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It’s been over two months since I have consistently gone in to the office. And with my last day with the library less than a week old I was not expecting this surprise. I got a job! Yep. I had an interview today, Valentine’s Day, and beat out five other candidates (it would’ve been six but one decided to leave before being interviewed) and landed a new job. I’m not over the moon quite yet as it’s all still so new to me.

I was worried. Here we are living with my brother and all three of us out of a job. However, thanks to working a week this month and the remainder of my vacation time being “cashed out.” I was able to walk away with a little more than half of a regular paycheck. We’ll need that money as two households are now one. We’re also waiting on our house to be closed on which should be by the end of this month.

We’re still not fully unpacked but I’m now more motivated to doing so. With work starting on Tuesday I want to make sure that everything is in order. I want for us to be fully settled in and for me to not have to think about having to finish unpacking. A fortune cookie I received from my niece two days ago stated that I should take the next opportunity that presented itself. I’m generally not a superstitious person but I must admit that when I read my fortunes from the cookies there are parts of me that hope that they end up being true. And I don’t mean the observational fortunes. Those are just lame. Continue reading “A Valentine’s Day Surprise” →

Indeed, I’m finished. I realize that it has been quite a few days since my last post but I assure you, they have been very busy and necessitated me being away from most social networking. That of course included my blog. I missed you. I assume that you all missed me too. So, what was I up to? Well, let’s just say, as my BFF put it, today is literally the first day of the rest of my life.

My last day with the Twin Lakes Library System was only a few moments ago but now, in the virgin moments of February 9, 2014 I am a librarian without a library. I honestly feel that I’m finished with that part of my life. Sure I earned an MLIS and worked in libraries for over 12 years, but today, today is the first day that I put that life completely behind me. I’m excited, nervous, worried, exhausted, relieved. Words really can’t describe it. Over the past few days I have buckled down in providing the Twin Lakes with as much information that I could. I worked on a private WP blog and allowed the information to flow. I assure you that if I was a different person I would not have been so “LaToya” about it. But true to my nature, once I started, I was on a roll. But now it’s finished. All of it. There are some things that I need to do on Monday but that would take all of 3 minutes on the computer. Outside of that I say goodbye to the job and career I had throughout my 20s. I plan on maintaining my librarian certification even though I have no real plans on returning to the world of public libraries. I’ve had my fill and I’m just excited to move on. There are so many things that interest me and I’m anxious to start something new.

I’m blessed. Practically the day I decided to resign I was already thinking ahead. Within days of that I had listed and accepted an offer on our house, I’ve been on two interviews, sent out over 100 applications (yeh, I know, that’s crazy) and will be having an interview on Thursday with a company that I would honestly love to work for. I don’t want to jinx it so I won’t say much more about that. Within a month to the day of my resignation we had fully moved out of our house in Eatonton and returned to the stomping ground of my youth. I’m happy to be with family. Sure, living with your sibling may not be cool to some but I happen to love my brother. We’re a tight-knit group and so it’s been pretty nice. It also helps that his house is practically twice the size mine was. This has allowed for a fairly easy move and transition. My mother has been really great as well. With her two kids now only five minutes away, she spoils us with daily home cooked meals. My hubby still isn’t fully settled. I can understand that though. He admitted to me that he felt bad that he’s not being the provider he wants to be. Touching. I told him that we’re in this together and despite us now both being unemployed. Wow, really, today marks the first day of that too! Continue reading “Fini” →

In just a few hours we’ll be making what may be my last trip to the middle Georgia area. We’re going to pick up the last of our items in the house and to clean it in time for what we hope will be a smooth closing. We’re still awaiting the appraisal results which was conducted today and then it should be pretty much done. I am nervous about the house being sold. I really want for it to be done as I know that we can’t afford to carry the mortgage past this month. At least, not at all comfortably.

Yesterday was the first time that I became truly angered by the entire situation with my soon-to-be previous employer. I’m still happy with my decision to leave but am annoyed and hurt by the circumstances. What makes it even worse is that I’m still “on the payroll” and won’t be fully finished until this Saturday. At that point, that entire life will be gone to me. For the sake of my own sanity I won’t be continuing any further relationship with that part of my life. Well, I’m still going to keep my librarian license current but at this present moment there is no part of me that is interested in going back into libraries. It’s not a bad profession but library administration is a beast unto its own.

Tonight’s Super Bowl was fantastic. While the team I was pulling for didn’t win, the Seahawks made sure we all knew that they were leaving with the trophy and their rings. Watching it in our new home and on a 60-inch LED television set with surround sound didn’t hurt either. However, at its start I was foolishly trying to do some work. I gave further thought to the situation and decided that what I needed was to watch the game. Continue reading “Counting It Down” →