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Other half's family is having me over for christmas and I found out her dad wants to hire me on at his company. I've got experience in the field (industrial sanitation) and he says if I prove I can be trusted he'll bump me up to management in the spring. Decent pay regardless.

Now that we're both gonna be employed and settled into a livable place she's floated the idea of settling down permanently. Nervous about putting a ring on things but i'm also nervous about everything, so idk. Thankfully both of us are thoughtful patient types so there's no rush to decide.
 
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On Sunday I was lazing in bed with my girl when my idiot friend updated in a groupchat that Stan Sakai was in town.
I don't really like my parents (Mom is like Hush's mom from Paul Dini's Detective Comics and Dad is like an awkward-reformed Deathstroke) but I called up my dad immediately and told him to get haul ass to the convention centre with his Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Hardcover. I called up old friends who were managing the con and told them to give me a running update so I can chaperone my old man when he arrived.

My girl doesn't throw a hissy fit that my ex would have, instead she tells me to take my time as she says this looks like srs bizness and sees how I'm throwing everything aside for this. For all the misfortune I'm facing this whole year, she's my one bright star.

I get the old man into express queue and it turns out dad brought that book from before I was born, together with another hardcover of Usagi Yojimbo (Yokai) I bought for him for his birthday close to 11 years ago to get signed as well.

After a lifetime of being a scapegoat and projected on by my mom and arguing with dad, being the one thing that their house has not rotted from all the upkeep I keep doing for them, the other people I've pulled favors for dad to meet one of his idols tell me what a good son I am for doing all this.

When I got back to my girl, she said the same thing.

Something just broke in me hearing her say that as well and couldn't have prepared me for that.
I just hugged her and cried.
 
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In-laws took the kids overnight so we can rest and kick the last of this illness away. Woke up late, like 10-ish? Thinking about taking a walk with my husband to grab some coffee together, I can't remember the last time I've had one that wasn't made by either one of us since we do have an espresso machine, a cold brew pitcher, and a french press which do the job perfectly, but sometimes the treat isn't the finished product, but the nice walk alone in cool, comfortable weather and the fact that you're not making the coffee yourself.
For now, I'm going to snuggle under some blankets under the soft glow of the Christmas tree and the fireplace and watch my husband play Shenmue. Can't wait for the man who used to be Chinese a long time ago to pop up, that game is peak comfort.
 
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Got my doctors appointment tomorrow and will see what kind of work he clears my foot for. It starts to hurt and swell a bit when I walk on it too much so it might not be as healed as I'd hope.
 
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Kilo Riley said:
Other half's family is having me over for christmas and I found out her dad wants to hire me on at his company. I've got experience in the field (industrial sanitation) and he says if I prove I can be trusted he'll bump me up to management in the spring. Decent pay regardless.

Now that we're both gonna be employed and settled into a livable place she's floated the idea of settling down permanently. Nervous about putting a ring on things but i'm also nervous about everything, so idk. Thankfully both of us are thoughtful patient types so there's no rush to decide.
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I would recommend against it.

Working with him, that is, not marrying her, that's up to you.

But working with "family" (in air quotes because technically not yet, but you understand) tends to cause problems, and if nothing else, if either work or the relationship go wrong, the other will either be affected by it, or outright ended.

You may find yourself single AND unemployed for it.

But of course, the benefits may be worth the risk, it's your choice always.
 
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Banking on the shoulder not being broken paid off, the pain is mostly gone. Still can't lift heavy stuff or move it too rapidly, but at least I don't have to operate at 25% capacity, since it was my dominant hand that got hit. Showering, getting dressed, opening the door, everything was a challenge and I realized just how weak my other arm is, as if dumbbell weight difference wasn't an indicator enough.
 
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Got a call for an Interview!
From a company I never heard of and don't recall applying to
From a "hiring agent" who only had my name and phone number and needed my email
For an interview at 6:30 pm local time
Using a link to a custom virtual meeting site https://www.aointerview.com/webinar/<redacted>
And when I google the presenter and the company I find out it's a subsidiary of American Income life, a notoriously sketchy MLM insurance seller
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I put on a nice shirt for this shit

UPDATE: It's a prerecorded video.
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You only get your interview process this slick and automated if you have a turnover rate higher than the Ukraine war's death toll.
 
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No no no no no...my skin hurts, my head hurts, my muscles ache and won't relax, and I'm wrapped up in thermal layers and socks in bed yet still chilly and shaking. Even my gums hurt.

I have not been sick in forever but it's possibly theeee worst timing, with so much so much to do /manage the next few weeks, work and home, utterly critical stuff. And precious time with offspring home from school!

I don't even know what, if anything I should take for aches and a maybe-oncoming cold - it's been that long since I've been sick. And everything except basic ibuprofen is a million miles away in the kitchen instead of the master bed/bath.

OK, quit your damn whingin*, time to haul up, get another pair of socks on, grab another blanket, and at least take pain reliever. Here I go, ugh.

* bonus prize for first person to name that tune from those 4 words.
 
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I think I need to be stricter on my sleep schedule or something. I'm back in work but this is the second Monday I've overslept and I'm now at the point where an alarm won't wake me up. I'm also being exposed to how wimpy I've become. I could do more strenuous work than this and come home without feeling a thing but now that it seems like my brain works regularly again, it also seems like my body can't keep up with it. I'm taking one last personal day on this issue to recalibrate my sleep schedule and I'll let myself relax for now. I'll have a stressful weekend anyway.
 
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Once again thinking about how gay and offensively Reddit the whole "How often men think about the Roman Empire" meme was/is. I guess I'm doing okay, but I really hate that shit.
 
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CoolFool said:
I almost quit today, which would have been bad since I don't have anything lined up, but luckily my boss called in sick, which helped my mood a lot.

I need to find a new job ASAP.
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It's rough, but once you find one, the feeling of quitting is amazing, especially if you leave right in the middle of something where they really needed you.

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I think I need to be stricter on my sleep schedule or something. I'm back in work but this is the second Monday I've overslept and I'm now at the point where an alarm won't wake me up. I'm also being exposed to how wimpy I've become. I could do more strenuous work than this and come home without feeling a thing but now that it seems like my brain works regularly again, it also seems like my body can't keep up with it. I'm taking one last personal day on this issue to recalibrate my sleep schedule and I'll let myself relax for now. I'll have a stressful weekend anyway.
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I'm trying to be better about this, but it's hard. I'm realizing I can't just stay up all night and then be awake the next day like I used to. I'm getting old.

Local Fed said:
Once again thinking about how gay and offensively Reddit the whole "How often men think about the Roman Empire" meme was/is. I guess I'm doing okay, but I really hate that shit.
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I virtually never think about the Roman Empire. I never understood this meme.

On the bright side my internet is fixed.
 
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