUR long-overdue RADs I owe you guys! Name: The Lion King Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 (but I figured out he was lying and is actually 67) Relationship St...
Ten Things
Martini, my sweet baby dog, is lying on the blankie behind me with the most rumbly tummy. I can hear it from across the room. Poor thing. I can tell she doesn’t feel good. I don’t know what she...
About to Brunch
I need to leave in approximately five minutes to get to my brunch on time. A happy surprise, my friend Lovely is in town with her husband to visit his mother, who lives here. She (the mother-in-l...
Get it Together.
I don’t know what to write half the time because I feel like my whole life is on HOLD, but it’s actually not. I’ve just been struggling a bit lately and feeling lost. I need to get my life back o...
Behind on Updates!
I’m woefully behind on my updates. I owe you two Rate-A-Dates! But the rest of my life seems to be on hold while I try to secure my next paying gig. It’s stressful, y’all. In fact, I don’t really...
RAD: The Party Atty
Name: The Party Attorney Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 58 (or so he says) Relationship Status: Divorced for long time - sounds like he’s on great terms with his ex. A daughter who sometim...
Still So Anxious*
Y’all. I’m still so anxiety-ridden. I don’t remember feeling this anxious last year when I was unemployed, but I think that was because I had a good severance AND unemployment on top of that, so ...
RAD: The Parole Officer
Name: The Parole Officer Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 60 Relationship Status: Thinking never married, no kids? I actually didn’t ask, but I’m pretty sure he’s a lifelong bachelor Job: Re...
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