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My SO and I just signed the lease to our new apartment, will likely be moving and everything within a few weeks.

As for a new job...I got over 9000 thumbs up from the company I applied to (does AV at fancy hotels across Manhattan, I would be Asst. Director managing the day-to-day setups and whatnot), and even had one Director ask that I specifically work at his hotel, while others said that I would be a great asset to the company, but would need more experience to work at their larger hotels. So that was cool!

The other part about the new job prospect is not so good. The hotel that the one Director wanted me for is having some logistical problems with their management (hotel-side, not the company I applied to), and can't really meet with me to interview (just as an insurance interview, make sure I'm good for the hotel). Sooooooooooo...I'm now supposed to wait longer and hope for the company to find more hotel openings for me to interview at.

So...I like...98% have a management position at this company...but I have to wait now for more interviews to be scheduled just so a hotel can be like "Oh yeah, this potential employee of yours is cool. He can work here."

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It's kind of frustrating having to wait for that, juggle moving, and determining when I want to put my 2-weeks in at my current job. I kinda don't want to put it in until I have a firm offer signed and put in.

My girlfriend is planning to move down to our new place with or without me, since she starts med school in 1.5 months.

But we got the keys to the new place today, so...wooooooo. It's the little things.

Hopefully this job thing gets cleared up this week and I get an offer. It will be my first full-time job with benefits. None of this part-time permanent with no benefits at all crap I've been doing for 3 years...

And all of this is aligning with the critical time of the offseason. Joy oh joy.
 
Irishguy42 said:
My SO and I just signed the lease to our new apartment, will likely be moving and everything within a few weeks.

As for a new job...I got over 9000 thumbs up from the company I applied to (does AV at fancy hotels across Manhattan, I would be Asst. Director managing the day-to-day setups and whatnot), and even had one Director ask that I specifically work at his hotel, while others said that I would be a great asset to the company, but would need more experience to work at their larger hotels. So that was cool!

The other part about the new job prospect is not so good. The hotel that the one Director wanted me for is having some logistical problems with their management (hotel-side, not the company I applied to), and can't really meet with me to interview (just as an insurance interview, make sure I'm good for the hotel). Sooooooooooo...I'm now supposed to wait longer and hope for the company to find more hotel openings for me to interview at.

So...I like...98% have a management position at this company...but I have to wait now for more interviews to be scheduled just so a hotel can be like "Oh yeah, this potential employee of yours is cool. He can work here."

>________________________<

It's kind of frustrating having to wait for that, juggle moving, and determining when I want to put my 2-weeks in at my current job. I kinda don't want to put it in until I have a firm offer signed and put in.

My girlfriend is planning to move down to our new place with or without me, since she starts med school in 1.5 months.

But we got the keys to the new place today, so...wooooooo. It's the little things.

Hopefully this job thing gets cleared up this week and I get an offer. It will be my first full-time job with benefits. None of this part-time permanent with no benefits at all crap I've been doing for 3 years...
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Congrats man. Upstate NY? Must be the size of a house. :laugh:
 
aufheben said:
Congrats man. Upstate NY? Must be the size of a house. :laugh:
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I currently live in upstate, but we'll be moving to Bayside, as my SO will be going to med school out on LI.

We're hopefully not going to be surrounded by too many Islanders fans. :laugh:

Thankfully, we'll be within walking distance of a LIRR stop, so we can now easily hit up Rangers games if we have the time and $$.

First time I'll be living in NYC. Kind of wild and different from what I'm used to.
 
Irishguy42 said:
It's kind of frustrating having to wait for that, juggle moving, and determining when I want to put my 2-weeks in at my current job. I kinda don't want to put it in until I have a firm offer signed and put in..
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Don't do it until you sign the paperwork. Trust me, I almost came unstuck.
 
Irishguy42 said:
I currently live in upstate, but we'll be moving to Bayside, as my SO will be going to med school out on LI.

We're hopefully not going to be surrounded by too many Islanders fans. :laugh:

Thankfully, we'll be within walking distance of a LIRR stop, so we can now easily hit up Rangers games if we have the time and $$.

First time I'll be living in NYC. Kind of wild and different from what I'm used to.
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NYC ****ing GOATest of GOATs. My gf was Chemistry Pre-med with a minor in Biology and has to daily convince me I'm not dying every time I have a headache or my stomach makes a noise. I don't think you have to worry about being surrounded by Islanders fans anywhere in the Known Universe. :sarcasm:
 
Irishguy42 said:
That's what my folks have been telling me too. I can't go wrong once I have it locked down.
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Exactly.

I was a shoe-in for a job. They approached me and then it all fell through. I was on the verge of putting in my resignation.
 
Difficult day for me today. My son turns 8. He lives in South Africa though so I have been Skyping with him for hours today. So difficult. He shares a birthday with some great legends though, like Paul McCartney and Derek Stepan ;)
 
Amazing Kreiderman said:
Difficult day for me today. My son turns 8. He lives in South Africa though so I have been Skyping with him for hours today. So difficult. He shares a birthday with some great legends though, like Paul McCartney and Derek Stepan ;)
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Damn man.

