Wednesday, I got a call back on a job opening in Valencia that I applied to. Thursday morning I called her back (I hadn't answered the phone as it was an "unknown" number, and she left a message). the HR lady called me back a little while later and we spoke. she wanted to find out my background, go over my resume and work experience. then she said she will forward my resume to finance and if they see something of interest they will call me in for an interview - - how long do I wait before calling her back and bugging her ??
Friday, met my parents for lunch. Dad had a follow-up appointment and scan with his cancer doctor. the scan was at 11, and I thought his followup appointment was at 11:30.. reread the text, and his f/u was at 1:30 :( my mom texted me at 2:05 that they were back at the house.. I jumped in the car and drove to meet them for "lunch".. hour later, was finally at the house.. 40 minutes later, I was eating my taco and enchilada at El Torito.. man-o-man, was I starving! had a piece of toast at 7:45am - nothing since! hung around the house until about 6:30, then came home.. snails pace on 10.. snails pace on 405 overpass.. then flying by, until the 101.. again, snails pace from 101 to 118.. then flying by on the 118.. got home at 7:52 :P
Saturday, we went to Frazier Park !! saw several houses (some for us, some for our friends).
1st house - iffy.. didn't even go in because the people live there and the place was a mess (from the OUTSIDE)
2nd house was weird.. the inside was kinda cute, but the house was on these stone "stilts" and was just a maze of doors and stairs.. and stairs and doors.. had potential but would require lots of work to make it "normal". I'm not looking for "work", I need a place away from work (when I find a job that is)..
3rd house was cute.. kitchen was awesome.. breakfast nook was awesome.. the stairs were steep and shallow, and the upstairs was kind of strange.. almost seemed unfinished (?) wasn't comfortable flow that you look for in houses.
4th house was nice.. also had potential but not much yard.. the house itself was huge and "bass-ackwards".. the upstairs was down and the downstairs was up.. the Nona would be confused because there's no regular access door. I'd have to take her out, and bring her back in.. the upstairs living room & kitchen -- all HUGE.. then the downstairs bedrooms were teeny.. not very relaxing.
5th house was awesome.. just what we wanted.. exactly what we wanted.. so perfectly what we wanted.. rooms forever and lots of potential.. laundry room inside.. awesome garage.. bigger yard than Nona's known in 8 years..
6th house was a 'go-between'.. just a look from the outside. noisy dogs, nosey neighbors - um.. no.. besides, close to friends I used to know.. a little awkward, that would be!
7th house was nice.. AWESOME yard !! awesome sauna inside !! the house was skinny though.. skinny halls.. skinny rooms.. a move-in nightmare !! great view, on top of a hill.. no one to bug you.. a great big garage, & RV parking as well.
came home and stewed.. talked about it.. what we'd do.. what we should do..
went to Mike & Ana's for BBQ - - more talking and planning.. getting more and more tired (the day wore.us.out!!)
that night (Saturday night) I couldn't sleep !! my brain was going and going, thinking of all the things we could do with house 5. I was up until about 2am wide-awake with wonder.
Sunday morning - Ron was started to feel against it. "can't do it unless you find a job.. can't stay here unless you find a job either.. it is what it is". I started to worry.. and stress.. he's been SO stressed about me being unemployed. I still have severance, and I still have unemployment.. but that all will eventually end. we had no life when I was working.. no pleasures.. no fun trips.. now would be even worse.
Monday he went back to work, and I didn't bug him about anything - - but Mike did.. they put an offer on house 7. they talked to their insurance guy and figured out how much their mortgage would be. we're about a million steps behind them. I need to get Ronnie added to my account (for "asset" purposes - that's our down payment!). we need to get pre-approved with his credit union (or with mine..). BUT last night, he was back to being psyched about the whole thing.
I applied on another job - Account Clerk with the City of Santa Clarita
I'm really hoping that something will pan out.. I NEED a job, and I'd prefer it not to be Motel 6 or Carl's Jr.
I don't like this house anymore (haven't liked it for a very very very long time) and we need to figure something out for the future.
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