Impulse purchases....

Clothing impluse buy....

It looked so cute in the catalog..... not so much now..... Ugh!

Addendum to previous post.....

I misspoke..... There were not only 3 minorities in my group before I started. I forgot that just about the entire testing team (4-5 people) are black too - and the two leads are black women.....

I am not sure if I have ever worked around so many black folks in my life!

I'm not complaining but.....

I am beginning to wonder if there is something going on at my job..... It is very weird for me to say this but I am noticing a trend here.

My group is growing really fast and we are hiring like crazy. Since I started in mid June, there are 7 new hires who have come on or will be coming on by next week. And, get this......... they are all minorities..... And not only that, 6 are black and 4 are black women! Now this is an area of the company that is being talked up as the future of the company and they keep hiring black folks. When does that ever happen?

Also, I am in a group of 4, reporting to a white guy and 3 of us are black women and then there is 1 white guy. While I think this is great, I will admit I am starting to get a little suspicious..... I recommended 3 people from my old job for some open positions in my new group, 2 white and 1 black. The black woman got hired..... Maybe I am being a conspiracy theorist but before I started there were only 3 minorities in this group. Now that has increased by 200%! I am beginning to wonder if a memo went out!

Now, don't get me wrong, I have also noticed that there are no minorities in director and above positions in my particular group but there could be a lot of opportunity in this group so it seems likely that some one of us will move up at some point.....

Am I in work utopia? (or something close to it........)

Returning to normal.....

Yeah, well, returning to normal is taking longer than I thought...... But I am almost done cleaning and unpacking!

Or rather, maybe I should say, instead of returning to normal maybe I should say..... figuring out what normal is now.

In a period of a month, I have left a job and started a new one and gone from renting a room in a friend's townhouse to owning a house that has it's own rental unit. I have gone from putting a lot of energy into trying to move from this city to setting up some pretty substantial roots. I have made a couple new friends and, it seems, lost one. Lots of change in a short time....

If someone had told me a few months ago that this was where I would be, I would be very surprised. But, change is good. You never know what life will bring...... I guess you just have to be ready for what comes your way..... :-)

The reason for my extended absence........ My new addition!

So, my patient readers...... I would like to introduce you to the reason that has kept me away from you for a while.....

My new house! (well, new to me!)

Just like any proud mother, I think it is really cute! It was love at first sight and I put an offer down the day I saw it. (which was the first day I was out looking --- talk about fast!) And like any new baby, it is taking up a lot of my time! It needs a lot of cleaning (a lot) and I am still getting organized. It takes a lot of feeding --- houses are expensive! --- and I have friends at Home Depot already! And it is producing a lot of trash --- unfortunately, trash pickup only occurs once a week!

But all in all, I am very happy and very proud of my new addition! :-)