Had a great first day of work. Turns out there were 800 applications turned in for the job, they interviewed 200 people!, and hired 80 of us. We are all going to be training together for 3 months. It reminds me of college. I've made good friends already with some of the people sitting around me. One of the women sitting next to me will be in my work group in future, and she went through what we did: my age, a 22-year marriage, philandering guy, etc. It's a great group of people. Apparently, they are the only state agency hiring in my state b/c they're federally funded, and if they don't, the state has to send back the money, and they said they don't do that!

The trainers have all been there 30+ years, and seem really happy with their jobs. There's room for promotion and it sounds like a great place to work. But it's prob. hard to say one day into it...

I feel like a real grownup now. We had a Christmas party Friday night, then I went shopping just for me on Saturday. Got clothes to wear to go out, jewelry, makeup, etc. I plan to join a gym too. That's one 180 I've kind of dropped the ball on, so I'm trying to pick that one back up.

Dropped the kids off Saturday and then went out last night, clubbing with a friend. crazy Ok, I felt like an alien. They all seem to be heavy drinkers and just interested in "hooking up" so I was so out of my element. I was so happy to get back home (at 2 am!) and be with my pets, and enjoy the quiet. I'm glad I've got a Christmas party tonight with my Sunday school class; much more my kind of thing!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!!!

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