Things that Amuse Me

Well, I am busier now than ever. I am doing great at school and the grades are all good. I am learning a lot of fun things and my designs skills are getting better each week. I love it!

I am also doing a lot of organizational work for my SO on top of the things that I already do for the club. I am enjoying it though and most of the time it is running errands and it gives me a reason to get out of the house. (Although, today, it means going through paperwork and doing some filing)

I just picked up my first real client and will be designing their logo and a small website. I am very excited and my mind is full of ideas that I will soon be getting into form in Photoshop and Illustrator.

It is just amazing how I am busier now than I was while I was working. The challenge is separating the work things from the fun things too. I find that I just keep on working and soon I just put in a 16 hour work day!

So, time is ticking...gotta get back to the filing!

So, last week, my boss told me that my job was safe...this was an unsolicited comment. In light of the recent layoffs, this made me feel much better. Well, today, I found out that couldn't have been further from the truth.

My position was eliminated and even though I was offered another position, it is for much less money and less hours. That job is also a position that does not utilize my talents and passions at all. It is a dead end job with no promise that I would get this job back if the market improved.

So, I will take that position so I can actually survive while I look for other work. I am beefing up my resume and getting it ready to send out all over the place.

I am angry because I was lied to for no reason except that it made her feel better to say it. I am disappointed because I was promoted to this position only a month ago and was really enjoying the fact that I was finally doing what I really wanted to do.

So, if anyone knows of anything out there that would be better than a horrible receptionist job, please email me and let me know.

Despite the craziness of my week, I am finally allowing myself to enjoy the great thing that happened to me this week. I got the job that I really wanted. Now the job that I do is something that I have a great passion for. And now that I am almost finished getting organized, I can dig in and enjoy it.

I apologize for whining all week about my job. This change has been very stressful and this blog is my release. The company structure is still changing but I think that the parts that directly impact me are over....I hope.

I am eager for the weekend and I plan on relaxing.

To say that the week has been difficult is putting it very mildly. The changes are work are still happening at a couple of our other offices and I am trying to get more organized so I can do my new duties along with all of the ones that I already had.

I feel like I am starting to make progress though. Today has been much better! My days are very busy and the time seems to fly by.

So, 2 things happened yesterday...one good and one not good.

My friend was laid off...not good and I feel horrible. I was given the Marketing Coordinator position...very good and a goal of mine. It is hard to feel really happy about this accomplishment because of what happened to make that position a possibility.

I am trying really hard to enjoy the accomplishment because I have worked hard for it. The way that it happened is not my fault and I had nothing to do with it at all.

So, today will be a tough day as everyone finds out that she is gone. I have to go through all of her files and get organized. So, I am off to my busy day.