Away for work?
 
darko said:
Sheesh man. Doing it tough.
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I was young. 23 years old. Living on the other side of the world, having to take care of a family without any support from anyone. It put a lot of pressure on our marriage. It is what it is. If I could do it all over again I would do the same things, make the same decisions but prepare a bit better with the knowledge I have now.

But I can't change the past. I hope, one day, he comes to visit when he is old enough.
 
Irishguy42 said:
I currently live in upstate, but we'll be moving to Bayside, as my SO will be going to med school out on LI.

We're hopefully not going to be surrounded by too many Islanders fans. :laugh:

Thankfully, we'll be within walking distance of a LIRR stop, so we can now easily hit up Rangers games if we have the time and $$.

First time I'll be living in NYC. Kind of wild and different from what I'm used to.
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Hey that's my neck of the woods!

Where in Bayside?
 
I just want to thank everybody for the good wishes on the board in in Private Messages. I had my Achilles surgery early this morning. The bad news is the damage was worse than the Doctors originally feared. So instead of starting therapy in 6 weeks I have to wait about 3 months. Which for someone like me who hates not being active is killing me. I have an overnight stay in the hospital tonight and back home tomorrow. Which you can imagine how much it sucks to live in Florida and have a GIGANTIC (I should post a pic) cast on my foot. Over my complete foot. It can't get wet. It's going to be awful. I'm actually on a morphine drip right now and the pain meds they are prescribing are incredible. The scary thing is I had two different doctors prescribe two REALLY powerful painkillers, without consulting one another. The pharmacist caught it (and I'm pretty sure for a few minutes thought I forged a script but that's another story for another time) So now I have 3 months of doing nothing. I go to the beach every day, I learned to windsurf and kite surf this past year and it' going to be rough not being able to do either for the next 3 to 6 months. My advice to all of you don't get old. I'm 38 and a routine run from 2nd to home in a softball game has basically ruined my life for the next few months, who knows maybe the rest of my life. The docs want me to use a wheelchair to get around, which will never happen. (Unless I got to Disney World or Universal in the next few months, having a wheelchair in a theme park usually means you can cut the line.)

Now for some grown up advice. As I've said to everybody I know please consider buying supplemental insurance like AFLAC. The cost isn't terrible and knowing I don't have to eat through savings while I'm recovering is a huge sigh of relief. I own a very small business and mostly work from home but a lot of my business is traveling and meeting people. So bringing on another employee to replace me for the time being is tough. Like, here you are talented I'm going to pay you to be me but when I can go back to work I can't afford you anymore. It's not easy finding that sort of person, and that's a worry.

I'm also very lucky to have family and friends that have made countless phone calls and visits. I can't imagine not playing softball and kickball and surfing, and fishing. I live on the beach and I know it's going to hurt to look outside everyday seeing people have fun and I'm like Bart Simpon when he broke his leg.

Jesus, when I take painkillers I just ramble from topic to topic. Who wants to hear about politics? lol. I swear I'd never touch that topic on this board.

I'll leave you with this. Right after they put me under they had me count backward from 10. My count consisted of (I **** you not) Miller, Graves, Turcotte, Gilbert. The next thing I know a nurse is waking me up.

The drug industry/medical field is amazing. Besides the almost **** up with my pain medicine, they prescribed me Xanax. (Which for very private but I guess obvious reasons I should not be taking) I explained this to the doctor and he said it will help with my anxiety and depression from being injured. Like a prior possible addiction to the stuff was no big deal.

I should've trusted my instincts and flew to new york for the surgery. The only reason I didn't was because I was told the pressure in flight would be unbearable and my insurance would make me pay out of pocket and reimburse me. Which sounds sort or reasonable until you get the advance bill and the amount is like $150,000 bucks! Who has that type of money to just pay for surgery when a 1500 bucks are my out of pocket expense?

I can honestly say I've never been this depressed. Not in a "suicidal" way but I envision this future life walking with a cane forever, which the docs can't guarantee. But as my buddy told me, at least I get a handicap parking spot. Too bad I can't drive for at least 6 months. What a ****ing nightmare. If anybody has suggestions on how to kill time let me know. Book, movie, tv show recommendations will be appreciated.
 
Son of Steinbrenner said:
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Sorry to hear the predicament you're currently in but at least you sound lucid through it all. :laugh:

As for the boredom, my favorite way to kill 10 hours is to just re-watch Band of Brothers for the millionth time. Best anything (Movie, TV Show, Miniseries, Video Game, etc.) I've ever seen. This is my shameless plug of it. :D

You won't be able to exert yourself physically so do it mentally. Flex the brain.
 
Bobbo Syndergaard...

Noah Syndergaard's older and much less talented brother.
 
SoS, I'm glad I'm not the only one that uses Rangers numbers when I'm counting. That was the only way I could remember the passcode to my hotel room when I was on spring break a few years back :laugh:

All the best, and here's to a speedy recovery. Get well soon man
 
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