So lonely...but so busy...
Jun. 7th, 2002 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsdiamondI'm so desperately lonely. I cried so much last night. Even cried myself almost to sleep. It's probably mostly hormonal, because just earlier that day I had told +Kyle how happy I was (with work, etc.). I am happy there, but I'm so sad inside.
I miss everyone. My co-workers are all nice, very supportive, and it's a real 'family' feeling place...but I'm only 5 days old there, and don't feel like "one of them" yet.
Being online again will help. I can chat again and sortof socialize. I didn't really have anyone I palled around with in Athens, so I'm not missing that sort of thing...just things like Friday nights at my parents' house, and seeing everyone at church on Sundays. We haven't found a place to go here - I know we need to, but frankly I haven't wanted to...it's too foreign. No one can preach like or is more sincere than Kasey Harbin. No one.
I'm glad I took the newspaper job over the print shop job. It's so close to our new house that I can bike to and from work. It's less pay, but the environment is worth it. It's a lot of responsibility, but it keeps me busy. I can't believe how much I've missed working. The lady I'm replacing won't be leaving for another week (due to problems with her move), so even though I am getting dumped into the work by myself on Monday, I will have a safety net. I already had to ask her something today, so it's a good thing it worked out this way, although I know she's really wanting to get moved.
The cast of characters, for future reference:
Mark & Sherry - married, owners of newspaper for 8 years - just the best! Very cute - they both have a lisp, his is a lateral lisp. They do so much I couldn't even begin to list their jobs.
Lori - the lady I'm replacing - she's leaving next week
Shelly - the advertising manager. I'll work with her a lot
Jon - (pronounced like the French 'Jean') writer, photographer, reporter - he also works on laying out the paper
Edith - older woman, runs the vinyl shop, works in the print shop, and does so much more around the whole office. She's been at the paper since 1980!
Jay - older man, runs the print shop and does general maintenance. He used to be a distributor or some other high ranking position at a major Dallas paper, but he was given an early retirement package when they started having problems. He's been working at this paper for about a year now, and looks like he could be Tommy Lee Jones' older brother.
Clara - older woman, comes in on Wednesdays to help with getting the paper out on time.
Ron - much older man, comes in on Wednesdays and does janitorial work. Also takes the laid out pages to the Ardmoreite to be printed, then brings them back, ready to be addressed, bundled, and sent out.
More to talk about later, but I need to get offline for now. Besides, you're probably tired of reading by now anyway.
I miss everyone. My co-workers are all nice, very supportive, and it's a real 'family' feeling place...but I'm only 5 days old there, and don't feel like "one of them" yet.
Being online again will help. I can chat again and sortof socialize. I didn't really have anyone I palled around with in Athens, so I'm not missing that sort of thing...just things like Friday nights at my parents' house, and seeing everyone at church on Sundays. We haven't found a place to go here - I know we need to, but frankly I haven't wanted to...it's too foreign. No one can preach like or is more sincere than Kasey Harbin. No one.
I'm glad I took the newspaper job over the print shop job. It's so close to our new house that I can bike to and from work. It's less pay, but the environment is worth it. It's a lot of responsibility, but it keeps me busy. I can't believe how much I've missed working. The lady I'm replacing won't be leaving for another week (due to problems with her move), so even though I am getting dumped into the work by myself on Monday, I will have a safety net. I already had to ask her something today, so it's a good thing it worked out this way, although I know she's really wanting to get moved.
The cast of characters, for future reference:
Mark & Sherry - married, owners of newspaper for 8 years - just the best! Very cute - they both have a lisp, his is a lateral lisp. They do so much I couldn't even begin to list their jobs.
Lori - the lady I'm replacing - she's leaving next week
Shelly - the advertising manager. I'll work with her a lot
Jon - (pronounced like the French 'Jean') writer, photographer, reporter - he also works on laying out the paper
Edith - older woman, runs the vinyl shop, works in the print shop, and does so much more around the whole office. She's been at the paper since 1980!
Jay - older man, runs the print shop and does general maintenance. He used to be a distributor or some other high ranking position at a major Dallas paper, but he was given an early retirement package when they started having problems. He's been working at this paper for about a year now, and looks like he could be Tommy Lee Jones' older brother.
Clara - older woman, comes in on Wednesdays to help with getting the paper out on time.
Ron - much older man, comes in on Wednesdays and does janitorial work. Also takes the laid out pages to the Ardmoreite to be printed, then brings them back, ready to be addressed, bundled, and sent out.
More to talk about later, but I need to get offline for now. Besides, you're probably tired of reading by now anyway.
