Everything at once

As you know, the stink bug died on Sept 21. This left me vehicle-less, so i asked to work from home until i knew what was going on. By Sept 25 i knew it was toast, so i ordered a car via carvana cuz you know, they deliver. On Sept 27 I took possession of the Chevy cruze. On Sept 28 I realized that the Cruze didn't have cruise control, so I ordered a Ford Focus on Sept 29. On Oct 2 I took possession of the Ford focus and returned the Chevy cruze. I will keep the Focus for a while, I think, as I don't want to contact my insurance company again, and my time to return the Focus ends on Oct 9, and i don't want to abuse my work from home privileges. Now, on Sept 29 I squared with the shop and cleaned out the kia. I also accepted the offer from CarVio to purchase the Kia, as they were offering the most $. They said their towing co would call, which they did, on Sept 30. I was told they would be able to tow it possibly on Sept 30, but otherwise it would be Oct 2 or Oct 3 before they could pick it up. The tow truck driver would call when he was an hour away, so I could meet him at the car. So, I worked from home on Monday and Tuesday so I could be close when the guy called. He called at 130 on Tuesday and said he was 30 mins away. I got to the shop at 2 and he was already there... one hour, my butt. I signed the title, he gave me the check, and that was that. So Wednesday and Thursday this week were my only real "normal" work days.

I used the car vending machine... it was sooo cool!!

Now, I had interviewed for a promotion on Sept 5. I was told they had another interview but that they would know by the following week. Well, our HR lady went on vacation and didn't get back until the 18th. Also, the decision makers were out at a conference the week of the 11-14th, so I had no chance to follow up. I emailed on Monday the 18th to see about a follow up, and was told they would discuss and let me know. I heard nothing until Thursday the 28th when I was able to talk to HR who confirmed the rumor that their other interview went really well and they were going to offer the job to this other person. I was told it was a hard decision and that I'm an asset to the company, so they wanted to keep me and give me a raise. It took until Oct 5 to find out what the raise would be... and i learned this via text after working hours. A month... it took a full 30 days to find out and resolve my status at work. So for those counting stress, we had work uncertainty coupled with car dying, buying, swapping, and selling.

Just a random funny.

Not all of the current stress has been bad stress. On Sept 23 after Oktoberfest J asked me to marry him and I said yes! We spent a lovely weekend together and then he had to work the next 11 days straight, so outside of running him food (saw him for 30 mins on Oct 1) we had not seen each other for 11 long, stinking days. During which time I definitely could have used a lot of hugs and cuddles. I didn't post anything for boyfriend day cuz... you know... he's my fiance now. 😁 So thats work uncertainty, car crap, and not being able to get comforting hugs from my fiance. Three very big stressors, coupled with being unable to hit gym goals due to gym being across from work and me working from home. Disappointment before euphoria and then more disappointments piled on. Life really can sometimes kick you in the teeth. 

Yes, it's a tiny sharkie. He says he knew i was the one on our Houston trip to see the shark exhibit. And yes, there is a bite taken out of the band, too. He did a GREAT job finding me something super out of the ordinary. 😃 I think we can expect more of these sorts of things as we plan our wedding. The few things we know for sure: guest list will be small, wedding is Catholic, and I'm not wearing traditional white. 

So now all the uncertainty has been resolved, my fiance has been released from his job servitude (working 11 days straight... poor, exhausted man), and we were able to get his family together and tell them the good news. That went well, and we spent most of this weekend just relaxing and enjoying each other's company. We were both sooooo stressed the last couple weeks, it's been nice to just BE. With everything else going on, knowing we've got each other's backs is... weird and wonderful. It actually has happened... I found my person that I want to spend the rest of my life with. 😁👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏽💍