First Night

I was so exhausted I didn't wake up once the whole night. Not even my loud air conditioner or ice maker woke me up. ;) I feel better about everything, too. I think just spending my first night alone made me a little sad, but I'm okay now. I'm still trying to recover from my soreness. I was hoping to do the group ride tomorrow, but it looks like I'll be stuck at work. Arrrgh... I'm not the only one this is affecting, either. A girl I work with has friends coming into town, and she's basically screwed--she was pretty much told that this is mandatory. WTF? Our team had a lunch meeting on Thursday, and I voiced my opinions (again) to my boss/team lead. This company expects A LOT out of its employees, but doesn't feel the need to give any incentives, which bugs the crap out of me. My boss asked what kind of incentive did my previous employer (a fabulous company, for the most part) give, and I said they compensated very well, gave bonuses, etc. He asked what other kind of incentive other than money was I looking for (in other words, he can't do that for me/us), and I told him "money is a big incentive". The rest of the people on my team agreed with me. So, whatever. I'm just going to trudge along until I find something better, and hope that I don't get so fed up that I just walk out. At this point, I've just been taking it one day at a time, saying, "Well, maybe I'll get an offer tomorrow and I won't have to come in again." That's been helping me more than anything I think.

Right as I got into work this morning, I realized I still have my crappy sandals on, which totally contrast with the rest of my outfit. I put these sandals to let Jaiden out because I didn't want to wear my heels going down the stairs and have him freak out and pull me up or down the stairs. But I forgot to change them before I left for work. Sigh...

On the plus side, I did get a bite on my web design services. I have a website that I put up and I've been using Google AdWords to get some traffic to it. It hasn't had very many clicks (I've only spent a total of $3.93), but I haven't been able to work on it much since I got the website up. The only good thing about my job is that I've learned a lot about pay-per-click, so I've learned all these different tricks and tools to use with my AdWords account. Someone in Austin just contacted me about some work he needed, so we'll see if anything comes of that. If I can get a lead at less than $4, I'll be a pretty happy camper. ;)