u/HesterDimmesdale

I just started this job last week. I figured out the first day that I am now co-employee to the most gossip centric, judgmental, high school minded people I’ve ever worked with. No one has really tried to get to know me, I’m essentially training myself on my position (it’s super easy work)…

…but, I’m pretty sure no one even notices I’m there and I just realized I’ve never worked a job where I don’t say goodbye to at least one person as I’m leaving. I just clock out and I’m gone.

It feels strange but also kind of nice.

That is all. This is my dumb post about not having to talk to people at a job that is customer service centric and should probably involve a lot more communication between team members.

We’ve been utilizing services from Veterinary Medical Center in Johnson City. My husband has expressed that he is not sure he trusts the integrity of their practice anymore.

I’m hoping to get some feedback and maybe some recommendations of other veterinarians in the area. We have two dogs that are high maintenance but my husband is concerned that our current vet just likes to run test after test for more money.

20 years of restaurant experience - mostly in casual-fine dining or fine dining. I wouldn’t mind a casual setting though. About 7 years of management experience. I’d love some insight since I’m not from here. We moved here from Nashvegas.

I remember when I hit 9 days and that had been the longest stint of sobriety since I was 14 years old (I’m 40 now). Hitting 900 days felt like a trip… I kept waiting all day for the ball to drop and somehow realize I was just having a drunken dream.

Towards the end of my drinking days, I was regularly drinking a Bourbon brand called ‘Redemption.’ I don’t know if subconsciously I was searching for redemption even though I knew damn well it wasn’t going to come served on ice.

I will say, for some reason this week was one of the hardest on me… I started a new job in a new career field entirely. The people at this establishment are not friendly, heavy on the gossip culture and openly on the opposite spectrum as I am for values/morals. My emotions were high this week and it led to a massive fight with my spouse. I fought the urge to go to the liquor store like I was fighting for my life.

I’m still sober, but man…