Valentines Day

Happy belated Valentine's Day. What'd you get? Roses? Candy? Hmmm? I got pot holders. But I'm not bitter.
I've been a reluctant blogger recently because I just didn't have much to say and I was tired of whining all the time. Finally good news to report.
I was sent out to contract directly to one of our clients (remember, I work for eSuckz) and they offered me a job. The only hitch was that it's a gov't deal, so I had to jump through all the hoops. Turns out, I made #4 and they can only consider the top 3 candidates. Apparently one of the top 3 was disqualified or dropped out because I was unofficially told today that I made the "short list". Oh - I can't even tell you what a relief it would be to be able to officially tell eSuckz to suck it.
Here's the thing - I know they'll try to sue me, but I don't even freaking care. I'm just so happy and relieved at the prospect of not having them in my life anymore; I didn't realize what a drain they were on me - physically, emotionally, everything.
Plus, the salary is double what I make now.
Did I mention that I got my w2 and, sure enough, they shorted me 10,000$. That's why your company won't give you pay stubs and insists on direct deposit. I'm surprised I even survived last year. When I think of the hours I put in - and then they forced me to take 2 weeks LWOP before I started here when I had vacation due to me. It's not worth the anger and frustration of fighting over it, but it is a valuable lesson that I will never repeat again. Keep your fingers crossed.

I forgot, after living back in California for 3 years, how hard Winter is. I am so, so tired of listening to the howling wind rattling my windows and staying in on yet another Friday night because I just can't bring myself to bundle up and head out into the 30 degree night after I was in it all day. I want to stay in bed all. the. time.
In addition to the 235,879 thing that we've discovered don't work in this house, apparently the heating system is one of them as well (in addition to the toilet which we found out about yesterday). Our heating bill is 600+ dollars/ month and it's COLD in here. Apparently this place has no insulation. When F opens his built in drawers, he can actually catch a draft of cold air. This place leaks heat like a sieve. Never rent a house built by a weekend carpenter. Never again.
In other news, this blog is about to be about 1 year old (or close to it). I started blogging after F proposed, to commemorate the journey. That was the weekend after Super Bowl weekend last year. Unfortunately I haven't been as prolific as I had hoped of late, probably because I spend way too much time on Facebook, but I am excited. Other great news - my sister and brother in law and BABY are coming to visit in April-May for almost 2 weeks. Yes, I know it's February, but I can hardly sleep because I'm so excited already. It really doesn't take a lot to make me ridiculously happy. Baby is in an early preschool program (although he's only 20 months) and he's been singing songs at "school" so I'm sending him the Sesame Street sing along book. It has a music playing device and several plastic disks that you can insert into it. There are a total of about 40 songs. I hope he likes it. It's a little loud, but I can only hope it drives his father insane.