Chaos and Unpredictability, just as usual.

The work situation I mentioned in my Halloween journal entry seems to have manifested itself; I may be looking for a new job in a couple of months. The company who bought my current company has decided that all contractors (that would include me and my immediate co-workers) can only stay on for eighteen months before either being hired on full-time, or leaving. I knew all that when our company was bought, but what I DIDN'T know was that they're counting all the time I've ALREADY worked as part of the eighteen months. So I'm basically going to get a two-month extension to train my replacement, and then it's "Get out before we throw you out."

I've got an updated resume and current information with TWO staffing agencies now, and there's always the chance that my employer will decide that kicking out an entire department at once is INSANE. There's also the even teenier chance that I'll be hired full-time. So I'm not upset or scared at this point, just annoyed. The eighteen-month rule is crap, everybody KNOWS it's crap, but nobody will do anything about it. It really shouldn't surprise me that a corporation would look at a person and instead of seeing "Valuable Employee, Good Working Record, Necessary For MANY Projects" they see "Warm body in the seat. Time's up, bring in another warm body". It annoys me even more that I LIKE this job. Ah well, more on this later I'm sure.

In better news, the Scrap Exchange in Durham NC (www.scrapexchange.org) has about fifteen of my pieces on sale at their permanent gallery. Hooray for SOMEBODY ELSE doing the selling. Which leads me to my latest project: I have GOT to get a bigger back-log of jewelry. I've set a goal to have 100 pieces on-hand by the time Millstock comes around again, but it'll be tricky.

Other things going on would be a trip to San Diego this spring (to visit ), taking a yoga class (my neck feels better already!) FINALLY finishing the table I mentioned in my October 4 journal entry (I'll post a scrap picture of the pieces, it's VERY slow going) and trying to resist starting any more projects until I finish the ones I've already started. (The craftster.org website has these instructions for making yoga pants out of an old t-shirt. SO tempting...)