Example 1: I've been wanting to expand my exercising into different fitness programs or sports (swim team, tennis, pilates, climbing). However, if I want to do anything during the week, I need a car to get there and then get home.
Example 2: I signed up to usher at a ballet so I could watch someone dance, only to discover she was performing in the evening and I was going to the afternoon show. I tried to work it out in my head if I could switch it, but without a bus (which stop running around 9pm on Saturdays) there was no way I could bike an hour there and back.
Example 3: Yesterday, one of the younger doctors invited me to go out with her and some other ladies at the hospital - they have periodic "girls nights." I feel so lonely and desperate for friends these days (the boyfriend is great and all, but I would like to go out and bond with other women) that I wanted to say "Yes!! Let me know when the next one is and I'll be there!!!"...but I feel terribly awkward admitting that I don't have a car and that I need someone to give me a ride. I want to hang out with people without feeling like a charity case.
I'm hoping so much that when I get a raise, I can put money toward a car...and buy one soon!
Speaking of the job, the manager position has filled so now it's my turn. The residency director talked to my supervisor about posting the position for which I'm applying and the subsequent opening for whoever takes my place. They discussed salary as well and the director iterated what had been said during our conversation: she told my supervisor that I needed more money and that if I wasn't going to get this, I would start looking somewhere else. We need to take care of her, she said. (The director told me about their conversation afterward.) It was really nice to have someone in my corner pushing my interests. I feel very fortunate in this regard. I'm guessing the upgrade will happen in January, but we will see.
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