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polychrome_penAfter two interviews, I has a job!
I've been meaning to post about this for almost two weeks (haha...I am so slow). So to recap, the Tuesday after the hospital interview, I got a call from them offering the job, and I accepted! When the guy who called asked if I wanted a day or two to consider the offer, I was like "Nope!" Heh. That probably looked kind of desperate.
It was definitely weird to have to decline my first offer too. I never expected to be put in that position, and I actually felt genuinely sad after turning them down; it would have been a good place to work as well, just not the specific area that I was really after.
So last weekend I went up there to the hospital to sign boatloads of paperwork and apartment hunt. And after going through seemingly every slum in the city looking at places...I finally found a townhouse that I think will work nicely (can anyone say fireplace?). The thing is, I'm not 100% cleared by the hospital yet for work (they're still waiting for the background check to come through and a few other things), so I am trying to put off committing to the townhouse yet. What can I say? I'm kind of paranoid about these things.
Though I have been stocking up on things I'll need for the place. Dishes, cups, assorted kitchen paraphernalia, chairs, etc. Having lived in a largely furnished place during my rotations, I realized that I have pretty much...nothing required to live on my own. XD So remedying that is a priority (though I'm definitely saving receipts!)
I just can't believe that everything is really happening so fast. I mean, there was only one month in-between when I got my license and when I accepted a job. I may be going through a little bit of Lodi withdrawal. This week I went to my local comic shop and used book store for what may be the last time in a long while, and that made me a little sad (especially when I basically had to cancel my standing manga orders at the comic shop). The last time I go to my local coffee shop will be really depressing too. :(
But by driving all over the town looking for somewhere to live, I discovered that there are lots of places that will make moving there easier. Barnes & Noble, for instance, and a variety of good restaurants. Though there's no Borders! I'll definitely miss those savings coupons.
Anyway, enough blathering from me.
I've been meaning to post about this for almost two weeks (haha...I am so slow). So to recap, the Tuesday after the hospital interview, I got a call from them offering the job, and I accepted! When the guy who called asked if I wanted a day or two to consider the offer, I was like "Nope!" Heh. That probably looked kind of desperate.
It was definitely weird to have to decline my first offer too. I never expected to be put in that position, and I actually felt genuinely sad after turning them down; it would have been a good place to work as well, just not the specific area that I was really after.
So last weekend I went up there to the hospital to sign boatloads of paperwork and apartment hunt. And after going through seemingly every slum in the city looking at places...I finally found a townhouse that I think will work nicely (can anyone say fireplace?). The thing is, I'm not 100% cleared by the hospital yet for work (they're still waiting for the background check to come through and a few other things), so I am trying to put off committing to the townhouse yet. What can I say? I'm kind of paranoid about these things.
Though I have been stocking up on things I'll need for the place. Dishes, cups, assorted kitchen paraphernalia, chairs, etc. Having lived in a largely furnished place during my rotations, I realized that I have pretty much...nothing required to live on my own. XD So remedying that is a priority (though I'm definitely saving receipts!)
I just can't believe that everything is really happening so fast. I mean, there was only one month in-between when I got my license and when I accepted a job. I may be going through a little bit of Lodi withdrawal. This week I went to my local comic shop and used book store for what may be the last time in a long while, and that made me a little sad (especially when I basically had to cancel my standing manga orders at the comic shop). The last time I go to my local coffee shop will be really depressing too. :(
But by driving all over the town looking for somewhere to live, I discovered that there are lots of places that will make moving there easier. Barnes & Noble, for instance, and a variety of good restaurants. Though there's no Borders! I'll definitely miss those savings coupons.
Anyway, enough blathering from me.
