Well I did it....

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Well I did it....
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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 8:16am

Well I did it... I decided to quit my job. Life is too short to live so I decided to quit. I am a human being and I deserve to be treated with respect.

So now it is time to close this chapter on my life and start a brand new one.

Those of you who have read my other posts know who I am. I just changed my name because my other ID contained my name. So with starting a new chapter in my life I have changed my user name as well.

SF

Shell
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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 10:09am
Hey there and a BIG congratulations on such a huge step!! It is especially good to "hear" you say "....I deserve to be treated with respect!" ABSOLUTELY and if you weren't finding it there, then something better awaits you somewhere and I KNOW you'll find it! I'm proud of you, SF. WAY TO GO! Hugs, Lori
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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 10:16am
I could not have done it without your support and encouragement Lori -
Thank you.
Shell
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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 3:58pm

And I'm truly touched.....thank you! Hugs, Lori

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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 7:15pm
Stay tuned there is more to this saga that I will reveal later this week.....
Shell
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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 7:22pm
Hi, I don't know your story. But I've been at a job too where I wasn't being treated even HALF as good as I deserved. Being at a job like that drains you physically, emotionally, and it really eats away at your self esteem. I'm not trying to sound like a know it all in any way, but I think that might be what the problem is with alot of people that feel the way we do. If we don't take ourselves out of situations where we aren't being treated well, we'll never be happy. Congrats on your decision, I know it takes alot of guts and courage to do that.


Edited 3/12/2007 7:25 pm ET by alittleafraid
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Fri, 03-16-2007 - 2:14pm

Well I have some other news to share. I got a NEW job! I start in a couple weeks. I was offered a human resources assistant position at a local company. I am so relieved! I actually have been sleeping at night without taking the Klonopin and I have not had any nightmares about my old job either. Although I had a dream last night about quitting my old job but it was more of a good dream.

Thanks everyone for your help and support.

Shell
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Fri, 03-16-2007 - 2:59pm

That's awesome! Yay, congratulations!!!!

If you don't mind telling the story, how did you get your new job? I need all the advice I can get in that area, LOL.

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Fri, 03-16-2007 - 7:39pm
Wonderful, wonderful news---CONGRATULATIONS!! From my perspective anyway, it would seem you can be sure you did the right thing with quitting your old job since this new opportunity opened so quickly. That is my "hunch" anyway--lol! Can't wait to hear how it goes! Hugs, Lori
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Sun, 03-18-2007 - 1:47am

Congrats on your new job. i'm so happy for you. I hope everything works out and you love your new job.

Robin

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Sun, 03-18-2007 - 4:54am

Thanks Robin
I am excited. I just can't believe God stepped in to save my life in the nick of time.
March 9 is the anniversary of my moms passing away. I had full intension's of ending my life that day. I had planned to take my life after my husband had gone to work. But as it turns out I was sick with a chest cold and my DH also came down with the same thing so he stayed home from work on March 9. We both laid around and slept most of the day.
Then in the afternoon I got a phone call that changed my life. It also saved my life. The rest of the weekend we both did not do much but rest. We did not go anywhere. I kept thinking why was this company calling me back for another interview when just 2 weeks prior they had told me the made an offer to another candidate.

Well Monday came and my excitement increased. I went to the interview upbeat because they had told me on the phone Friday that the job offered to the other candidate had fallen through. So I go in and after a brief conversation an offer was made to me. What a wonderful thing to happen. I can hardly wait to get to the car to call my DH.

We were both still fighting this terrible cold and felt too crappy to even go out for a celebratory dinner that night. I still had to pass the drug test to make it official yet I was worried because I had been taking everything imaginable for my cold that I feared it would interfere with the drug test!

Thank goodness I passed the test. You just never know what over the counter stuff might do. In fact I had a horrible migraine headache the night before I was to take the drug test and refused to take anything. I did not sleep much the night before the test and my migraine was pounding away. So I went for the drug test in the morning and as soon as I got to the car after the test I took my migraine meds and stopped to get a bit to eat. With in 30 minutes I finally get some relief. So I decided to go to the mall and treat myself to a new outfit.

For X-mas I had gotten a gift card to Christopher Banks and decide to use it to buy a new outfit. So I find an outfit and decide to stroll through the mall. I also needed to get a bow and a card for a baby shower I was invited too. So I stop at the card store and find what I need and go to the check out. By this time I feel VERY sick. All I wanted to do is throw up. I am sweating, dizzy and blurry vision. Ok I am not that far from the car I can make it. I keep telling myself.

I leave the card store and walk two stores down to Macy's because that it where I parked the car. All the while I keep thinking I'm going to puke right here in the middle of this store. I stop at the jewelry counter and there are 2 sales people standing there. I ask, "where is the nearest bathroom because I don't feel good". The sales lady saw me shaking and sweeting she said," are you all right". I told her know I am going to pass out. She ran around the counter and helped me to the bathroom. The was a lounge in the bathroom and she sat me down and ran to get security. They then brought me some Gatorade and called for my DH to come and get me. Oh course he is at work and it would take him about 1 hour to get to me. So me and a male security guard sit in the ladies bathroom until DH arrives and can drive me home.
Once home I ate and drank more Gatorade and felt a little better. The next day I was so tired and slept most of the day.
I don't know what happened weather it was the migraine or what but 2 days later I was much better.

What an ordeal!

Shell