Surprise!

Ok, so lets try this again. 

Since it's only been 2 years (or so), its not like there is much that's happened.  Still in the Denver Metro.  We FINALLY sold our house in KS.  We did buy a house here.  Not in Elizabeth, not the land that I wanted, but at least I can't hear my neighbors in the bathroom routines.  Or bedroom routines.  *shudder*  We also adopted a dog. 

Her name is Tinkerbelle.  She is our baby.

Life has been interesting.  I'm still at the same company.  I didn't get the promotion I expected, but I did get a different one in January.  I'm now in marketing. 

J was laid off from the job that we moved here for.  They closed the office and that was that.  It took a couple of months, but he found a new job.  He just finished a year there in February.

There hasn't been any huge life altering changes.  No children, except the furry ones.  I haven't run off and joined the Peace Corp. Nothing too interesting.  :)  I do have some projects coming up, and maybe some pics of the house. 

So...

....I'm officially job hunting. Anywhere or anything without a 45 minute radius of Ottawa/Pomona. (Within reason. I draw the line at Wal-Mart or fast food.) I just can't stand not being treated like a human being or given common respect anymore.

That and I'm honestly a little scared that one of these days, we just won't get paid because the boss is too busy indulging his lavish lifestyle.

So, I am very much job hunting. I would like to make at least $9 an hour. I would like to make a little more if I have to drive very far, but I'll do what I have to.

Hello! So, after about a 3 year absense from blogging, a friend/coworker kind of inspired me to start again.

So, first a little about me. I am K. A very recent college graduate, and even more recent newly wed. J and I have been married about two and a half weeks, even though we've been together for a year and a half now. We don't have any kids yet, thank goodness, unless you count two fat, spoiled cats. It's not that I don't want kids. I really do. But we're definitely not ready for them yet. We'll get to more of that later.

I mentioned that I was a recent college graduate. That is of about three weeks. I went to college to be in broadcast communications, mostly radio. I never had any desire to be in TV. My freshman year, I started volunteering at the local radio station to kind of help learn the ropes, give me an edge, and hopefully lead to a job. Well, it did. Eventually, I worked part time, one or two days a week, filling in at other times if needed. I started working more and more often, and eventually, here a few months ago, it led to the job I had been working for for three years. Couldn't be happier right?

Well, with our wonderful government and perfect economy, this job wasn't as many hours as it used to be and would not pay my bills, even with J's job, which pays him pretty decently for this area and time. So I started looking for other jobs, half heartedly, because honestly I've been working for this for three years, I want to stay here! J has been pushing me to work for his company for quite a while. Helping him with sales, or whatever needs to be done, pretty much. Well, they made this big deal and need a new employee to help deal with this new company. So they offer me a job as their Marketing Manager.

What can I say? On one hand, I have a job that I'm not guaranteed 40 hours per week. If I make it, I'll be working basically 7 days a week, at random hours from 430 or 5am to sometimes 10 or 11 at night. Not solidly of course, but any hours in between. On the other hand, I have a job offer of a regular 9-5, 40 hours per week guaranteed, unless I request time off or it's a holiday.

I took the job. And I regret it. I swore form the time I was 14 and started working that I would never work someplace just for money. I would do what I liked, not what I had to unless it meant starving. So now I'm stuck right? I have to just make the best of what I've gotten myself into. I hated working at the radio station too when I first started, so I'm trying to give myself an adjustment period to get used to it. Just like I've had to do with every other job I've had.

So this is a long post, right? Yeah, that happens a lot.

So Happy New Year! Sorta. I've never made resolutions before, but I heard that you shouldn't make your resolutions till Jan. 2, or you'll never keep them, so I have a few now here.

1. Keep my house cleaner. J didn't have the best time growing up and can't stand a dirty house. I don't mind clutter, but I can't stand much dirt either. So now that I'm not working and in school full time, I should be able to keep that more. Most notably, this includes doing dishes. It is the one thing J and I both hate the most and therefore, they don't get done. So, in keeping my house cleaner, I will also do my dishes before they start growing and having babies.
   
2. Keep in shape. I'm not fat, but I'm flabby and I'm back to losing my breath as fast as ever, so I really need to whip my ample ass into shape again. I want to lead an active life, not waste my time in front of the TV and computer. *uncomfortable squirm* well, not all my time anyway.
   
3. Cook more, and make it healthy. When I moved off campus, I swore I would cook more. I did, but when I started working more and didn't get home till about 7p, I didn't really want to cook much. But I should have more than enough time now, and this in theory should help with resolution number 2.
   
4. Save money. Even with two incomes that pay fairly decently, we have a lot of bills, what with a house payment and several school loans to pay. Plus, J likes things that go vroom, so there are truck repairs, car upgrades, and a new motorcycle on the wish list. I clip coupons like a fanatic anyway, but I'm not very good at planning my shopping or my meals, and that's something I can improve upon quite a bit. Note to self: buying less clothing for myself would also help with this.
   
5. Fifth and finally, not to be such a hermit. I've never been very outgoing or easy to make friends, but since all of my close friends have left and live several hours away, I really need to be more....friendly....I guess. J is gone a lot sometimes for work and when he's gone, I have two cats to keep me company and that's really it. I need to change that PDQ.

So this is my first blog. We'll get to more about me, my new job, my kids...I mean cats, J and whatever else is bothering me. For now, goodbye blogging world, hello world of I-Want-To-Keep-My-Resolutions.