I was so proud of myself yesterday for not eating the Halloween candy we bought to hand out to the little kiddies. Unfortunately, I left that self discipline home today. Our secretary has a big bag of candy corns on her desk and they have been much harder to resist.
Getting less than 6 hours of sleep most nights for the past two months is starting to really wear me down. Last night I got home at 10:50pm and got up this morning at 5:10 to catch the early train in to work.
I don't think I can take much more of this!!!
No "OFFICIAL" letter yet.... apparently there is some beauracracy that they are grappling with (seeing as I used to work there, I know how common that is) that has to do with making room in next year's budget for my salary. It's a big bummer, because it means that I need to continue working here throughout the week, and we are SWAMPED with work -- I don't want to work anymore 12+ hour work days!!! Today & tomorrow are busy, but Wednesday is quieter. If they got the letter done today and FedEx'd it overnight, I would have it Tuesday after work and could have resigned on Wednesday morning, a relatively light work-day. Thursday & Friday are both very busy and I don't want to drop a bomb on them when they are swamped... so I would probably resign on Friday afternoon, after I got most of the work done. I really need to resign this week, because I am supposed to be flying to Vegas on Sunday for an industry conference next week. Kind of pointless to go meet a bunch of electric management teams.
I'm tempted to just quit and hope that the official contract contains everything I was told verbally, but that isn't very smart.... very tempting though.....
Today my company celebrated Halloween in the office and many wives came in the office with their children. If employees wanted to participate in the festivities, we were to hang a balloon outside of our office door, which meant that the kiddies could come visit and trick-or-treat.
I intentionally bought two types of candy that I don't like, so I wouldn't be tempted to eat the extras. So far, I haven't had any... although, my boss has Dots and Junior Mints, that have been harder to resist. I've done pretty well all things considered.
Still loosing weight - YEAH!
I don't have much energy to write today. After the Eagles game, I am heading up to Jersey to enjoy a nice dinner with my dad and do some work that needs to get done before tomorrow. We had a nice time at Scott & Jenn's wedding yesterday, but are exhausted from all the festivities.
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I got sick of waiting for a phone call and called the Director of Research today. Turns out, he didn't need to talk to me before extending an offer. He told me that although he couldn't "officially" tell me, I would be getting a written offer either today, but unlikely given the company's beauracracy, on Monday. So, that's that.
I am probably going to stick it out at my current firm until Wednesday, the first day of the next month, so that we keep our health insurance. Unfortunately, that means that I have to stick around for the grueling busy earnings season, which is a bummer... And, it means that the work I didn't get finished today really does need to get done by Monday, so I will be working on Sunday - yuck!
Looking at the big picture, I guess a couple of days of hard work isn't the worst thing for me if it means that I get to go back to a work environment that I like and a work environment where I think I can thrive.
Back to happiness.... WE ARE STAYING IN PHILLY!!!
So, I had a good breakfast meeting with the Water Analyst. Her main question for me was "why do you want to come back?" and to make sure that I wasn't bitter & resentful about the way things transpired thave made me leave. I think I answered all of her questions well, and truthfully.... I couldn't go back myself if it was really eating me up what happened. I am coming back to a different situation, new analyst, opportunity to learn, more money.... At the end she was talking about my starting date, so it sounds like I am getting an offer.
I'm a little nervous though, because I spoke to the heaad of research today. He hadn't spoken to the Analyst yet, but was going to call me to discuss right afterwards... tick, tock, tick tock.... it's been 3 hours and I haven't heard back from him. I know that he spends half his day in meetings, but its making me a little nervous. Patience is not one of my strong points... STAY TUNED!
In the meantime, I am trying to muster up all the motivation I have to do work for my current job... ugh.
I am working on this tough project that is dragging on. It kept me in the office until 10pm (I was the only one that left that early!) and we are still working on it for the next few days. On the one hand, I am learning alot, on the other hand, it is difficult to care about what I am doing or stay focused when I am already halfway out the door.
I had a 30min chat today with the Water Analyst. I'm pretty sure they will be extending me an offer, she wasn't talking in "if you come back" sentences, everything was spoken as if it was already presumed I was coming back. Unfortunately, even if they do decide to hire me back, I won't get an official offer until sometime next week, which means that I will still be working in NYC for another week. And they said they wouldn't pay back my relocation bonus, which really stinks because I received a post-tax amount and need to pay back the pre-tax amount, which means it is actually going to cost me 4K out of pocket to come back....
I'm hesitant to tell the person I was supposed to sublet from that I no longer need the room for fear that things fall apart at the last minute and I am back to square one finding housing in Manhattan.
It's nice that everything is coming together so quickly. Adam and I are both looking forward to settling down and planning our Philly life together.... planning fun vacations... maybe getting a dog.... definitely looking into buying a place (hopefully in the City) in the near future.... no plans for kiddies yet though!
Poor Adam is miserably sick today with a fever and a cold... and they are too busy at work for him to stay home (at least that's what he says). I'm stuck in NYC/North Jersey all week and not at home to take care of him (or keep him from going in to the office).
Hopefully, he feels better soon, because we have a big weekend ahead of us!!
It's so nice to be treated to Glossen Suppe and Spätzle after a hard day of work.... also nice to be sleeping on a real bed during the week, instead of an air mattress. Unfortunately, my commute to work is about 1hr 15min, but it doesn't feel all that long.
