What is making me anxious right now, Tuesday evening edition?

I don't know where the day went.
Around 4pm, I found myself with 4 calls to finish wrapping. Then my project lead sent me a peer review to complete by the end of the day. Errr... say what now? 

401k
Today we got an email that our 401k won't be matched for May and June. Wow, talk about trickle down effect. It was just surprising. Funny thing, this whole time I had just rounded our match to 3% because of the way it's structured, but it's actually 4.5%. That's good I guess.

Phone screen
Had phone screen for fake job application. It was very brief, like 15 minutes or less. I think some of the questions were typical screening questions disguised as conversational. For example, instead of the typical tell me about yourself or where do you see yourself in five years, he said something like sometimes managers share resumes (which got my blood going thinking I'd been found out), so is this the job you're looking for or do you have other interests. If it was a trick question, I didn't fall for it completely, but I did get flustered.  After 100 of these, you think you know what to expect, and then this happens.

I already mentioned the Varo bank bonus posting early this morning! That was nice.

But where did my day go?!

Free money
I applied for 3 more credit cards and was only instantly approved for one. I can do without the unknowns and the rejection, so I think I'll stick to churning bank bonuses for now.  Then I decided to follow up with Chase, and they want me to send in some ID verification. My address is all messed up because I moved recently and the property is new construction and for some reason whatever maps/address verification tool they use doesn't recognize my street.

Less things to churn means less clicking around and don't have to worry so much about missing a "good deal."

Wespath
They sent me an email. I deleted it from one account since all my emails get forwarded to one email address. And quickly archived it in the original inbox. I am scheduling it for 6 weeks from now to follow-up. Hopefully I'll be in a better state.

Facebook
Not sure why no one is contacting me in on Facebook. One of the people is my cousin, but I don't want to make a big deal out of this search for friends. And I'm kind of losing interest.

Integrity and Faith
The Daily Hope message for today talked about using integrity and God's Word to make decisions. I wish I had done more of that when my aunt got sick. It was basically just like do the right thing even when no one else is. I was just in such a cloudy place. I didn't believe God. I didn't like the way my aunt's life turned out so I just sidelined Him.

I feel okay.
Otherwise I feel okay. Someone expressed hope that I was enjoying my new house. Overall, I am. I'm afraid this feeling will fade, but having this house has surprisingly helped to anchor me. It's not where I wanted to be many times over, but it's where I am now. And I'm not that anxious to leave. It's just one less mental burden- not having to wonder where I'm going to live. Living here provides me that relief I would feel everytime I finally realized I had nowhere else to go and would renew my lease. Except I (conceivably) won't have to feel those feelings that happen before the relief again.

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