I've been offered a better job. Not the one I blogged about a few days ago. This one is looking pretty good, and I'll probably accept it. It's got slightly better pay than I have now, 9.5 regular holidays, 2 floating holidays, 18 days off per year (starting point, grows with time), and standard heath benefits (80/20).
IF I take it, my next action will be to find a house. Okay, my first action will be to quit my current job. If they'll pay me for the overtime I've done, I'll do another two weeks. But they've previously told me they won't pay me for the extra time I've worked if I quit. In which case I see no reason to continue working.
After I quit, then I'll start searching for a house VERY seriously. Ideal home: Good neighborhood, 3 bedroom, unfinished basement, yard, $150,000. Reality sets in, and I know I can't get the house for that price. A fairly thorough scan of craigslist on real estate for sale in Utah Valley area reveals that houses cost $200,000, minimum. Unless it's built in nineteen-oh-something. Townhouses are less, but they have no yard. And they have a wall with neighbors.
Also, if you have any furniture, home decor, etc. that you might be wanting to get rid of, hold onto it for another month or so. If I get a house, I want free stuff to put in it.
IF I take it, my next action will be to find a house. Okay, my first action will be to quit my current job. If they'll pay me for the overtime I've done, I'll do another two weeks. But they've previously told me they won't pay me for the extra time I've worked if I quit. In which case I see no reason to continue working.
After I quit, then I'll start searching for a house VERY seriously. Ideal home: Good neighborhood, 3 bedroom, unfinished basement, yard, $150,000. Reality sets in, and I know I can't get the house for that price. A fairly thorough scan of craigslist on real estate for sale in Utah Valley area reveals that houses cost $200,000, minimum. Unless it's built in nineteen-oh-something. Townhouses are less, but they have no yard. And they have a wall with neighbors.
Also, if you have any furniture, home decor, etc. that you might be wanting to get rid of, hold onto it for another month or so. If I get a house, I want free stuff to put in it.
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congrats on the job!!! where is it located?