that I complained about in this post and then felt better about in this one ? Well, she didn’t give me the job I interviewed for with her . . . but she gave me a great recommendation for another job in her department, and I got it, and it’s a perfect job for me! Pay is still crap, but hey, I’m a social worker. Today was my second day and I’m soooo excited! Yes!

_{and my nose ring is not an issue at all!}
Hooray for things sometimes turning out for the best!

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The supervisor called back and left me a message, and said that she spoke with whomever it was she needed to speak with, and it turns out my nosering is okay. She apologized profusely for making an issue of it in the first place.

Yes!

So I called and left her a message assuring her that she wasn’t personally inappropriate at all, and I’m just glad it’s all been cleared up. I also said that conversations of this type are pretty much universally awkward, but I appreciated her being honest and open-minded, which is more than a lot of people are.

Now I’m really glad I stayed calm and reasonable, even though I was seething inside. And I’m also glad I didn’t immediately run to my nearest colleague and vent about the conversation and curse out the agency. I was thinking about whom I would speak to if this didn’t get cleared up quickly, but I’m glad I didn’t jump the gun. It was super hard to be professional, but worth it not to be regretting things I said in the heat of the moment.

And now I have options again!

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Here’s something from the Unclutterer Blog that made me smack myself on the forehead and go “Doh!” It’s so obvious . . . why didn’t I do this?

1. Tear out the recipes you like. If they’re back-to-back, photocopy one.
2. Put them in sheet protectors with 3 holes punched in them.
3. Put them in a binder which has dividers marking entrees, desserts, etc.
4. Write on them if you need to (“too much salt!” “Kids like this.”)
5. If you want to be really fancy, enter the name of each recipe into a simple database – use Access or some bilbiography software even – along with cooking time and main ingredients. You can search on these terms later, then go get the recipe you choose out of your binder.
6. Or skip the fanciness, and when you’re looking for an idea, just idly browse through your binder, like a good old-fashioned cookbook.
7. Throw out 4 years worth of VTs

Yes!

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