It’s been a moment since I’ve posted a journal. Figured I’d give the hand full of y’all who pay attention an update into what’s going on.

Firstly I’ve been through some wild rides on the job front. I had a job that over all I actually did like, I just had a difficult coworker who used and abused the work from home ability causing my work days to be more stressful than needed. It drove me into looking for a different job that was 100% work from home. I found one but it’s a call center. I gave my two weeks and my manager tried to keep me, even beat out the offer that the call center had given me. But I was already in my feelings and thought that the grass would be greener.

Fast forward to 5 months later and I hate my job. The shift makes it so I can’t spend time with my husband, and I must work every Saturday. Taking away even more time from him. My level of hire is the only level that does not rotate on Saturdays, and it is such a drag. Monday to Friday I’m off work at 9pm, my husband is in bed by then. Saturday it’s 5:30pm but I have to take the day to do chores and grocery shopping. My wolf usually does not enjoy going out on the weekends since he has an hour drive one way to and from work during the work week so I try not to bug him too much in going shopping with me.

Basically Sunday is the only day I really get to spend with him. It’s been difficult, and being 100% remote makes me feel like a prisoner in my own home. I thought I could manage it, I’m fairly introverted. What introvert wouldn’t love working from home and not having to put pants on? Apparently me. I’ve reapplied to the company I worked for last year but so far one of the positions has been filled and the other, the manager (a friend) is aware and will be talking with the AVP of retail and AVP of HR to get my app pulled and an interview scheduled.

In the mean time I’ve applied to the DMV. I even had an interview today that I expect to get a job offer from. The downside is it’s a pay cut, a pretty decent one. The upside is it’s a 9-5 no weekends, holidays off and 3 weeks of pto, sick leave and vacation in total. I will probably accept the offer, but I’m hoping to hear back from my old job. I really fucked up, I shouldn’t have left.

My current job is just so…draining. I hate it, I’ve never felt so worthless and useless. Every call take a piece of me away, be it the client is overly rude and abusive or I have to deliver bad news and get to hear the heart break. They had placed their hopes in the company to help them to make a difference and assist and I get to be the one to say no. This has brought me to the point of realizing that I need to get therapy.

Other than that obviously my commissions will be slowing down a bit. All of this excluded I’m wanting to focus on more meaningful pieces and not just random YCHs. I want to get pieces of Suki and Dustin that are more realistic to us and me. I maybe selling a few of my other characters, as I just don’t connect with them or they were impulse buys to assist the artist out of a sticky spot. I may make a separate journal listing the ones I’m willing to part with and their art pieces if there is any interest.

TLDR; bitching about leaving a good job for a shitty one, looking for new job, expect less YCHs and more personalized commissions if/when I get them. Characters for sale, take a look??