I have a job!

[taylweaver]

Don't know where, or precisely what I will be doing. Presumably, pull-out services somewhere in Brooklyn. But I start on the 6th.

Which is a good thing.

And I also called Verizon to get my phone line moved. I think I will not have them install a jack for me. Either I will ask mysticengineer to help me install a new jack myself, or I will just buy a reeeeally long, white phone cord and snake it around the wall into my bedroom. It just isn't worth the $169 that they would want to charge me for sending a fat guy who sweats a lot and says he is having trouble breathing just from the exertion of stapling in the phone wires. Plus, I would have to wait around my apartment for the guy.

Anyway, my phone will be moved to the new number as of Wednesday.

But I am getting ahead of myself - need to move first. (Monday - wanna help?)

Still, it is great when everything starts coming together.

Also, last night, my sister called, and was asking about the job. When I asked why she was calling, she explained that my mom wanted to know if I had heard yet, but didn't want to bother me. For some reason, mbarr found this to be rather entertaining. As it turns out, though, this was a smart move on my mom's part - talking to her about it this morning (back when I didn't have a job yet) was much more stressful than talking to my sister.

Comments

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!

[flintknappy.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear you've got a job!
And yes, I too am aware of the parental stealth of using siblings... maybe that's another hidden reason parents procreate in multiple numbers.

I don't know jack about phones

[mysticengineer.livejournal.com]

I've never installed a phone jack.
What I have done is taken an existing jack and figured out which wires to connect in order to have the correct line connected to that room.
Thanks for thinking I can do it, though.

Now, if you need anything soldered...

Re: I don't know jack about phones

[taylwoven.livejournal.com]

I didn't say you knew anything about them... but you also didn't know anything about connecting an existing phone jack before you looked online and tried it out - so I am confident that you could manage the same thing with a new phone jack and howstuffworks.com or something. Either that, or you could stand there being supportive while I try to figure it out...

And if I need anything soldered, I will ask to borrow your soldering iron - that, I know how to use. (It's amazing how much one can learn while working with stained glass...)

Re: I don't know jack about phones

[mysticengineer.livejournal.com]

Uh, I think you slipped with the username for your comment.
And of course I'll stand there being supportive (or laughing my head off, whichever seems more appropriate at the time).

Re: I don't know jack about phones

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

Oops. Yeah, it's hard to keep track of who I'm logged in as. Thanks.

[wildblueyonder2.livejournal.com]

My general rule when parental questions about jobs (or dating, school, grades, other life stuff, etc.) get annoying is to say (and repeat, as often as necessary): "When I have good news, I promise to let you know as soon as possible." I've found this sends a message that (1) you're aware that they are concerned and care about your well-being, but that (2) you're a private person and you want some space to deal with the issue yourself, without being whacked over the head about it every time the two of you speak.

Obviously this won't work for all situations (i.e. if you haven't found a job for 5 years and you're living off their $$ … in such a case, they probably have a right to push a little harder!), but for the average I-just-graduated-school-and-my-parents-won't-leave-me-alone-to-do-my-job-search-in-peace, it works wonders when repeated over and over again as necessary to get them off your tail (or tayl). Unless your parent is directly involved in the type of hiring done for your career, stress that methods and conditions for finding a job in your field have changed since they graduated! (OK, so your entire family is made up of teachers. But you know what I mean!)

Oh, and Mazal Tov!!!