Loving the job!

It's been a month since I have had a chance to post... I have been busy with my new job and my family life! The job is a breeze...no stress, only 20 hours per week, and just enough challenge to keep me interested. This is the job that I have been searching for and I can't believe that I finally found it!

My baby boy turned 10 months old on the 6th. He has 6 teeth, he stands up and cruises from place to place holding on to the furniture. He weighed 19.4 lbs and is 29 inches long at his last Dr's appt. He is such a joy in my life I adore him! He's finally displaying a lot of personality, and is getting a little easier to care for, although he is a handful....we had to install the baby gates to keep him out of my kitchen and dining room! There was a little bit of sadness the other day when we took his mobile off the crib...he had begun pulling on it. That was the last of the "newborn" things in his room, he's growing up so fast now!

Christmas is coming up- and I am looking forward to it...but I still haven't put up my tree- I'm afraid of the baby getting into it. I will probably put it in the dining room outside of the gated area. We HAVE to have a tree...it's his 1st Christmas after all!

Another little piece of news... I have FINALLY arranged to have the baby baptized- it's technically called a "dedication" in the Protestant church. We are having it on Dec 27th - 2 days after Christmas. My sister will be able to be here for it, and she and my brother will be the godparents. I'm relieved to get this done- it's been weighing on me that he hasn't been blessed in church. My Hubby wasn't too happy with the idea, being that he is Jewish, but I explained to him- if you're not practicing, it shouldn't matter to you, And isn't it better for the baby to be blessed anyway? We told my in-laws and so far they seem ok with it. They aren't religious either, so my justification holds. I also reminded Hubby that we didn't get married in church and he promised me back then that the kids could be baptized. I think he figured I'd never go through with it. He doesn't realize how deep my faith in the Lord is. He wasn't raised the same way I was. That's ok, my son will learn from me. I have no problems with teaching him anything!

Anyway, this has to be short and sweet...baby boy has woke up from his nap and I have to go get him....

That's it and that's all for now....!

Job Update

So, I had my 2nd interview at that manufacturing company yesterday....and it looks like I am being offered the job! I spent another 2 hours there with the guy who will be my boss, who is SUPER nice and I think I will like working with him.... I think once I learn the ins and outs of this business I will be a super star there...here are the details of the position:

It is part time for now- they are going to make sure that I am hired as a permanent employee and not a temp, so that I don't get laid off in a couple of months once the busy season ends. The new boss said that if I catch on well and do well, he can make a case for me to be a full time employee. I will work about 20 hrs per week to start off...and I can make my schedule to whatever works for me and the baby. For now, I will work 8 am to noon or 9 am to 1 pm, whichever works better for me. I was also told that they will try to get approval for me to be paid for the holidays that the office is closed, which would be nice. This is the first place I have seen that actually has nice holiday time off: Paid for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, and even Good Friday- I have never even heard of a company that gives you Good Friday off! (Essentially that is compensating you for Easter Sunday, since it's always a Sunday you would not normally get paid for that holiday at any other company!) Another perk- I will have my own office for the first time in my working career! It's a nice size too- they already showed it to me. It just needs to be outfitted with a desk and stuff, it's currently empty. Basically the only thing I am waiting for is for them to get the approval to pay me the money I asked for (which comes out to more $ per hour than the last job I worked at USA A-hole company) and to get me the paid holidays as well. If they accomplish that for me I will be THRILLED. This is the type of job that I was looking to find once I had the baby...Part time, well paying, and flexible. It's almost too good to be true. I hope that there are no catches to this thing, I want it too much!

