This ended up not being a quick update
Feb. 24th, 2019 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamagrasshoppermouseQuick update: I got the first choice job! I signed my offer and first day is 3/4. I kind of have no idea for my actual day to day will be because it's not either of the jobs I interviewed for but that's cool. I'm working directly for a higher up so I'll get more exec admin experience but there's a lot of internal movement at this company and the boss knows I am going into accounting so I'll probably get a chance to hop around after a bit. And even if I don't? It's a stable job, pays more than my last one, full time with full benefits. I can leave work AT work and I can increase my class schedule meaning I'll not only be able to speed up my 2 year degree but also take additional classes to knock out a 4 year degree before I'm completely ancient.
I also got my second choice job (G*ogle F*ber sales team) and my third choice job. It's kind of killing me I'm saying no to G*ogle of all companies but it's a 2 year contract job. I need stability, y'all. And my third choice job doesn't have health insurance. Which is a bummer because they want to create a position just for me. And the third job is filled with the nicest people I have ever met. That's like...the biggest criteria they have for their workers. You have to be nice.
In not so great news: my sewing machine is really dying. Evidently part of why the tension only works great when I'm pulling it towards me is the machine itself is just. Drifting away. The motor sounds increasingly bad when I try to sew more than two layers (and sometimes it's grinding even with two) and I'm constantly adjusting it but I don't get more than a couple inches before it does something. So I think I'm going to wait on quilting the other tops until I get a new machine* and just keep piecing everything I can, since it can get through a decent amount of piecing before I have to adjust or fix anything. So at least all my quilting material will fit neatly in a box which is an improvement over what it was before I started this project.
We've got the money in savings for me to get the machine but I'd like to wait until my first paycheck before buying anything big. I want to maintain our savings accounts as they are because we're moving in two months!! So I'd like a solid savings account for moving and for applications for rentals. This apartment has been great but we are MORE than ready to move on. We were ready when we signed the last lease here but it was the smart fiscal decision to stay in a place that is cheaper than anything else on the market for what we're getting. And if we find and are signed onto a new place by April we can float two rentals for one month and I get my dog full time! Early! I'm beyond excited. I haven't gotten her for two weekends because of the rain (she haaaates the rain. I'll figure out how to make it enjoyable for her when I have her full time but in the meantime, all the places I can take her are outdoors, so...no Mia).
*I've settled on a Janome. It's not high end, at all, but it should last me through finishing out college and repaying our debts. After all that is taken care of, my dream machine is a Viking, Bernina, or a Toyota. This Janome can handle some leather and accessories sewing so it should be enough for the funkier cosplay pieces and regular quilting.
I also got my second choice job (G*ogle F*ber sales team) and my third choice job. It's kind of killing me I'm saying no to G*ogle of all companies but it's a 2 year contract job. I need stability, y'all. And my third choice job doesn't have health insurance. Which is a bummer because they want to create a position just for me. And the third job is filled with the nicest people I have ever met. That's like...the biggest criteria they have for their workers. You have to be nice.
In not so great news: my sewing machine is really dying. Evidently part of why the tension only works great when I'm pulling it towards me is the machine itself is just. Drifting away. The motor sounds increasingly bad when I try to sew more than two layers (and sometimes it's grinding even with two) and I'm constantly adjusting it but I don't get more than a couple inches before it does something. So I think I'm going to wait on quilting the other tops until I get a new machine* and just keep piecing everything I can, since it can get through a decent amount of piecing before I have to adjust or fix anything. So at least all my quilting material will fit neatly in a box which is an improvement over what it was before I started this project.
We've got the money in savings for me to get the machine but I'd like to wait until my first paycheck before buying anything big. I want to maintain our savings accounts as they are because we're moving in two months!! So I'd like a solid savings account for moving and for applications for rentals. This apartment has been great but we are MORE than ready to move on. We were ready when we signed the last lease here but it was the smart fiscal decision to stay in a place that is cheaper than anything else on the market for what we're getting. And if we find and are signed onto a new place by April we can float two rentals for one month and I get my dog full time! Early! I'm beyond excited. I haven't gotten her for two weekends because of the rain (she haaaates the rain. I'll figure out how to make it enjoyable for her when I have her full time but in the meantime, all the places I can take her are outdoors, so...no Mia).
*I've settled on a Janome. It's not high end, at all, but it should last me through finishing out college and repaying our debts. After all that is taken care of, my dream machine is a Viking, Bernina, or a Toyota. This Janome can handle some leather and accessories sewing so it should be enough for the funkier cosplay pieces and regular quilting.
