HOORAY!

I'm freakin' employed!

My interview was at 10:30 yesterday morning, and by 4:30 they'd called to offer me the job! I will start on Monday. The interview went very well (obviously), and although I think the office atmostphere is going to be very different (less professional) than my last office, I think it might be a good opportunity to gain new skill sets and become more marketable. How fortunate, since my new title is Director of Marketing.

After my interview, I went to lunch with Z, then went back to his office to brainstorm on how to decorate. His office is so large (I'll be in a cubicle again...) that it needs lots of help.

Then I went home and stayed on the phone all afternoon with my sister, brother, and friend, until the publishing company beeped in to hire me.

After Z came home, we had dinner and then went to a baseball game. The baseball team here is named the Biscuits, and they were playing the Birmingham Barons, so it was hard to decide who to cheer for. It was Elvis night (I have no idea why), which was interesting. There was an impersonator and lots of Elvis songs all night. It was lots of fun, and the weather was quite surprisingly mild (it helped that the stadium is right on the river).

This morning we got up early to go to the store and purchase lots of things for Z's office - plants, planters, a mirror for the back of the door, frames for some pictures, desk decor, etc. Then we went downtown to his office to decorate. It took FOREVER and we got lots of strange looks from security (his building is the Criminal Justice building), but the office is really starting to look great. Now when he gets his diploma in the mail and we can hang it, it will look even better.

We came back to Prattvegas for lunch, and then I went clothes shopping for my new job. Not as much fun as I'd hoped. First of all, both my mom and sister were busy today, so I went shopping alone. I hit Belk first, because they're moving locations and were having a huge sale. It was already incredibly picked over, though, and all I found was one shirt and two purses. Then I went to Goody's (my goal was not to leave Prattvegas again). There I got jeans. Not for work, I realize, but I needed them... Next I went to Cato's next door and found a skirt, a pair of shoes, and two tops. Finished up with Target with 2 pairs of Isaac Mizrahi pants. When it's a trillion degrees outside, it is really exhausting to try on a trillion different outfits.

Now I'm home and really tired. Tomorrow we're going back to the church we visited last weekend and liked pretty well. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Z and I think Sunday School should be at 9:45 and church at 11:00, but apparently nobody does that anymore, and this church is the worst! Their Sunday School classes are split into two times, so that you choose when you go to Sunday School, and when you go to church. There are 3 services (2 traditional) at 8:15, 9:30, and 10:45 with Sunday School during the first 2 services. The only SS classes that pertain to us are during the 9:30 service, so we'll be attending church at 8:15. That's so weird. Last week we got home and took a nap before lunch...