Stuff

Broken Girl posted, asking how to find Flogging Molly on the web. Go to www.floggingmolly.com and you'll find 'em. Sorry, couldn't find your post.

And for the rest of you, yes, I'm up to my ears in snow. Not literally. But we have probably 2 feet. Sounds like they've kept up on the roads pretty well, so the best I can hope for tomorrow is a late start. We'll see.

And the Verdict Is...

...HIRED!!! I got an email yesterday from the HR person at APL. She asked if I had a few minutes to talk about the open position. Sure, why not. Walked in, closed the door, sat down, and she said, "Well, if you're still interested, we'd like to offer you a permanent position with APL."

So, I'm once again permenantly employed. HUGE relief! Still don't have health insurance, and won't have it for another 3 months. However, I know definitely that I'll have insurance in three months, instead of worrying about when I'd have it. It's exactly the same coverage I had at ADP, with one major, and very important difference: Because it's a union job, there's no employee contributions for health insurance. Company pays it all. I just pay co-pays. That saves me quite a bit. In addition, I get a raise. Not as much as I thought, but I also know that I have pay raises every 3 months to look forward to for quite some time.

Vacation will be available in 3 months; because I haven't had my birthday yet this year, I'll even get a birthday holiday! I have all the paperwork, to fill out over the weekend, and turn in on Monday.

Yesterday, I couldn't tell anyone but my supervisors at work. It was really cool, they were all so excited for me. I told family and friends yesterday, too, because I was ready to burst with the news! I got to tell people at work today; they were all excited for me too. Very nice to be working in an office where people get excited for you.

According to Annette, it was all due to the Nuclear Demo Dawgs hat she got me from work. I'm willing to give the hat some credit. My supervisors also said they'd really been pushing HR to hire me full time. That was good to hear as well.

So, pardon my gushing. :) I'm very excited.