Wow, it's been a while since blogging. Time to share and update.
I have resigned from Booking.com. For the last year I have tried so hard to be positive about the job. However, I have never truly liked working there. It was monotonous and boring. Answering call after call, just sitting there in one spot for eight hours. It was torture. The company itself is a great company to work for, just not my level of activity for a job.
I will start my new job this Monday, April 7. I took two weeks off between jobs. I really needed it. I had gone right from Kirby House to Booking.com. In fact, I was still trying to move out when I started my training there last March. These last two weeks have been a great sabbatical for me. But, I'm ready for my new adventure.
I will be working as a "Vacation Planner" at Lakeshore Lodging located on Lake Street in Saugatuck. Lakeshore Lodging is a vacation rental company based in Saugatuck, Michigan with rental properties from South Haven up to Holland, Michigan. I am so excited about being a part of the community once again. No longer will I have to drive 100 miles round trip to work. Another big plus about the great change!
My "babies" are doing fine. As I type this blog, Mondo, Wiley (the two cats) and Harley (the dog) are sleeping on the bed. All getting along fine. Moscow was always the renegade...so she is on her own sleeping in the living room.
My Drew is at work right now. We are getting along just great. We have many of the same interests which makes our time together so special. He is always pretty much in the same mood (unless he has to get up early). I have been very lucky to have him in my life. I love him more every day.
My best friend, Friedl, has sold her condominium and will be moving to New Hampshire to be closer to her daughter and family. Her daughter, Anne, has not yet moved there but should be in a few months. Friedl will be moving around May 1. I am so happy for her, but I will truly miss her, as most of you who know me would know that.
It's a sunny Saturday afternoon in April. I got my taxes done. First time I could do them on my own in 16 years. Having the business meant I had to turn them over to an accountant. Now that I don't own a home and have all the other forms to file required by a business I could actually do the free Turbo Tax online filing!
I have a comfortable life. Still trying to make it paycheck to paycheck, but my life is happy. Trust me, having a lot of "things" in your life does not make you happy. Just a lot more stuff to take care of. I love the little apartment Drew and I live in. I love my little "babies." I love life again. - Jimmy
