To interview or not to interview???

Ok, so I actually had a company call me for an interview. I struggled with whether or not I am ready to go back to work. My answer, as long as I am not working in a call center then I think I can manage it. I am really only looking for something to get me thru August when school will start full time. I am still following my plan to go to McLennan Community College in Waco to get a certificate in surgical technology. I feel like it will be a great move for me and very rewarding. So with all of that said I want to be upfront and say that I need to get something to help pay the bills but at the same time I don't want to work full time. I called the prospective company back and did schedule an interview for the past Monday.

Let say, with the current attitude I have towards employment I was not the least bit nervous. I can't remember any job interview that I have had where I was not nervous. I think it is because I am not concerned with whether or not I get the job. It does not pay what I would prefer to make but at the same time it pays well for the area it is in. So if I am offered the position it will depend on the pay as to whether or not I take it. The benefits package is not fantastic but at the same time it is not terrible. So for something temporary to get me thru August I think it would work. I would still prefer to work part time, maybe 25-30 hours per week with no weekends!! We will see what happens and I will keep everyone posted.

Ok, So yesterday I indicated that I would schedule some things everyday. I stuck to everything except the workout. My freakin foot was killing me this morning. Still hurts tonight. So no exercise but I pretty much followed my house cleaning, studying etc. Before I had quit my job on Monday I had applied had a few different places and sent out some resumes. I get a voicemail today from one of those places. I have to call them back tomorrow. Depending on the job I may be employed again soon. This will only be until I enter the surgical tech program in the fall but it would help me out financially and maybe my husband wouldn't be so freaked out!!!!

I made a fantastic pot of beef and vegetable stew for supper tonight along with sweet cornbread. I love being able to stay home and cook like that. My husband really likes it too. Well it is late and my day is going to start early so I am going to make this a short post tonight.

Plans for the future!

As I was doing a few things around the house yesterday I decided the best thing I can do for myself is to keep myself on a schedule. So I will still get up every morning, get dressed and try to keep to a scheulde. I will not completly schedule every minute of every day but I want to start working out. (I am currently in an orthopedic boot for a torn achilles tendon) I am not sure how that is going to go. I have been on a weight loss journey for the past 14-15 months and have lost over 130# so I do not want to gain weight while being at home. My plan is to get up everyday and see my husband off to work and then workout. I am not sure how much I can do with the boot but I can at least do some strength training on the upper body!!!

After a good workout the next step is a bit of housework. I want to make sure that I get my house in order while I am only taking one class. My full time student status will take place in the Fall semester so I can take some time to get everything ready while I have the one internet class. By the time housework is completed for the day it will be time to hit the books. I can spend a couple of hours everyday studying just to make sure I stay on track with my education.

By the time all of that is completed I can relax a little bit and maybe start thinking about supper and getting all of that prepared! I think that is going to be a great start to everyday and a relaxing evening with my husband. I am loving life as an unemployed person. I think that as long as I keep myself busy I will not get bored.

What do you think?

What lead me to quit my job?

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. We have all heard this before but I mean to make this my motto. I walked into my job for the past 6 years yesterday and quit. It was liberating and I could feel the stress melt away as I drove out of the parking lot with my few belongings. This certainly is not a decision I made in haste. I have been agonizing about this for several months. If you had asked me a year ago I would have told you I had the best job on earth and that I loved everything about it. That leaves only one question: What the heck happened? To start, Barack Obama was elected president and started working on healthcare reform. I'm not speaking badly about our president, that is not my intention here. My intent is to let you know that although I believe every person in America should have access to health insurance it should not be at the cost of those who are working and earning a living in this particular sector of the American workforce. Healthcare reform is one of the things that lead me to where I am today but not the only factor in my decision to quit my job. In August of 2009 my Aunt became very ill after taking a medicine we later learned she was severly allergic to. She had no health insurance and was very reluctant to go to the doctor or even the hospital. She became so ill we had to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital. This is certainly a reason why every American should have health insurance but again it needs to be done with some kind regard to what is currently working and only fix what isn't working. My Aunt passed on September 24th, 2009 after a 5 week battle for her life. Her death devestated my family and has had many long term effects on each and every one of us. My Aunt was the kind of person who always gave everything she had of herself to others. She was so much more than my Aunt, she was my friend and my second mom.

This event in my life was the beginning of the end of my job. My employer was great during this time allowing me to take an unpaid leave of absence while she was sick which allowed me to be at the hospital with my Uncle, my cousins and my mother. It was a very stressfull and emotional time in my life and nothing I care to ever repeat. I had already been unhappy at my job and this certainly didn't help me. I kept thinking if she had affordable healthcare then none of this would have happened. As soon as she started feeling bad then she would have gone to the doctor. This is a woman had suffered quite a few major illnesses in her short life. She was not a person who normally waited until she just couldn't go on anymore before going to the doctor, but when you factor in the cost of going to the doctor with no health insurance, a person will suffer longer than they should to avoid the cost of a doctors visit. That is exactly what she did. She waited too long however. There were other things that went wrong with her illness but that is another blog topic all together.

So now you have health care reform and the death of a woman who meant so much to me all working against me. Healthcare reform meant major changes for my employer. I worked for one of the largest non-profit health insurance providers in Texas and they were certainly responding to all of the talk about healthcare reform. They had their own opinions about how it should go, of course this option had the least effect on their business but in my opinion did not necessarily help those without current coverage. I do not pretend to have the answers to the problem of health insurance in America, I have my own thoughts and opinions on this topic and believe that those we elect should listen to the voters and what they have to say. However it had such an impact on my job and there were so many changes that I was unable to continue to provide excellent customer service to their members and providers. I felt it was time for me to move on. Not to mention my mental health had been in question since my Aunt's death. I had seriously started a downward spiral and needed to take a serious look at what I was doing everyday.

So after a week of just out and out depression, I, along with my husband decided that it was best for me to quit my job. I know that people who are looking for work would be appalled that I quit a perfectly good paying job with benefits given the state of the economy. However, no job is worth risking my own health no matter how great the pay or benefits are. At 35 years of age, I have decided to move to the other side of healthcare. I started school yesterday. I will be working towards a degree in Surgical Technology at a local community college. Today is my first full day of unemployment and I plan to get started on my studies for Anatomy and Phisiology as well has get some housework done. My house has needed a serious cleaning for some time now and there is no time like the present. I plan on deep cleaning one room everyday. Today is the living room. I will start there and move to a new room everyday. I can't wait to see a beautifully clean room with much more organization than before. I am ready to start this journey and see where my life leads me. I am excited about my future for the very first time in a very long time.
I will keep you posted on how everything goes!!!!