My girlfriend and I just put her house on the market. We spent weeks moving stuff out and around so that we could clean. Carpets, baseboards, walls, tubs, toilets, counters. So much work. We moved our essentials to my parent's house, where we are staying for the time being. We moved much of our furniture out to the garage and boxed up most of our clothes and stacked them neatly in our closets. We arranged our "stuff" rooms as best we could and anything that didn't go to the garage was arranged to make the house look better or more spacious. My computer room got a good organizing and my good desk went out into the unused "office" area to show it off. Her stuff mostly got tossed into the closet in her own room since she had so much stuff: sewing machines, make up kits, hair products, etc.
The house is now on the market and that takes a lot of stress off of us. We still have some walls to touch up, but most of the work is over and all we will need is a U-Haul to carry it off. We are hoping to sell it quickly since it was listed at a modest price. With luck we can be out of there in time to get into decent house of our choosing before the housing market takes another dump all over itself.
I have also been looking for and may have a new job. I have kept my current job and I am working them both at the moment, while I go through this training process.
I am in the probationary period for a management job at Jimmy John's. If can manage to "cut it" for the next couple of weeks then I will have earned a trip to Illinois. While there I will attend a 3 week training course for Jimmy John's management/franchisees. I will get the whole run down from how the store should look, operate and function to how to perfect my sandwich making skills. I have had a whole lot of information thrown at me very quickly and it has actually been more challenging than I was expecting.
Any bozo can make a sandwich, but I have had some difficulties. Memorizing the menu by the numbers has caused me headaches and the amount of customization to the sandwiches is pretty tough. When you get an order that is nothing like what the sandwich is, it can get confusing. I am sure that I'll get it, but I might need to slow the pace down and work on my "skills" outside of a busy time.
On top of that new job, I have been working my primary job. I've been at a gourmet pizza shop for a while now and I've really been trying to get their menu down and learn all of the procedures. I am just now getting comfortable with all of that and I am having to memorize a whole new set of stuff. Ugh.
My brother works at this pizza place with me, he actually got me the job, and he is getting married in a couple weeks. I have decided to stay on at this job long enough for him to get in a small honeymoon. I love my brother and I want him to be happy. While missing work and losing out on some cash isn't really happiness, I want to be able to let him get some time off and enjoy his new, married, life.
My brother has been working 6 days a week (the pizza joint is closed on Monday) for the last several weeks and has been putting in more work and more hours than anyone else there. I know it is stressful and I know that he could use the time off, even if he doesn't leave or go anywhere.
On top of that I haven't really had much time to play any games. I did pick up a new game for trial the other day and I will have good things to say about it coming up soon. I am finally situated at my parents and things here are starting to die down and I am sure once I get the hang of my new job the stress there will clear up. Weddings, moving, jobs (new and old)... man, it's been a busy month!
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