This past month has been extremely hectic... Between taking the LSAT, buying Christmas gifts, having back problems, going to St. Louis on the weekends, and now getting a cold (or something equally horrendous), I have had a ton going on. But it has all been worth it because
I WAS OFFERED THE JOB AT VETERANS UNITED!!
HR called me yesterday to give me the good news. I start on January 4. I am so excited. And nervous. More nervous than I should be, considering I'm starting with about ten other people who know nothing about the company and I've been there for three months already.
I don't know if I'm more excited to be making lots of money or to know that the position I'll be in is permanent. Knowing where my next paycheck is coming from is going to feel really great. Also, VUHL has some great benefits, and I'm very excited about that as well. Plus it's a fantastic company to work for, and I can't wait to be a real employee.
The one thing I keep coming back to though is law school... I took all this time to prepare to apply for law school (which I have yet to actually do), and now I'm not sure if I want to. I might apply just to see if I get in, but I'm not sure what I'd do if I did get in. Would I quit VUHL? I don't even want to think that that is an option at this point... Do I forgo law school? I guess that depends on my LSAT score. If my score is super high, then maybe I am really meant to be a lawyer and I will go for it. There are always internship positions available at VUHL that I might be able to do while I'm in school... I don't know. I'm just going to play it by ear for now I guess.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
news
Since the last time I wrote, a lot has happened. A lot has happened, but I'm kind of still in the same position I was in a few weeks ago...
I saw a GI doctor at the end of last month. She ran some blood tests, and scheduled some scopes for the end of January. The blood work came back abnormal, with my T4 being high, indicating a thyroid problem. I am almost excited for this, because it could literally explain every single one of my symptoms. It would be crappy to treat, and it might mean taking medication for the rest of my life, but if I could feel like a normal 23 year old instead of a 75 year old, my life would be so different! But I saw my primary doctor- or rather, her stand-in while she is on maternity leave - and he said it could be a false positive or a lab error, because my TSH was normal. But more on this later...
I took the LSAT at the beginning of the month. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I didn't cry, or barf, which is always a good thing. I'm not sure when I find out the results, but I'm just really glad it's over. I hope I did well, so that it balances out my not-so-stellar GPA...
The week after I took the LSAT I finally got my act together and applied for the company I am a temp for right now. I asked one of my coworkers to write a letter of recommendation to HR, which he was more than happy to do. Two days after I applied I received an email asking me to take some assessments, which some of the other temps who've applied haven't received, so I think that was a good sign. And then a few days after that I received an email asking for my references, which I think is an even better sign - they only ask for references if they're really interested, right?? I hope that is what it means. I asked six people to fill out references for me (they were online), and I really hope HR likes what they had to say... I'm getting nervous though, because the last reference was filled out last Friday and I haven't heard anything yet. One of the processors I work with, the one who wrote the letter of recommendation, says that I shouldn't worry, because it sometimes takes a little while. But I'm terrified. If my position is going to dissolve soon, I'd like to know I have a job, or at least that the process is moving forward, before I am jobless. I especially don't want to have to go back to Bandana's, which is what I'm faced with if I lose this job. At least for the time being. Also, another thing that has me worried is the fact that they took the position I applied for off the internal job postings on the company blog. I'm scared that means they have filled the position (even though one of the positions I applied for actually was filled before they took the posting down, and I received an email saying I didn't get the job...), or that they at least already have in mind who they're going to interview, and because I haven't heard anything I'm scared that isn't me. I wouldn't be so stressed out about this if I had a steady job waiting for me if this doesn't pan out. But I don't. And the more time that passes, the slower things seems to be at work. This could be because the processor who gave me the most tasks to do each day got a new job, so he doesn't need my help anymore, but I don't know. I am just scared...
On an unrelated note, for the past few months my lower back has been really bothering me. I thought it was our bed, considering it had two holes in it where we slept, but we got a new bed a few weeks ago and it wasn't getting better. But then on Tuesday of last week, I was completely back pain free, and I thought I was better. But I woke up on Wednesday feeling like I slept under a rock, and on Thursday it was so bad I took two Vicodin (which did NOT help the dizziness I already feel on a regular basis). The Vicodin did NOTHING for the pain, and I woke up at about 4 Friday morning in excruciating pain. By 5:30 I was bawling, and I made David take me to the ER. They gave me some muscle relaxant shots in my "hips" (translation = butt cheeks) and said that I just had muscular damage and I needed to take care of it. Fine. I went to work that day, and by the end of the day the medicine they gave me had made me feel so much better. On Saturday was our work Christmas party, and even after a night in heels my back was fine. I woke up Sunday morning, and I was still fine, but I bent over to pick up a pair of shoes and screwed my back all up again. It hurt just as bad as it had Friday morning. I ended up being cooped up in bed all day, missing my cousin's birthday party, David's family Christmas, a night out with friends, and a doctor appointment Monday morning in St. Louis because I was in so much pain. Around 4 Sunday afternoon I took a percocet that they had given me in the hospital, and it did nothing but sedate me. And when I say sedate me, I mean I physically couldn't keep my eyes open. But it did NOTHING for the pain either. So Monday morning, since I was already off work until noon, I made an appointment with my primary doctor stand-in to follow up on the thyroid blood work (told you I'd come back to that...) and to talk about my back. As far as the back thing goes, he gave me a non-narcotic pain reliever and told me to go to physical therapy (which I may or may not actually end up doing). Then when I showed him the results of the blood test he wasn't concerned at all (even though the GI doctor was when she called me to tell me about it). He wants me to go back in two months to get my blood tested again to see if it was a fluke or if something is actually wrong... I can't decide if I actually want to do that or if I want to try to find an endocrinologist here in town to see before then. I could be wrong, and I could waste more of my own time by seeing yet another specialist that can't help me, so I will probably just stick with this plan. But I still wish he would have taken me a little more seriously. I can't wait until my doctor gets back from maternity leave. I just want to tell her about all the stuff that has changed since I saw her last in September. And I know she will listen to me...
