I finally found a nice change for my blog background courtesy of thecutestblogontheblock.com. Now it feels more fun!
I think my blog needs a makeover. Anyone with ideas, please let me know. I not all that excited about the templates that are out there. :(
Long time no post...last week I went back to San Antonio for work and took Gizmo with me. We stayed with a good friend of mine I used to work with and her hubby. They have a beautiful house and we felt very much at home there. Gizmo got to go hang out with his old buds from playcare they were so glad to see him again. I think he was very excited to be back for a visit.
This past weekend I went to get a pedicure boy did I need one. Unfortunately the chick cut me and I didnt realize it until the next morning. It still wasnt better by Wed so I went in to see the Dr.; plus I havent been feeling well and thought I may have a sinus infection and sure enough I did have a sinus infeciton and my big toe was infected from the pedicure incident. So I got some antibiotics for both plus a tetnus shot and an anti-inflamatory shot for the sinuses. Little did I know I was in for a such a painful week. :)
We are off to San Antonio for one last trip for work. We are leaving Sun and should be coming back Thurs or Fri. I am hoping Thurs because that means I may have a job interview on Fri. I had someone contact me this morning about a possible job opportunity in the North Dallas area. Woo Hoo! It sounds like a good opportunity and something I am interested in. So I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Thats about it for now. The pup is waiting to go to bed. :)
Hi again...so far things have been going well. Gizmo switched playcares. I dont think he was loving the zen den as much and I wasnt feelin it there either so now we are trying out Bo's Bunkhouse and so far so good. He seems to like it a lot better and so do I.
Tomorrow we are leaving for a trip back to San Antonio for work. Gizmo will get to go visit all his buds at the Palms. I called to let them know he was coming and they are excited to see him.
I am still searching for a new job. Its been a somewhat longer process than I had hoped. Its been about 6 wks now and no bites. I have posted for 4 internal jobs and about 6 or 7 externally.
In some ways I am kinda looking forward to not working for a while, but in others I am scared to death of not having a paycheck or insurance. I do feel like I am burned out and need a break but its scary not knowing if I will find a new job soon. I am sure it will all work and everything does happen for a reason.
Blog again soon!
Gizmo went for his first day at his new play care today. Can you just picture him with his little backpack going off to play for the day? LOL. Anyway, they said he did really well and he seemed very happy to see me when I came to pick him up and he did is usual 'talking' when I picked him up and asked him about his day. :)
Poor pup, I pick him up last week on his last day of playcare and drive 5 hrs to Dallas and then the next day move him to our new apartment which he starts to get used to and 2 days later I have to leave to go back to San Antonio to close on the old house. Then I pick him up from Aunt Bonnie's and spend the next day at home with him (since I am working from home now) and then the next day I drop him off at playcare. I felt so bad when I saw the look on his face as I was leaving, it was like wait a minute you are leaving me in a strange place again so soon?!?!? What a trooper!!!
As for me, I am actually enjoying the opportunity to work from home. I wish I could do it permanently. I find that I am way more productive. Probably since there are really no distractions like people just dropping by your cube or getting caught up on the latest gossip. I do kinda miss the social aspects. So I guess there are pros and cons to the whole work from home thing. It definately saves on gas which I am excited about.
I finally sold my house. I have now moved to Plano which is outside of Dallas. I found an apartment 2 weeks ago and I moved into it last Thurs/Fri. Closing was today. So I flew back to San Antonio on Sun and back to Dallas this afternoon. It went by so smoothly. I was done in less than 10 min. So I was able to get an earlier flight back to Dallas which I arrived 90 min before I was originally supposed to take off from San Antonio. Now comes the fun of unpacking, in some ways its almost like opening christmas presents. Finding things you forgot you had. :)
I am going to work virtually for the same company (Accenture) for the next month while I look for something new within the company and they hire a replacement for me. I have posted for 3 jobs internally but if I dont hear anything by next week I will have to start looking outside of Accenture.
Stay tuned!
Finally I sold my house! I guess its true the third time is a charm. :) We close on June 3rd.
I also made the decision to move to Dallas. With everything that happened with the new house I was supposed to move into when I sold this house, I decided it was a sign that I should move to Dallas now rather than in a few years. There have been other signs along the way as well and as I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason; the time seems to be right.
More to come.
