I have abandoned the ranks of the unemployed! I am back in the black and working. What a relief! Today was the first day after being hired pretty much on the spot, yesterday. My new boss was quite frazzled after her last office manager up and left after giving her 2 seconds notice. I have a friend of a friend and a that friend to thank for recommending me to the new place and vice versa.
There was some deep irony somewhere as I was driving to and from the interview listening to NPR report the numbers of the unemployed. A dark irony was there, somewhere.
Today was a good day. It was the first day on the job and I worked with the new boss lady. I think it is a good match. She has had some bumps and bruises along the way with my predecessors, but in a few hours I left them in the dust! I dazzled her with my Excel spreadsheet skills. It was truly fabulous. I feel fabulous!
After applying to so many jobs to never receive any feedback or learn via NPR the companies where I had applied were cutting jobs, I was discouraged. I began drowning my sorrows in third grade AIMS pretest Math test grading for Mom and a fellow teacher. Hey, I got an Endanger Species chocolate bar out of the deal. That doesn't suck at all. And then ring-ring went my phone and here I sit today: employed.
So far 2009 is smoothing itself nicely.
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