Scared, Hungry, and Unemployed

I believe that even as I type this, a letter containing my fate is hurtling through the postal system towards me. Or, you know, crawling slightly slower than a snail.

I'm not sure if it's going to my apartment or house address. I think I may have optimistically put down the house one, since I was under the impression that we would be done and living there by September 1st. Silly me. We had our blueboard (like dry wall) delivered last night and we've already got most of the attic covered. It goes so fast. Once we have that up, we can have the plaster guy come, and then it will look like an actual house for the most part. That should be done by Thanksgiving.

We did get Trick or Treaters, despite the mess in the yard, the lack of porch lights, the rickety staircase, and the fact that everyone knows we don't live there. I stuck some ghosts on the door, sat in one window with my zebra ears on, and prominently displayed the candy cauldron in the other window. The best part is we only gave away about 2/3 of the candy, so all the more for me =)

Not that I can actually EAT the candy, mind you. Apparently, when you successfully lose weight, WW punishes you by taking away some of your points. I'm down to 20 now, which, as you well know, is the equivalent of like, 2 heads of lettuce and a linty mint you found in the bottom of your pocket (but only if you spit it out half way through.) This is particularly vexatious since I was STARVING all day yesterday. I seriously thought I was going to pass out at about 3pm. I don't see how this could possibly be sustainable long term.

On the job front, I managed to quit my temp job, although I couldn't do it on Monday because I was too scared. I did it before 10am on Tuesday though, so it was practically Monday. I haven't told them yet that I can't be here on Friday afternoon though. I hate asking for multiple things all at once.

I start my real estate job next Wednesday at noon. I'm already liking the hours. I've been scouring the internet for information on what to expect and I've found absolutely nothing. It's kind of shocking. I thought everything was on the internet now? I did find one article about recent grads in Boston going into real estate. I liked the parts where they talked about how rich and successful they are.

I got my real estate exam book yesterday and took a practice test first just to see how I'd do if I didn't study at all. I passed even though I skipped all the math questions because I didn't have a calculator. I only barely passed, but I do intend to study some, so I should be fine. The geeky law student in me was super excited to discover that they test all kinds of random bar exam law - not just property either, but agency, contracts, consumer protection, and a little bit of torts. I was so excited when I got a question about riparian water rights that I ran all the way upstairs to show Boyfriend, who was also thoroughly excited after I took 20 minutes to explain what I was talking about. Or maybe not. This is going to be great though. I only wish they were essay questions instead of multiple choice, so I could explain WHY your baseball ticket is just a license, instead of just filling in the bubble for choice B. I want extra credit!!!