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jon_chaisson) wrote2004-11-14 03:43 pm
jon_chaisson) wrote2004-11-14 03:43 pm
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The Last Home Year, pt 3 (take two)
Feh. Darn LJ crapped out on me and lost Take 1. :(
*ahem* Anyway!
I'd originally posted that I was a bit anxious about taking a few days off post-Thanksgiving Day to spend the weekend with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emmalyon. Anxious because I don't have any more paid days off to use, and it being Black Friday, me asking that day off (and probably the Saturday after that, which I'm guessing will be mandatory) wouldn't look good on me. Well, the way I see it, there are two options:
--ask for those two days off, saying that I'll be spending T-Day out of state and there's a good chance that I won't be back home in time to work on Friday (and probably blowing off Saturday)...or...
--saying hell with it and calling sick those two days. The problem with this one is that if I do this after I ask for days off and not getting them makes me look like my priorities are a bit out of whack.
Well hell...I'm looking at long-term priorities here. The way things look, there's a distinct possibility that I could end up moving down to NJ in the springtime to start a new life. I know that I'll have people from all sides asking me if this is actually a smart thing to do, which annoys me because it causes me to second-guess myself, but in reality, I'm going to be 34 in January and I really don't want to be shlepping boxes for the next ten years. I can't physically do it anymore. It's also taking a toll on me mentally...as much as I enjoy working for YC, it's been 4 years and I'm running out of options. I don't want to spend another ten years waiting for an office position to open up.
Besides...as crazy as this might sound, I have a gut feeling that what Emm and I have could work, and work wondrously. I know, I'm being a bit starry-eyed here, but hey, I gotta be an optimist, y'know? ;) I don't want to give this up simply because I'm too scared to make that big step. Sure, I'm all nervous and everything about moving on with my life, but I've got to do it. And she's been there for me every step of the way so far. And of course I'll do the same for her whenever and wherever.
Well, we'll see what happens.
*ahem* Anyway!
I'd originally posted that I was a bit anxious about taking a few days off post-Thanksgiving Day to spend the weekend with
emmalyon. Anxious because I don't have any more paid days off to use, and it being Black Friday, me asking that day off (and probably the Saturday after that, which I'm guessing will be mandatory) wouldn't look good on me. Well, the way I see it, there are two options:--ask for those two days off, saying that I'll be spending T-Day out of state and there's a good chance that I won't be back home in time to work on Friday (and probably blowing off Saturday)...or...
--saying hell with it and calling sick those two days. The problem with this one is that if I do this after I ask for days off and not getting them makes me look like my priorities are a bit out of whack.
Well hell...I'm looking at long-term priorities here. The way things look, there's a distinct possibility that I could end up moving down to NJ in the springtime to start a new life. I know that I'll have people from all sides asking me if this is actually a smart thing to do, which annoys me because it causes me to second-guess myself, but in reality, I'm going to be 34 in January and I really don't want to be shlepping boxes for the next ten years. I can't physically do it anymore. It's also taking a toll on me mentally...as much as I enjoy working for YC, it's been 4 years and I'm running out of options. I don't want to spend another ten years waiting for an office position to open up.
Besides...as crazy as this might sound, I have a gut feeling that what Emm and I have could work, and work wondrously. I know, I'm being a bit starry-eyed here, but hey, I gotta be an optimist, y'know? ;) I don't want to give this up simply because I'm too scared to make that big step. Sure, I'm all nervous and everything about moving on with my life, but I've got to do it. And she's been there for me every step of the way so far. And of course I'll do the same for her whenever and wherever.
Well, we'll see what happens.
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