Condolences and congratulations in quick succession.
I hope in any case that things get better.
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This is nothing new for those of you who've talked to me over the past decade but I hate my job. I forget who I've ranted to about the "disciplinary issues" that have made me double down on hating this one; I can elaborate if anyone cares. I've certainly ranted about it enough to Andrew.
I lasted a year and a half on this one! After the stupid worst interview ever I experienced during DLC, I'm interviewing again, though this time of year is slow for hiring. I have 2 in active conversation and if neither of those pans out I'm sure I'll be waiting until the new year.
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I turned 30 a couple weeks ago. I haven't much cared about birthdays and ages up to now, but this one has been really difficult for me.
Not unrelated: close friends have begun reproducing. People I went to high school with have been having kids since they graduated, but people in my circle tend to do things a little later. (I am betting choice of location has a lot to do with this. The early bloomers left California or stayed in the tiny, middle of nowhere, dead area our high school was in.) My best friend since elementary school just had hers. I found out last week that one of the people I game with every weekend -- also 30 -- is expecting her first kid. She and her husband are also buying a house within the next year.
My small family, and Andrew's small family, means that there are very few big events. His only sibling is a lesbian, mine is a failure to launch. Most of our grandparents passed over 10 years ago. So... No deaths, no births; no weddings, divorces, moves, job changes. Friends' lives changing in a big way is hard to handle.
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Between job nonsense, turning 30, and friends doing "I'm a real adult now" things it's been a bumpy couple of months.
