Thursday,
April 24, 2008

Jeans from the "Skinny Shelf"

I'm sitting here wearing a pair of jeans that I bought about two years ago. They were an emergency purchase, grabbed just before we flew to England to attend my SIL's wedding, and even though they were kinda small I bought them because I knew I wasn't going to get through an entire week on just two pairs of old black jeans, which were the only things I had at the time that fit me.

And I was right -- the new jeans didn't really fit very well. I couldn't sit comfortably in them, and when I took them off I had this horrible red welt all around my waist from the band cutting into my skin. I struggled through the week in England, then as soon as I got home I put them on my "too small" shelf with all the clothes that didn't fit me anymore. And there they sat for two years, despite occasional try-ons, because they still didn't fit.

This morning, while getting dressed, I decided to jump the gun a little bit. I was going to hold off trying them on again until May 1, when I did my weigh-in, but since all of my shorts and jeans were in the wash I figured, "What the hell."

Go back to the first sentence in this post. I'm sitting here wearing a pair of jeans... I'm not gasping for breath or wincing in pain. I don't feel as if they're slowly sawing me in half. They're still the tiniest bit snug, but I wouldn't shy away from wearing them in public.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, by the way?

I'm employed. Got the call from the recruiter this afternoon -- the employer made the offer, and I'll be going into the recruiter's office tomorrow to sign papers, authorize the background check and find out where I need to drop off a container of pee for the drug test (yeah, like I'm worried about that. As long as I don't have a poppy seed bagel for breakfast tomorrow, we're all good).

The job starts on May 5, and may I just say that I am absolutely delighted about this? I really liked the people I interviewed with, the building felt really comfortable to me, I can do the work easily and well, and since I'm working for the same company as Lyndon we can even carpool on the days when he works 8-5, which is a nice thing in these days of skyrocketing gas prices.

So Mellie is a very, VERY happy camper today.

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