July 2010 Weddings
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Open letters/Confessions/Vents?

I can't remember what day we normally do these... But I have one so I thought I would open it up.

It's a little bit of everything. I have been pretty unhappy with my job lately and where it is going (or not going). On a whim, I applied for a job I found online last night and now I am obsessing over it. I think it would be a great opportunity for me and now I am super nervous/anxious about it. Not to mention if I do get called for an interview - Then I will be super nervous/anxious about leaving my current job...

Image and video hosting by TinyPic image BabyFruit Ticker

Re: Open letters/Confessions/Vents?

  • I hear you about the job!  Lately I have had this intense urge to just be a stay at home mom.  I'm finishing up my bachelors this semester...and everyone is asking what I want to do when I graduate.  My honest answer is stay home, take care of my house, and raise my family.  THAT's what I want to do.  I want to bake, and clean, and paint my kitchen, and help my kids with their homework without being so tired that I get all grumpy doing it.  I want to go on field trips with my kids classes and help out with school parties.

    I don't like where I'm at work-wise, I have no ambition to look for anything new, I just want Matt to get hired permanently where he's at so we can see how feasible it would be for me to either quit or go down to part time. (He was on a 60-day contract...that was up last week so we're really keeping our fingers crossed that they hire him in on a permanent basis!  Every day is just keeping our fingers crossed and hoping.)

    Good luck with your applications!!!  Don't be too anxious...if you get an interview, hopefully you'll just know if it is right for you or not!  Let us know what you hear.

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Daisypath Vacation tickers
  • I am in the exact same spot.  I have been at my job for 10 1/2 years.  I have worked my way up as far as I care to go at that company and now I just feel stuck. I no longer enjoy what I do.  I have looked at a few other places, but there isn't much hiring right now. If I leave my job, I really don't want to go to a different company in the same field.  If I pick a different career all together, I will take a big cut in pay.  All I really want to do is stay home.  It's not that I don't want to work, it's just that is what I really enjoy doing. It's what I have always wanted to so.  Even since I was little, I never had any big career ambitions.  I've always just wanted to be a wife and mother.   I want to stay home and take care of the house, and hopefully raise a family in the near future. Unfortunately I don't think my husband and I will ever be able to afford for me to stay home.  Maybe part-time someday, but never full time.  So, for now I'm just going to keep watching the job listings and hope something sparks my interest. Being where I am now is just driving me insane! 
  • Ladies, I wish you all the best with your jobs.  Madam A: good luck!  let us know what happens!  I love mine, most days, but it can be stressful and I am anticipating a stressful year.  

    I confess that I hope to be able to stay home once we do have kids.  Don't jump to conclusions, I'm not preggers.  But I have the much better health insurance and when DH realized it, he said something like, "wow, maybe we won't be able to have you stay home."  What a bummer!  But we have time.  I don't want to get pregnant for at least a year.  

    My other vent is why, after all these years, am I getting cramps now.  Sitting through my workshop training all day today was horrible! 

    Daisypath Anniversary tickers    Lilypie Second Birthday tickers



  • my vent is that we're stuck in  the Kauai airport... since 9AM. Our flight was suppposed to take off for Maui at 10:40 but the fuel cap was leaky and they made everyone de-plane. Thankfully they are placing everyone on other flights free-of-charge. Don't get me wrong, I am SO glad they found the problem and are making other arrangements... but this is a tiny airport, not too many other flights. And the passengers witj a flight connecting to LA were redirected first. S

    So now instead of 4 full days in Maui we have 3.

    Okay, vent over I guess. Nesting via my Droid is kind of annoying but I guess it'll have to keep me occupied for a few more hours.  

    praying DH and I get to Maui safely soon.  

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Miss ... Mrs.
  • whoops I just remembered the time difference... it's only 1:20PM here so all you back east are probably done nesting for the day!
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Miss ... Mrs.
  • I'm totally with you ladies on the job front. I really don't like my job at all but it pays the bills and at this point, that's all I can ask for. When we moved up here I was out of work for about 4-6 weeks and this was the highest paying job that I was offered...which was already a little less than what I had been making, so I really didn't have a choice. It's not remotely in an industry that I'm interested in. The company is good and my department is pretty cool, but the job is BORING! Ugh.

     

    Daisypath Anniversary tickers

    Lauren's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (to-read shelf)Follow Me on Pinterest

  • ooo good luck on the job! i hope you get it!!!

     im in the "im bored at my job" boat. but i did just have a convo with my boss yesterday about this and he agrees that i need to branch out more in my job duties and do more strategic planning stuff rather than just day-to-day break/fix IT crap. which im actually excited about....i cant keep doing the same stuff every day or else im going to have to find something else quick because i dont do well with bored.


    House Renovations
    Married Bio

    image

    I am a gluten-free, gun-toting wife! :P

    I love you, Daddy...2/24/1953 to 2/13/2011image
  • I can't stand my job!  I learned quickly that I don't like this field, but have been stuck, because it's what I'm qualified for and it pays too well!

    It's even harder now that I started my library grad program this summer, which I know is what I want to do.  I don't want to wait two years to start! 

    Good luck on the job--I did the same thing, and I will be very upset if I don't at least get an interview!

    image
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards