An Update of Sorts

I know that you are all sitting here waiting patiently for those really cute kid pictures that I promised back at Halloween. You know, of Cinderella and the horse riding cowboy? Well, not only has that all passed, but so have the times for pictures of Thanksgiving, Christmas and the glorious ringing in of the New Year. We even went away for a nice little weekend trip this past weekend, and I didn’t even bother to take any pictures until we were getting ready to leave. I am such a slacker. I can explain though-honest I can.

Right before Thanksgiving, I was made a full time employee at the great job I had mentioned a few times that I had begun through a temporary service. Along with this full-time/permanent employment status came many things. One of those things was that it came just in time to be paid for the Thanksgiving Holiday. (Sweet!) And along with this salaried position comes the reality of no real definitive start and stop times to my work day. This was the biggest adjustment because despite the fact that I was a salaried employee at my last job- I was there for over 10 years, had a system and could get done what I needed in a few short hours most days. So now I am in a nice swing and being in the accounting department-this is the busiest time of the year for us and I am now working 6 days each week for another month at least and still getting that same pay. Of course, I am pleased to have a job to bitch about instead of bitching about not having a job. It is a nice set up I must admit during these economic hard times. I am also feeling rather secure in the fact that my job will be ok for a while. See this company I am working for builds apartment buildings. And although it sucks for those people losing their homes they have to move somewhere and an apartment is usually the first stop. So although I feel pretty safe, I am still watching my back and doing my best because I am the newest employee and could easily be the first to go.
As I may have also mentioned, my computer at home has a virus of some sort. I have not taken the time to get it fixed yet, so my computer time is while I am at work- but since I am watching my back- I do not have very much time to update the blog. I have still been reading yours though. I will try to get a recap up of my Christmas holiday soon.