Good news first!
In an astonishing change of fortune, the interviewer who said she really liked meeting with me? Twice? Well, she ACTUALLY MEANT IT! Enough to call me yesterday and offer me a job, in fact! I am so relieved that I can't adequately express my relief verbally. As an added bonus, I just received my offer letter (I've never gotten an official offer letter before, so this is very exciting), and received a pleasant surprise: apparently, there's been a change in title. I responded to an ad for a Standard Title, and the offer letter lists the title as Slightly Fancier Title That Looks Much Better on a Resume. (Not that I hope to be getting my resume ready again anytime soon. Aieee.)
(Note to passerby: if you've recently contacted me about freelancing, I'm still interested. Not getting stuck with no freelance contacts again, me.)
And, since the good must usually be balanced with the bad (at least at my house), the bad news. Well, not really BAD bad, just awfully inconvenient.
Into every life, a little rain must fall. And, since it is spring in southeastern WI, plenty of rain has been falling lately. When we bought our house, one corner of the basement was slightly damp due to the heavy rainfalls we had late last summer, but things dried out fairly quickly, and I was hopeful that we wouldn't have any more issues. HAHAHHAHAHA. There I go hoping again! I was merrily going about my morning, getting things tidied up for Action Hero's impending birthday festivities and dragging my work-appropriate clothing out of storage bins. I escorted the work-appropriate clothing to the basement, where I placed it in a laundry basket and went to go remove some items from the dryer...which was surrounded by a wet floor. Further investigation revealed water, and plenty of it, in two additional locations. Ah, the glamourous life of a homeowner. Mopping operations have commenced, I am thanking my lucky stars that we never decided to clean out and use the laundry chute (because we'd have a big pile of gross wet laundry), and my dad will stop by and bring his dehumidifier.
Off to finish the mopping operations, continue birthday preparation, and sign and return my offer letter!
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2 comments:
Whoo-hoo, indeed! Many congrats in order for your upswing in fortune. And if I am indeed part of the "passersby" reference for freelance work -- Much like you, I am still awaiting word on the project discussed. When freelancing, quantity of work is a good thing, and I'm just not seeing some of these projects come together yet. UGH.
But maybe it won't matter. Tuesday concluded with a surprise phone interview with Huge Mega Mega Corporation. All went well. Maybe something to ponder. Otherwise, back to freelancing.
Good fortune go with you! I've never minded Huge Mega Mega Corporations, really. Plenty of work, healthy benefits packages, and strategically placed vending machines.
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