Wednesday, January 29, 2014

New year

Been a long time! It has been a crazy couple months since school ended. Found out I'm allergic to a HUGE amount of things. 26 out of the 60 items they tested, actually.

Barley
Corn
Oat
Rye
Wheat
Sesame seed
Peanut
Soybean
Green pea
Almond
Black walnut
Cashew
Hazelnut/Filbert
Pistachio
Cabbage
Cantaoupe
Carrot
Cucumber
Mushroom
Onion
Green pepper
Squash, yellow
String bean
Navy beans
Flaxseed
Hops

Yeah. I have no clue what to do. Well, actually I do. I can't be vegan anymore. I finally got sick of being sick so I went to the store and bought everything in the store that didn't have these items. I felt GREAT for the last 3 days since I started the new diet.

Been thinking about a new job. Not a whole lot open that I'm interested in and qualified for, but it looks like I'll be qualified for some soon. Seems like a lot of openings still require 5 years of experience. What's up with that? When do they hire the entry-level people? I've been targeting certain projects at work so that I can finish them and put them on my resume for a job search in a couple months. I'm hoping I can get a new job in the summer. I'm hoping to get a job in Seattle and move there late this summer. 

I just need to work as hard as I can now and get ready for applying. I might try to get my certification in May so that I'll have that too, plus it will force me to study the content in my field. I'm hoping to submit a couple publications from this job too, so I need to get moving on those so I can do it before I leave the job.

Going to bed now -- trying to get more sleep!