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Actually, that should be "what a six weeks!"
With my unemployment just about to run out, I finally got a job doing data entry, second shift, for $8.40 an hour. That's actually less money that I was getting with unemployment! Still, it was more than nothing.
The second day of my job (a Friday; I started on a Thursday), my dad died and both my sisters and I, along with my brother-in-law, made a whirlwind trip to Texas for the funeral.
( Read more... )So we got back late Thursday afternoon and on Friday I went to work. The next Monday I had an interview at a law firm where I'd dropped off a resume in July; the office manager called me just before dad died to tell me they'd have an opening soon and would I like to interview for it. Hmm, data entry? Legal secretary? That was a no-brainer! I worked that week at the data entry job again and the next Monday, office manager called and offered me the legal secretary job. So yay! I'm working as a legal secretary again! It's not as much money as I was asking for, but it's more that data entry was paying and I should have a review and possible raise in January. I'm hoping we might be able to move by the end of the year into our own place - that's be so nice.
I had to give three days notice at the temp (data entry) job, so on Tuesday, I called the agency and gave my notice. On Wednesday, they called me and said the client had told them I didn't need to work the final three days. Unfortunately, the law firm wasn't ready for me to start till October 1, so in the month of September, I only had one full paycheck. Ouch! (Oh, and the client "forgot" to turn in my hours for my last two days, so I had to jump through hoops to get paid for those days. Grrr.)
Tomorrow I start my third week at the law firm. So far, I like it a lot; the people are nice, the work is interesting, it's fairly calm-paced (which doesn't always happen in a law firm!) and it's more of a business-casual atmosphere as far as dress goes. Also, I get paid weekly - always nice.
So it's been a crazy six weeks and I can't believe there are less than three months till the end of the year. It's been a decent year so far (barring some obvious bad things) but highly stressful. I hope next year is a little less eventful!
With my unemployment just about to run out, I finally got a job doing data entry, second shift, for $8.40 an hour. That's actually less money that I was getting with unemployment! Still, it was more than nothing.
The second day of my job (a Friday; I started on a Thursday), my dad died and both my sisters and I, along with my brother-in-law, made a whirlwind trip to Texas for the funeral.
( Read more... )So we got back late Thursday afternoon and on Friday I went to work. The next Monday I had an interview at a law firm where I'd dropped off a resume in July; the office manager called me just before dad died to tell me they'd have an opening soon and would I like to interview for it. Hmm, data entry? Legal secretary? That was a no-brainer! I worked that week at the data entry job again and the next Monday, office manager called and offered me the legal secretary job. So yay! I'm working as a legal secretary again! It's not as much money as I was asking for, but it's more that data entry was paying and I should have a review and possible raise in January. I'm hoping we might be able to move by the end of the year into our own place - that's be so nice.
I had to give three days notice at the temp (data entry) job, so on Tuesday, I called the agency and gave my notice. On Wednesday, they called me and said the client had told them I didn't need to work the final three days. Unfortunately, the law firm wasn't ready for me to start till October 1, so in the month of September, I only had one full paycheck. Ouch! (Oh, and the client "forgot" to turn in my hours for my last two days, so I had to jump through hoops to get paid for those days. Grrr.)
Tomorrow I start my third week at the law firm. So far, I like it a lot; the people are nice, the work is interesting, it's fairly calm-paced (which doesn't always happen in a law firm!) and it's more of a business-casual atmosphere as far as dress goes. Also, I get paid weekly - always nice.
So it's been a crazy six weeks and I can't believe there are less than three months till the end of the year. It's been a decent year so far (barring some obvious bad things) but highly stressful. I hope next year is a little less eventful!