Grrrrr…

I’m so bored with work. I live for the weekends. I want a new job so bad but applying for government jobs is such a PITA. You spend like 3 hours writing out these essays on why you’re qualified for the job and then you hear nothing EVER. It is so time-consuming with very little results. But I need to suck it up and do it because a job is not going to just fall into my lap. I have to make it happen.
I’m happy that I have a paycheck that is pretty good but not happy with my job. I need to get out of this office. Morale is so low here and things have really gone downhill since our director and deputy director left the office.
But I don’t feel like talking about work anymore. Let’s talk about fun things going on in my life in the next month or so. There is an Octoberfest in our neighborhood village in a few weeks. We’re having friends come and stay with us the weekend of the Octoberfest and we’re all going to volunteer for it. Basically you volunteer and you drink for free the whole day. You have to pour beer for a few hours which is a pain, but it’s totally worth it. It will be nice to show off our neighborhood to our friends. We have a hard time getting people to come and visit us in our neighborhood because we’re not near a Metro.

DH and I are going to play flag football during the month of October with some friends. That should be interesting. It’s been a long time since I played any kind of sports competitively. My friend Emily is always inviting us to play softball but I have never taken her up on the offer. I’m a very competitive person, but I’m not sure how good I will be at flag football.

I think I will start teaching English as a Second Language classes in mid-October. I’m nervous and excited about that. This is way down the road but DH and I are going to New Jersey for Thanksgiving to visit his cousin and her husband. BIL/SIL are flying up from FL too so that should be a lot of fun! We have not gone anywhere for Thanksgiving in 2 years so I’m excited to celebrate with family.

Well hopefully I will get out of funk pretty soon. I think I am still stinging from the disappointment of not passing the exam and dealing with the realization that I’m not going to be leaving my job anytime soon.