Cha Cha Changes...

Worker Bee

I cannot believe is has been twenty days since my last post! A lot has been happening and I guess time got away from me. I started doing temp work for the man I am buying my home from. His assistant has cancer and they are unsure of her return date. I have an unofficial job offer from the other job I interviewed for with Marc! My start date would not be until October. The Lord has really blessed me this month. Just a few weeks ago I was worried because I did not have any house sitting or babysitting jobs lined up and I had not heard anything about the job with Marc. Then, Joe's wife Kim and I talk and she mentioned that he was interested in talking to me about a temp position. After being fired in June, July was a really rough month for me financially as well as emotionally and mentally. I feel like things are finally looking up!

Home Front

We are still closing on FRIDAY!!! A few weeks ago I bought a my bedroom furniture as well as living room furniture. It felt so great to go into the store all by myself and pick out whatever I wanted. I am so excited to see it all set up in my house. Still have not started packing. I know this sounds crazy, but all I am really moving are my clothes and personal items. I am planning on getting rid of half my clothes and shoes so that I don't have to move them. Plus most of my stuff from old apartments (dishes etc) are still boxed. I guess I should start rummaging through the enormous amount of crap in our garage to find some of that stuff :)



I know this has been boring, but it is hard to be funny when you have to catch up on so many days worth of happenings.

Weekend Update

Friday was a day of running around and girl time. Kelly and I went to Fabric and Fringe to buy fabric for the purses we are making. Like kids in a candy store, we were in there for at least an hour. We went back to Kelly's for dinner and to start making the purses. It was a little harder than we thought it was going to be. We were very tired, so we did not get very far.

Saturday I had a baby shower to attend for Jessica Nicula. The shower was very nice with all your typical fattening shower food. We played the guess the baby food and candy bar dirty diaper games. I won the first one, but I tied for the second game. I could not identify the Butterfinger in diaper #3, but in my defense I never eat them. Jessica looked beautiful and scored with some really great gifts. Dayana and I ate dinner in the oppressive heat at Neighbors. We met Kelly there and then bar hopped. I could not stop sweating and was miserable, so we went home early. I can't possibly try to flirt when I am wiping my upper lip sweat every 10 seconds.

Sunday it was church and Sweet Tomatoes with Erin and Drew. There were three other pregnant girls there. Pretty funny that all the prego people are like flies to honey at a buffet. I went over to Ginny and Darren's for some girl time and ended up staying for the yummy casserole Ginny whipped up. I got a call from my realtor to tell me the sellers had accepted my offer and were signing the contract! YAY!!! I cannot believe that I will be moving in less than a month. I am going over there tonight to look at some of the furniture to see if I want to buy any.

Justified!

Yesterday was another busy day for me. I woke up early to drop off my thank you note from my interview yesterday. Since I was already out I stopped by to visit my grandma. She is the cutest thing ever. She says she is tired and the doctors think it is because she is depressed. That could be the case, but could it just be because she is 85? I met my dad and Strom at the townhouse so my dad could check everything out. My dad loved it and I am making an offer today! I can't believe I could be in my own house by the 1st of September. The house is in Sandy Springs off Roswell Road just north of Abernathy. It is a great location for working pretty much anywhere in the city.

You would think this was the highlight of my day, but something even better happened. My recruiter called and said the 4 people that were hired after I was fired from my job...were ALL fired yesterday! I feel bad 4 people are looking for a job now, but I had to laugh. I told everyone my old boss was unstable and I know everyone was supportive of me, but I was never quite sure if they believed how horrible this man was. I have proof now that it was NOT me in any way. Who fires their entire marketing department in one day??? What a freak-a-leak!

I spent the afternoon running errands and looking for furniture for my new place. I had dinner with my old roomie Lisa and then went to Chair Dancing at Pole la Teaz. The chair class was much harder than the pole class. It was all about abs, butt, and thighs. I was sweating like a man as usual. They encourage you to play with your hair and "get in touch with your curves," so I was trying to figure out a way to wipe the sweat off my face and make it look sexy at the same time. Not too successful with that one ;)

Oops!

I thought that I blogged yesterday, but I guess not. Yesterday was pretty boring, so I guess you should be glad I did not write anything. Today was super packed starting with my interview at 9:30 am. Just your typical interview where they ask a bunch of questions about your strengths and weaknesses, how you handle stress and difficult people. Blah, blah, blah. It went well and he said that I was a really strong candidate. I had lunch with my recruiter, who confirmed what he said. I had a doctor's appointment after lunch, nothing big to mention there.

Of course I checked the mail when I got home and what did my eyes see? A FedEx box with my name on it. I was so excited about the return address I saw...The Chipmunks Store. Who remembers coming home from school and watching Alvin, Simon, and Theodore? I also really enjoyed their movie, The Chipmunk Adventure. This is the one where the Chipmunks and the Chipetts race around the world in hot air balloons while unaware they are working for diamond smugglers. I find it funny that I thought the villan Claudia was so fabulous in her giant shoulder pads when I was little. The absent minded Ms. Miller is one of my favorite animated characters of all time. Oh, how I loved this movie! My version was eaten by the VCR years ago and I finally found it on DVD last week. I watched it immediately and sang along to every high pitched cover song from the 80's. Apparently they are coming out with a new movie this Christmas starring Jason Lee from My Name is Earl. Not sure how I feel about the computer animated and live action combo, but we will see.