She Sells Seashels by the Seashore

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Where I hang these days

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Moved last week and started my new job on Monday. This is my new office window view. Quite different from my previous one of downtown Atlanta.

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Last week I did an in person interview for a new job and got an offer before I left to come back home. It’s Director of Collections for a local historical society in an area I’ve spent a lot of time in (my partner was actually living in the area when we met). The pay would be what I’m currently making in a much lower cost of living area and I would have a real office with windows overlooking the ocean and a historic lighthouse. They are also willing to wait and let me start in March so I don’t have to break my current lease.

So I guess I’m about to be a coastal girlie now?

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I am currently on furlough because everything is terrible. DOI was forced to release how many cuts they are planning to do by office and mine stands to lose 69 jobs which is about 32% of our full numbers. And I can guarantee you museum work and cultural resources as a whole are one of the main targets. Thankfully they can’t do anything as of right now while the government is shutdown because of a temporary restraining order but conversely, I also don’t get paid until it’s over. I had a first round interview for a job a few weeks ago and I know they’ve been checking my references this week so I’m hopeful for making the second round interview.

I feel like my days are such wild swings. Some days, like yesterday, I can’t get out of bed and I just watch tv all day (I’m rewatching Buffy right now). Some days, like today, I walked to the gym, worked out, then took a 2 mile walk afterwards to enjoy the beautiful weather we’ve been having lately. Mostly my daily goal is to spend as little money as possible since I’m not getting paid and when the shutdown ends, I’m likely getting fired (finally).

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Then just fucking do it already you fucking pieces of shits. I don’t care even more. Just old yeller all of us already.

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I am still holding on at my job by some miracle and I’ve come to grips with the fact that at some point I have to stop acting like I’m going to get fired tomorrow and actually find some kind of motivation to do work but also I could still get fired tomorrow, who knows, the world sucks and our country is circling the toilet. So. That’s fun.

Also, I interviewed for a job last week and I got an offer from them this afternoon and now I have to actually make a decision on if I cut bait and leave or do I stay and hope I don’t get RIF’d. It would be slightly less money than I currently make and require a significant move but it is to a no income tax state and health insurance would be completely covered by the employer which would offset some of the income loss. They also offered some money for relocation.

That said, when I think about leaving my job and leaving my coworkers I feel sick. It doesn’t feel like a choice I am excited about but rather one I’m being forced into. Which is maybe my answer but unemployment is also not really a great option either.

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It’s lookin’ like ya girl is gonna get RIF’d as early as 2 weeks from now. They are planning to decimate those of us in regional offices and the Washington, DC office while not doing as much to parks because we don’t interact with the public and they’re hoping it won’t be as noticeable. But guess whose jobs allow park staff to do THEIR jobs?

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Had a work meeting this afternoon where the unspoken theme was “we’re likely all going to get fired and it’s going to be bad” and my Alma mater had an active shooter on campus this morning so it’s really been a banner day.

I’m taking tomorrow off.

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It’s pretty much guaranteed at this point that I will lose my job at some point. I’m just trying to stay as long as possible so I can stash as much money as possible into my savings to pay bills until I can find another job.

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My mental health has really plummeted the last two days and it wasn’t very high to begin with. I was just rehired to another term with my job for four more years but I am seriously concerned that I won’t make it through this administration with how much hatred our president has towards federal workers.

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A week later, more snow in the A.

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I know it snows in plenty of other places but Atlanta is usually not one of them.

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Merry Christmas to me!

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As someone who has been on the Matt Gaetz hate train for over 11 years now, I’m having a fantastic day at the thought of him holding no political office now and slinking back to Florida and the trash heap he came from.

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Report from the Pacific Ocean, Olympic National Park edition

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Things I don’t miss about living in Florida:

Hurricanes