I should introduce myself first. Call me Modern Master or MM (whichever you prefer). I’ve been a longtime lurker and enjoy reading most of the posts on this message board; however, I also have read a lot of depressing posts. I want to contribute now and maybe I can help bring some cheer with the start of this thread.
**This Thread **
I feel motivated to start a happy thread, especially since there’s been a lot of stress, especially during the election. Feel free to share anything mundanely happy that you want to share with the rest of the board. I will call this Mundane Happy Stuff I Must Share November Edition.
Got one piece of semi-good news over the weekend. Background: my husband works at a factory that will be shutting down next year. The shutdown will be in three stages, and he works in the department that will be the third and last stage. OTOH, the possibility existed that more senior employees from stages 1 and 2 could “bump” lower-seniority people in later stages out of positions.
The relevant union local voted on the severance proposal Friday, with something like an 8- or 9-to-1 margin in favor of a more generous severance package in exchange for no “bumping”. Thus, my husband will be working until at least June, which gives us more time to do things like pay off credit cards, find work for me, etc.
That’s awesome. I’m currently in the process of finding work too. I’ve been to several interviews with no luck; however, I have a great support network.
I also recently got back together with my girlfriend, which was the best decision I ever made. We are seeing my parents for Thanksgiving and spending lots of quality time together. Needless to say, we’re more in love than ever.
Best of luck on the job hunt, and congrats on the relationship. I do hope you two are working out whatever led to the breakup, so it doesn’t get to be a recurring problem.
She’s the best and I don’t know what I was thinking. I guess I was scared because we are getting very serious. We’ve been together for almost two years now. This is the first relationship I’ve had that has been this serious.
Not quite mundane…but a co-worker of mine returned to work this week. After six months off for chemo, fighting a particularly aggressive lymphoma. He still has to do some radiation to play it safe, but his cancer levels are currently below the noise threshold of the scans.
For the first time in my life, I’m going to have *my very own bathroom that only I can use *starting December 1st. I’m so happy that I won’t have to split toilet-cleaning duties with anybody else, I could weep. I’ll never again have to hold it in the morning (ugh, that’s the worst) because she was already in there when I woke up. I’ll never again have to schedule my showers around *anybody else’s *convenience. Whenever I feel like breaking down and giving up on my moving day, I will have these lovely thoughts to keep me going.
Oh yeah, and I found a 3-pound cheesecake sampler at Aldi for $10! My mom’s going to be so happy when I unveil it on Thanksgiving.
Several dogs at our shelter (where I volunteer) who have been here for a long time, were finally adopted or went to rescues in the last couple of weeks. I am thankful for the shelter staff and volunteers who do their best to promote these dogs and work with them while they are in care at the shelter. I’ll miss Lady, Diego, Lilly and the others, but I am happy I will never see them again…because they are home.
Yay for good news, and for doggies with homes! I hate going to pounds for any reason, because I just want to take them all home.
My good news is only tentative, but I have an interview next week, at the same place I used to work, but in a different area. One that’s hiring and not laying off, hehe. It seems like a shoe-in, but we’ll see. What’s so annoying/frustrating/miraculous is that the interview is two days before I leave the state to find work elsewhere, lol! Luckily that trip was originally just a vacation, so it’s a roundtrip ticket; hopefully I’ll come back to a job offer.
I have a job interview tomorrow for a writing/editing position at a sales organization. I really want the job because I am so tired of interviewing, and I want to get my feet wet in said field.
