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First payday of this new job! Grateful to be gainfully employed again! I’m starting to get a real feel for this gig. It’s going to be interesting because my boss truly is a Nazi in every single w...

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The birthday was Thursday. Here’s what happened the rest of the weekend: Friday: Half-ass worked all day. I honestly can’t remember much of what I did, if I did anything at my new job. Isn’t that...

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On Thursday, I woke up to my fifty-sixth birthday. I gave a little kiss to the dog (she had been at the foot of the bed, sound asleep), and I said, “It’s my birthday!” with a hint of enthusiasm t...

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New Job: Tomorrow morning starts Week #2 at Cool Cat Company. I have a big meeting with the founder in the morning, which will require me to spend the first hour just getting my shit together as ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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←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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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