Barb’s Burblings

So I’m between jobs at the moment. Mind you, it’s only for a very brief period–I finished at my old job on Friday, and start the new one tomorrow. It wasn’t that I was miserable at my old job, that I had to get out right away. But I found a job doing what I wanted (working on books again), for more money, and much closer to home (the commute will drop from slightly over an hour to around 10 minutes). It was like the perfect storm.
The whole thing is weird. I was only at my previous job for a year and I’m feeling…not much, really, about leaving. The people are really nice at my old job, but I didn’t make any real connections with anyone. When I was leaving on the shuttle, I was just like, “Well, OK. That’s done.”
I’m nervous and excited and scared about the new job. It’ll be a lot more responsibility and I only hope that I can actually do it well.
At least my horoscope seems to be backing this move. This past week, they’ve all been really upbeat and “Make a change!” and “You know yourself–go for it!” and stuff like that. Not that I really put much faith in horoscopes, but it’s still nice. Particularly since the horoscope on my last day the job I left a year ago was something like, “Is it really worth it?”
Also, my new job is on the 6th floor of a building, which is the same floor I was on at my first job–the place I stayed for 5+ years. So that’s a good sign. And…it’s about 2 feet away from CakeLove. Nice!