I mean, alive-ish, in an undead zombie kinda way. Subjective humanity FTW! Blllrrrggggghhhhhh Just kiddin', y'alls. The Apocalypse is not, in fact, nigh. It turns out that when you have a real job, it's a little more difficult to make time for blogging. Tradeoffs, right?
So that's my biggest news of the hour: I overcame my nonexistent interviewing skills, and landed a new job! With benefits and everything! That means that, unfortunately, I can no longer spend my days watching Netflix on my laptop and leaving at 3:30 in the afternoon, but I do get actual healthcare and a whole hour for lunch. I also don't have to spend an hour commuting each way (except for the weeks I have my kiddos, but so far it's been worth it).
You know what I've learned? Working with happy people instead of Negative Nancies has an overwhelmingly positive response in terms of my general demeanor and happiness. I used to spend my days attempting to block out the sounds of whining and crying, sometimes yelling, for absolutely no discernible reason. These days I get to sit in a beautiful 15th floor office and talk about mini-hedgehogs wearing bow ties while waiting for Bagel and Donut Day to roll around again.
And believe me, I know that there are going to be days where things are nuts, but I'm okay with that. I can deal with being busy; in fact, I rather enjoy fighting deadlines (much like I enjoy weeding - I'm weird like that). What I can't abide is coworkers complaining without doing anything to change the situation, and dragging my mood right down into the abyss.
With that said, I'm still not one hundred percent sure how long I'll be happy in this specific position; the firm for which I'm working is wonderful, but only time will tell how much room for advancement exists here. I'm still looking into options for continued schooling in the hopes that a Master's degree will get me a little further up that corporate ladder, but for now, I'm a pretty darn happy camper. And ultimately, I think the continuing search for growth is an important one, and necessary for fulfilling each of us as human beings. I'm not sure I ever *want* to be completely satisfied.
Here's to the journey, folks. I hope yours is filled with enough peaks and valleys to make the roller coaster an exciting one.