The pain medicine they gave me on Monday actually worked really, really well. Surprisingly well considering the narcotics did nothing for the pain. But then I woke up Tuesday morning extremely sick to my stomach, and I'm afraid that is from the medicine... If the pain gets bad enough again though, I will definitely deal with the nausea to get rid of the pain. At least that way I will be able to get some sleep.
Ok I'm done now.
I saw a GI doctor at the end of last month. She ran some blood tests, and scheduled some scopes for the end of January. The blood work came back abnormal, with my T4 being high, indicating a thyroid problem. I am almost excited for this, because it could literally explain every single one of my symptoms. It would be crappy to treat, and it might mean taking medication for the rest of my life, but if I could feel like a normal 23 year old instead of a 75 year old, my life would be so different! But I saw my primary doctor- or rather, her stand-in while she is on maternity leave - and he said it could be a false positive or a lab error, because my TSH was normal. But more on this later...
I took the LSAT at the beginning of the month. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I didn't cry, or barf, which is always a good thing. I'm not sure when I find out the results, but I'm just really glad it's over. I hope I did well, so that it balances out my not-so-stellar GPA...
The week after I took the LSAT I finally got my act together and applied for the company I am a temp for right now. I asked one of my coworkers to write a letter of recommendation to HR, which he was more than happy to do. Two days after I applied I received an email asking me to take some assessments, which some of the other temps who've applied haven't received, so I think that was a good sign. And then a few days after that I received an email asking for my references, which I think is an even better sign - they only ask for references if they're really interested, right?? I hope that is what it means. I asked six people to fill out references for me (they were online), and I really hope HR likes what they had to say... I'm getting nervous though, because the last reference was filled out last Friday and I haven't heard anything yet. One of the processors I work with, the one who wrote the letter of recommendation, says that I shouldn't worry, because it sometimes takes a little while. But I'm terrified. If my position is going to dissolve soon, I'd like to know I have a job, or at least that the process is moving forward, before I am jobless. I especially don't want to have to go back to Bandana's, which is what I'm faced with if I lose this job. At least for the time being. Also, another thing that has me worried is the fact that they took the position I applied for off the internal job postings on the company blog. I'm scared that means they have filled the position (even though one of the positions I applied for actually was filled before they took the posting down, and I received an email saying I didn't get the job...), or that they at least already have in mind who they're going to interview, and because I haven't heard anything I'm scared that isn't me. I wouldn't be so stressed out about this if I had a steady job waiting for me if this doesn't pan out. But I don't. And the more time that passes, the slower things seems to be at work. This could be because the processor who gave me the most tasks to do each day got a new job, so he doesn't need my help anymore, but I don't know. I am just scared...
On an unrelated note, for the past few months my lower back has been really bothering me. I thought it was our bed, considering it had two holes in it where we slept, but we got a new bed a few weeks ago and it wasn't getting better. But then on Tuesday of last week, I was completely back pain free, and I thought I was better. But I woke up on Wednesday feeling like I slept under a rock, and on Thursday it was so bad I took two Vicodin (which did NOT help the dizziness I already feel on a regular basis). The Vicodin did NOTHING for the pain, and I woke up at about 4 Friday morning in excruciating pain. By 5:30 I was bawling, and I made David take me to the ER. They gave me some muscle relaxant shots in my "hips" (translation = butt cheeks) and said that I just had muscular damage and I needed to take care of it. Fine. I went to work that day, and by the end of the day the medicine they gave me had made me feel so much better. On Saturday was our work Christmas party, and even after a night in heels my back was fine. I woke up Sunday morning, and I was still fine, but I bent over to pick up a pair of shoes and screwed my back all up again. It hurt just as bad as it had Friday morning. I ended up being cooped up in bed all day, missing my cousin's birthday party, David's family Christmas, a night out with friends, and a doctor appointment Monday morning in St. Louis because I was in so much pain. Around 4 Sunday afternoon I took a percocet that they had given me in the hospital, and it did nothing but sedate me. And when I say sedate me, I mean I physically couldn't keep my eyes open. But it did NOTHING for the pain either. So Monday morning, since I was already off work until noon, I made an appointment with my primary doctor stand-in to follow up on the thyroid blood work (told you I'd come back to that...) and to talk about my back. As far as the back thing goes, he gave me a non-narcotic pain reliever and told me to go to physical therapy (which I may or may not actually end up doing). Then when I showed him the results of the blood test he wasn't concerned at all (even though the GI doctor was when she called me to tell me about it). He wants me to go back in two months to get my blood tested again to see if it was a fluke or if something is actually wrong... I can't decide if I actually want to do that or if I want to try to find an endocrinologist here in town to see before then. I could be wrong, and I could waste more of my own time by seeing yet another specialist that can't help me, so I will probably just stick with this plan. But I still wish he would have taken me a little more seriously. I can't wait until my doctor gets back from maternity leave. I just want to tell her about all the stuff that has changed since I saw her last in September. And I know she will listen to me...
The pain medicine they gave me on Monday actually worked really, really well. Surprisingly well considering the narcotics did nothing for the pain. But then I woke up Tuesday morning extremely sick to my stomach, and I'm afraid that is from the medicine... If the pain gets bad enough again though, I will definitely deal with the nausea to get rid of the pain. At least that way I will be able to get some sleep.
Ok I'm done now.
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