uuggg not a good morning......
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| Fri, 01-21-2005 - 6:04am |
Well I introduced myself below yesterday. I actually mentioned that I was going to be starting new job. I am so excited about this job. It will be great things for my family. Here is my issue. I live in central NY. About and hour north of syracuse right on the lake. The job is in syracuse. So I will have at least an hour commute each way for a few months thru my training and until they open an office closer. Today was my 2nd interview. Now I was already told I had the job. We were going to follow up today as a formality and talk about my career goals with the company. I still have to get licenced and go through a 5 week training before the $ starts rolling in. So with a little info about what this morning was about here is my problem.
ITS -10 DEGREES outside lol. Which normally wouldn't bother me. Wind chill factors are putting it to between -20 -30. Ok well I lived in Alaska for 3 years. It got as cold as -60. I can handle it. Well not today. We had our car in the shop yesterday as a matter of fact for the heat not working properly. They are going to fix it next week. I went out to start the car and let it heat up for awhile and nothing. Not one bit of warmth came out. I let it run for 1/2 an hour. I'm not a fan of frosbite. And in temps like this it can happen in less than a 1/2 hour. I have at least an hour drive if the roads are perfect (they are not). And I don't have any of my old cold weather gear. I just have a normal winter jacket, thin gloves and scarf. I've never needed much more up here before. I havn't even invested in winter boots this year. With our $ issues I wanted to make sure the kids had what they needed first and I never got cold enough to think about running out and getting myself anything special LOL.
So now I sit here after getting up at 4:30. (appt was supposed to be at 7am). I'm so bummed I can't stand it. I so bad want to be there. I hope this doesn't hurt my chances for the job. I so hope they can understand.
Ok I'm done. Thanks for listening. I hate getting up to begin with this early. Not looking forward to the hours till i get used to it. My children sleep all night and till about 9:30 lol so I've been a spoiled mommy. Take care all. And if you live someplace cold. Stay Warm :)
~Tris

Well it's been 4 years since I've had to deal with snow and winter, but I've been there and know it ALL to well.
I'm sorry you're having a rough morning. I hope your new job can understand your car situation.
:)
Hi Tris - I'm so sorry to hear this!
All my best,
Danni