Homecoming..

I guess all good things must come to an end, but it just seems as if this weekend went by WAY too fast! I spent this past weekend in Starkville. Friday night, I went to dinner with friends and then we all headed out for the night. I LOVE getting to see all of my friends; I really hate that we no longer live in the same city. I miss them more than they will probably ever know! We all went to the game on Saturday, and then headed over to a friends for the rest of the day. We watched lots of football, cooked out, and played Rock Band. We went out Saturday night and had a great time! Today we went to church and then out to lunch.

The most exciting news from this weekend is that Josh and Blair are engaged!!!!!! I was absolutely ecstatic when I got the phone call :) Congratulations Blair and Josh, I am soo excited for both of you!!

TGIF!!

I promised details so here they are:

The company that I was going to work for was a health benefits company in which sells medicare supplements. I interviewed and got the job. My "boss" lost my 30 page contract (along with many other papers I had to sign) for about a week and a half. Fast-forwarding five weeks: I got my AL insurance license, signed a lease on an apartment and was supposed to be going to training in Mobile what would have been this past Monday and Tuesday, move Wednesday, start immediately following. After hearing no details on training, I call my "boss" last Friday and this past Monday, and he did not answer my phone calls or return them. Monday, I receive an e-mail stating that I did not get this job that I am supposed to be starting that the company would keep my resume on file if another opening became available. Doesn't make sense right? I called national headquarters and all that they could tell me was that they had absolutely NO paperwork on me (the 30 pg contract, etc.) and that I would need to try and continue contacting my "boss." So I proceed to call him from another number and he answers first ring. He tells me that he is "busy, busy, busy" and cannot talk. I told him about the e-mail and he kept telling me that it couldn't be valid that nothing had ever happened like this before. He made a joke that it was because I didn't send him a $1,200 personal check..sleezy, sleezy, it was NOT funny. He was supposed to get in touch with someone about it and call me "right" back. Never heard from him again. I tried calling him:no answer. I finally reached him at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and he told me to fax him my insurance license(which I had already done a week ago) and he would get things rolling. I had to fax the license to three different fax lines. I told him I needed a countersigned copy of the contract that day or I was not moving. He told me he didn't know if it would be possible to send to me, which makes the contract invalid. I have never heard back from him. In the meantime, I'm not moving to Birmingham and in no way would I ever go work for this company. It still does not make since to me how all of this is legal, much less ethical. I have unfortunately learned a lot in the process. I will not speak of this matter again considering that I would like to put it behind me. But I do want to make you aware of things such as this, they obviously can and do happen..contracts signed or not. I think I am completely emotionless after this; I really don't have any emotions left in me. I really haven't been out of the house much this week because I simply am not ready to answer the question, "So what are you doing now? Where are you working? etc." I cannot tell you how many countless number of people (including total strangers) ask those questions, and when I was looking for a job the first time, the most terrible part of saying "I am unemployed" was having to hear their responses and comments. Some of the nicest people (or who I thought were nice) had some of the most brutal comments. I just don't care to hear any right now. I know I will have to soon, but it's not something that I care to hear. I was so excited to move to Birmingham and start my life there; but sometimes things don't work out the way that we plan. I know that He has bigger and better plans for my life that I am unable to see. Everything could not have worked out more perfectly apartment wise, and cable, electric, etc.

I have been keeping busy over the past few days. I have made numerous decorative cookies, and have been working on a canvas for one of my friends that recently had a baby. After this fiasco, looking for a job is the absolute LAST thing that I want to do, but I have been looking. If you know of any openings, anything would be greatly appreciated considering I haven't been in the job hunting loop for over 6 weeks. I contacted two men today reguarding sales jobs, and I may have an interview next week! In the meantime, I need something to tide me over until I can find full-time employment, so today I put in my application at an elementary school in town to substitute teach for the time being. It is something to keep me busy and make a little money on the side. I am a little embarrassed to admit that as I was driving up to turn in my application I sort of got a little nervous. This is TOTALLY out of my arena, and I really do not have a clue what I am doing..but it couldn't be that hard right? The county schools don't have a training course, so I have been calling all of my "teacher friends" for advice! I am excited though, I think it could be fun! I saw the most precious little boy while I was in the office today, so I have no doubt that I might really enjoy it!

On another note, I am headed to Starkville tomorrow and am ecstatic about it! I cannot wait to see all of my friends!! It is homecoming, so hopefully we will win :) I just really, really hope it does not rain!

Did that really just happen??

For most of you, this is your first time to ever read my blog. I started this blog a little over a year ago and I have tried to keep it up to date as best as I can. I would like to say that I NEVER post anything personal considering that this is the internet and I personally do not want anyone knowing every bit of my business. But this one post is a little different; I am going to share a brief snapshot of my last couple of weeks with you and I apologize to my good friends and extended family members for not sharing this news any sooner. It is so hard with things happening so fast to keep everyone up to date.

