First official week of work is over!

I had the first official week of working this week. It was amazing to realize how much I forgot with being off for 3 weeks, but it came back quickly. My desk is next to a girl that has been there for 13 years and her fingers fly. It motivates me to try to catch up to her so that is a good thing. They check your work every night and my first night of working I had no errors and the girl that checked my work asked me if I had worked there before. I said no, I have just been in the data industry for over 20 years. It felt great to have that compliment. Now I hope I did not set myself up to high at the beginning. Besides the lack of sleep I really enjoy the job. I can definitely see myself staying there and retiring from there. But of course I will look to move up in the company along the way.

Finally received phone call!!!

I finally got the phone call I have been waiting for, for almost 3 weeks now. I am going back to work on Monday. I would love to go back tomorrow but they said Monday. I have been having depressed feelings this past week and worrying constantly about not getting a call back. They warned us that it would be 2 to 3 weeks but I was hoping more like 1 week tops. So it will have been 3 weeks when I start back on Monday. It really sucks being furloughed. I have had to sign up for unemployment and they automatically do not let you collect for the first week off of work so since finances were tight before switching jobs, it seems like it is worse right now. But we are back on track and hopefully will be working for at least 6 months so that I can now collect health insurance benefits. I think that I will survive after all. Besides, it's only money, you can't take it to heaven when you go.

My hat is off to those stay-at-home moms!

I have always had the dream of being a stay-at-home mom, to be able to be there for my kids and be able to run them around to their different activities and such. This week while being on furlough I have been trying not to go crazy. Working around the house all day is not my kind of thing. I HATE housecleaning. Working from home kept my sanity in check but now with absolutely no work involved this week I am having a hard time. I did end up spending an entire day on the computer filling out paperwork for John to get disability, I thought it would be only a couple of hours at the most, and I spent the entire day doing it, YUCK! But hopefully he will be able to get on disability and we can have that supplemental income to help us out. At least he will be bringing in some money while he is the stay-at-home dad.

So for those of you who have the opportunity to be the stay-at-home mom, my hat goes off to you. You take care of your family, home, friends, neighbors and do not get paid anything of monetary value, but hopefully your family will appreciate you and give you the love you deserve! Money cannot by love and happiness! Besides it's only money!