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snugs,

Thanks for starting the thread, and I'm sorry to be slow responding.

My interview was Friday, and I'm still in recovery from the interview. I really can't tell how well I did. I'm certain that I'd be good for the job, and I think they saw that I'd be good. On the other hand, I don't know whether this job is a good move for me right now, and I'm hesitant because I don't want to make a bad move or a move that isn't as good as it could be. I didn't speak to the HR representative until the end of the interview, and I was tired. I didn't ask her all of the questions that I should have asked to learn more about how this company handles things.

I need some changes that will increase the quality of my life. I have a great job, and in that sense, I can't complain. However, I'm not happy, and much of my unhappiness comes from the loneliness of being single. If I take this job, I won't move. In fact, if I take this job, I'll likely be in the house I'm in now for the next ten or fifteen years. I'll save a great deal of money staying here, but a new location could increase the quality of my life. The new job will lead to better vacation benefits, and that change will increase the quality of my life. I just don't know whether the quality of life increase from an extra week or two of vacation will really make a difference in my life. That difference will be the difference between going to some places and doing some things and not doing them at all, and my vacation experiences in the past have made me feel better about myself. If I stay where I am, I'm going to be stuck in cubicles in about a year or so, and that change would certainly reduce my quality of life. This move would save me from that loss of quality.

So far, I haven't done anything all weekend, and the prospects don't look good for the rest of the weekend. I've just lost all energy right now.

I'm not sure that I see Labor Day weekend as an exclusively family time or friend time. For me, Labor Day has generally been neither. My family lives too far away for me to spend time with them. I really don't have friends who I can call to do things or who will call me. I have one friend who wants to do something, but I'm just not comfortable with anything she's suggested or anything that I can think to do with her. If Louisiana weren't so hot, I'd be wanting to do something outside, but the heat is daunting me a little bit on that count.

For most people, I think of Labor Day Weekend as one last chance for families to do something before school starts. I think many people will be taking a last trip to the beach or the lake. In this area, many people see this weekend as the last big boating weekend before the football season starts.

I'm not doing a good job of keeping the thread positive this weekend. I'm sorry about that.

Bill