I'm posting this only to keep everyone up to date and I promise to give details later but I received an e-mail today stating that I did not get the job that I had applied for and received in Birmingham. Yes, this is correct, the job that I accepted the offer on, the job that I am moving to Birmingham on Wednesday for, the job that I sent in a 30 page contract for and an 8 page ammendment to the contract, along with an internet technology security contract and many other papers. I also had to buy (yes BUY) an Alabama insurance license for this job also. After you take a state insurance exam in order to get an out of state license you only pay a fee. Long story short, I have been on the phone all day with my "boss" and national headquarters trying to settle the situation. National headquarters has absolutely NO paperwork out of ALL of it that I sent in, and in order for the contract to be valid my "boss" and national headquarters must sign the contract and I must receive a countersigned contract in the mail. Another words, my contract is STILL not valid and my "boss" no longer answers my phone calls when I question him on training dates. GREAT! I was just talking today about how nice it was to have a job and not have to go through the process of finding one..it is definitely an emotionally draining process that I hope no one EVER has to go through; but unfortunately, it looks as if I may be right back to where I started.

So you ask what do I do now? Well, that is the question I have been asking myself all day long. I have an apartment, the electric company is setting up the electricity tomorrow, the cable man is coming Wednesday, the moving truck will be here tomorrow, the storage unit is rented until tomorrow and after that we no longer have a storage unit, and we have two men helping us move in on Wednesday. I am asking the same question..what do I do now? Considering that Jefferson County is in the process of declaring bankruptcy and that they have layed off three-fourths of their workforce does not make Birmingham a very marketable job market and I can't afford to live there with no income. So hopefully this mess will start to work itself out. Until then..

Happy Fall Yall!!

Well, unfortunately I am just blogging from the same laptop I was two weeks ago..
I woke up Friday morning to someone absolutely BEATING the front door down, and when I say consistently beating I mean that they did not let up for a solid two or three minutes. If you could only imagine, I locked myself in a room and called everyone that I knew of thinking that someone was trying to get in the house. To my surprise..it was just FedEx. With that being said, my laptop had come and gone. Thank goodness my neighbor signed for me the second time that they came so that I wouldn't have to make a trip to FedEx to pick it up. I felt as if it were Christmas Day all over again..until I opened the box. To my surprise, it was the same laptop that I had sent off..I was so disappointed; I had really hoped for a brand new computer :( At least my G and H are working now!!

Another disappointment: Mississippi State football. What happened Saturday night you ask? Not really sure but I really hope that they pull through next Saturday!! I had soo much fun at the game! I got to see so many friends that I have not seen in a while and we had such a good time together! I tailgated all day and stayed in Starkville for a little while after the game. Then I headed back to Meridian. I slept in this morning with really good intentions of packing all day and those plans went right out the window. It has poured all day today, so needless to say I have been extremely lazy. I must admit it was wonderful :) It has gotten soo cold too!! I'm sort of ready for winter!! Maybe I should get to packing..

Seriously??

I distinctly remember a post very similar to this about one year ago. I have a SERIOUS addiction..to Christmas music that is. Tonight, okay really 1:00 a.m., after returning home from Starkville I found myself searching I-Tunes for Christmas music and it is only October?? My addiction was bad last year, but I'm afraid it's only worse this year. My debit card is going to hate me by the time December rolls around! Just listening to Christmas music sort of saddens me. This Christmas is going to be very different; I have always looked so forward to helping my dad out for the holidays and this will be my first year not to work (since I was literally 12 years old). I know that sounds ridiculous (I should enjoy the time off...right??) But I really enjoyed it! I'm not going to know what to do with myself!!

Just a Little Update..

First and foremost, my computer is in Memphis!! It is headed to Meridian tomorrow, FINALLY!! Hopefully I will continue to be able to update, of course considering that all of my keys are working again! Secondly, I found a great website (well actually two good websites). Peopleofwalmart.com and awkwardfamilyphotos.com. Now people of Wal-Mart was way funnier than the latter but I thought I would add it in case you were interested! On another note, I am pleased to announce that I am officially licensed within the state of Alabama to sell insurance! I applied for the license yesterday and to my surprise it went into effect yesterday (which normally takes 24-48 hours). So with that being said, I will potentially be in a training course Monday and Tuesday, and move on Wednesday! Slight problem..I still have to pack; not much fun! Hope you all had a wonderful day! Hopefully my next post will be from another computer...praying maybe a new one?? We shall see!

It's Beginning to Look a lot like..

Fall! It has felt soo good outside the past two days! And guess what that means? Christmas is right around the corner!!!

85 Days until Christmas!

The countdown has begun!

I don't have too much to blog about today, I woke up early this morning to take care of some business. I officially have an Alabama insurance license. I also got power and cable set up in my apartment! And then I proceeded to bake a Chanel purse cake. If you did not know, I have been baking cakes all summer long and absolutely love it!! It's soo much fun; if I could do just that everyday and make money I would! Unfortunately, I don't think that there is much money in the cake baking business! Here are a few that I have done, and I couldn't upload photos tonight so the Chanel cake is just a picture of what I made :)

The bottom cake of course is missing two layers, I didn't want to be wasteful :)