I made sure to let them know that I was so disappointed when they never responded to me back in July and August when I asked about the status of the position. They claim to have been hit with a hiring freeze right after I interviewed. However, that cannot explain the lack of courtesy in getting a response back. All they needed to do was let me know about the hiring freeze and I would have understood that. As it turns out, the reason why I am being hired now is because the guy that will be my boss was SO overwhelmed with work (apparently Wal-Mart put in an unexpected huge order not figured into their demand) that he couldn't physically do it all anymore, and he started having panic attacks (gee that sounds familiar!) So they finally got approval to hire a part timer to help out. His goal is to get me in there full time. He told me at one time there were 3 buyers doing what he does now. I could only imagine the pressure he is under. I think he is very well paid though. He travels for the company all the time- international and all...but all the money in the world is not worth your health and well being, so I think that is why he is pushing so hard to get me hired in at my terms. The HR lady told me that I was the front runner for the job all along and once he got the ok to hire someone, he asked for me specifically. He knew from the get go that I was what he wanted. I guess I REALLY impressed him in the interview. I had a feeling that I did...which is why I was SO confused when I never heard back from them again.

So anyway, that's the deal there...and on a side note, I have finally decided to wean baby boy from the breast...he made it easy for me, since he has not wanted to nurse. He prefers the faster flow of the bottle and doesn't want to work for it anymore, so I stopped pumping (I wasn't getting more than an ounce anyway after an entire hour of pumping!) I guess it's time now. I am saddened a little, I actually came to enjoy the time I spent feeding him- but he's getting bigger now, and I am going back to work soon, so it all worked out for the best. As I have said before, God has his plan for you and things will always work out the way he wants them to. I have my faith in Him and it has once again brought me through.

That's it and that's all!!

Quick update

This is an interesting development....the company that I last interviewed with back in early July- the one that IGNORED my phone calls, email and thank you note...has CALLED me again!! I am listening to the voice mail right now..and I am so ambivalent about calling them back...I mean...they BLEW me off...and would I WANT to work for a company like this? And KNOWING that I am a second choice at this point? I can only think that they probably had a new hire that didn't work out and now they are coming back to me. It also makes me wonder... is the job really crappy? Maybe that's why it has a turnover... I am not sure what to do....gonna call hubby now and see what he says..I know he will say... TAKE THE JOB...what I am wondering is... is it going to be worthwhile to take the job? It sounds like they are desperate to get someone in there... it's still a part time seasonal job...just hope it's not all smoke and mirrors....

Will update later!!!

And they did it again...

So last nite I am checking out my FB page and I see an status message from one of my former co-workers at USA A-hole Company that said that there were more layoffs again. I am amazed that this place can continue to function without all the people. They laid off 52 ppl in January (which included yours truly) then in July I know they got rid of the HR contact that I was friendly with (not sure if there were others at that point.) then I heard of the 10 people that were let go yesterday, one of whom was a buyer. I also found out from this former co-worker that they let go another buyer only 2 weeks ago, and there is a rumor of yet one more getting the ax! All I have to say is that I feel a little bit better knowing this....not because I am happy about anyone losing their job, quite the contrary...it's more the confirmation that it was a totally non-personal decision to get rid of me when they did. I think that even if I had been kept on up until now, I'd still be in jeopardy of getting laid off, and if not, then I'd be SO overworked that I'd be a panic ridden mess. More and more I believe that it was God's plan to get me out of that place at that time. It gave me time to truly focus on my baby boy, and hopefully figure out what I need to do next. I am still uncertain where this path will lead me...but I will continue to have faith that God is guiding my hand in it.

Speaking of my little boy...he's 7 months old. He is sitting up pretty well now (with some help to get there) and is "army crawling" on the floor. I am also proud to announce that he is now sleeping in his crib at night, although he is still not sleeping through the night every night...I get up at least once to nurse him in the middle of the night...I think that he wakes up and realizes he is alone and gets upset..but hopefully the longer he stays in there the better things will be in the end. I wake up and check on him at least once a night aside from when he wakes himself up anyway. I have a little bit of anxiety with him away from me...for his entire life I have had him by my side. I feel like something is missing when he's not there...it's hard to explain if you have never had a baby. It's an adjustment for me as much as for him.

Anyway, that's the most recent update on former job and baby...

That's it and that's all!