If I cannot bring you comfort, then at least I bring you hope.

[judecorp]

So I've decided on a new plan of attack on the work front.

I think it's silly to be so pissy about a job that is a good job, even if it's not the job I really want. I mean, it pays okay (for social work), and it's actually quite fun most of the time. No, I don't want to work with the 0-3 set long-term but the kids are awfully cute and they're almost guaranteed to like me. So yeah. From now on I am going to try to find ways and reasons to love my job.

For starters, I love my job because there is no on-call and very little crisis work. That makes it pretty low-stress. I'm sure there will be stress about productivity and conflicts and all of that, but the work itself is pretty stress-free. That's nice. Also, even though I don't like driving around all day, I like that these home visits are not mandated by the courts - so the people usually like me. Good times. Finally, I like that the hours are pretty flexible (usually) and that once I have a full caseload up and running, I can kind of do things as I please as long as my hours are in.

So that said, I am going to stop bitching about the job. That doesn't mean I am not going to keep my eyes out for that perfect job, of course. In fact, last night I applied for a position with MassEquality.org. Sweet.

So yeah. Here goes nothing!

Comments

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

that's so ironic that you say this because it's pretty similar to something i'd been saying myself too...

i just got sick of being bitter about things for so long

[oxlahun.livejournal.com]

Let the bells ring out for Christmas at the closing of the year! I thought I was the only person on the planet who liked that movie. :)

[biophile6.livejournal.com]

I suspect you will have more chances for dream job, next ...and you will be less disrupted by a move and more able to get what you want?

You did an amazing job at moving and setting up. It takes courage to go someplace you havent got roots in yet, financially.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Courage? Sometimes I think all it takes is stupidity and bad judgment. Seriously.

These days I feel like moving from a place where I had financial security and the means to make all of my grown-up goals happen to a place where I don't even know if we will be able to pay our monthly bills was just a poor choice. I feel like I took a gigantic step backward in my life - going from being able to keep my kitchen stocked with food (and being able to eat out sometimes) to loading up on pasta and mac and cheese just to keep our bellies full, for example. I hate that my life has gone back to the level of security I was at when I was 21, only now I'm almost 29 and want to start raising a family. That's /so/ out of the question right now and it breaks my heart.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You know, I hardly even /remember/ that movie but I used to really LOOOOOOVE the soundtrack!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

But being bitter is so much fun!

[happy2beso.livejournal.com]

People have babies when they can't really afford them all the time.

Babies need love.

[oxlahun.livejournal.com]

That's because the soundtrack is awesome. How many other albums are there with both Enya and Grace Jones?

Now I've got that Thomas Dolby song stuck in my head (with "video" starring Robin Williams and Joan Cusack). Damn you!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I aim to please. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I see a lot of those babies born with love but without money every day. It's called "my job." ;)

Somehow I don't think it's responsible for me to consider bringing a child into our family when we're not sure when we'll be able to stop wondering how we'll pay the electric bill.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

ugh. I had to like, sing 5 more bars of that before I could remember where I knew the song from.

I *can* sing the whole damn thing, and for the life of me, I couldn't remember WHY I knew it all by heart.

(but I love the movie myself.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I think I remember you telling me once that you loved that movie. I can't imagine why we would have been talking about it, but I swear that we did at one point.

[wazroth.livejournal.com]

Hey. That quote is from the Toys soundtrack.

Yeah. Toys!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yay!