Wow. I’m sitting here in a little bit of shock after getting a phone call from the woman I interviewed with yesterday – the one who was so excited about how much potential I have and who, within about 5 minutes of me working on her said she wanted to hire me. Well, because I was honest about waiting to hear back from one other place first and then asking if it would be possible to work part time for both places (she originally said it should be do-able) now suddenly she’s nervous about it. She’s been burned in the past by people who have taken advantage of her time and her training just to jump ship a few months later for somewhere that payed better – so she’s worried I’d do the same. That, among a few other reasons, lead her to make the decision to say “Not right now, the time just isn’t right after all.” As for the other place? Well, they needed to delay their answer because one of the two owners is sick and in no mind to talk business so the one called to ask me to give them till maybe Wednesday for the other one to get better so they could still talk about it. Talk about being up in the air and not being able to see a net or a parachute! Wow!
Today I Am Grateful:
1) That I made it to the gym with my Dad today, all be it a little later than our norm, but we still went and got our time in. It felt good to do too. Thanks Dad!
2) For hope – thin as the ray of hope may be with both places right now, there is still that thin ray of hope that things may turn out all right in the end after all.
3) That, though I am sitting here a little shell shocked, I’m already thinking ahead to Tuesday and where I can go to drop off more resumes – the places I didn’t get to earlier this week. I have a little more foot work to do while I wait – no time to be idle.
4) That my family and friends are all behind me, supporting me still, that I will find the right place and hopefully sooner than later. Hearing/reading their words of support right now is really giving me some extra strength – Thank You!!
5) For my internal optimist who is still looking for the positive and the silver lining in all of this – there is a lesson to be learned and I will find it and learn from it.
“Sometimes you’re the windshield Sometimes you’re the bug… Sometimes you’re the Louisville slugger Sometimes you’re the ball…” ~ Unknown for certain
Please keep us posted. I am rooting for the right job for you!
Thank You Miss Carol – I certainly will :-) You’ll all know loud & clear when the right place is finally found :-)