Today started off slowly. I knew boss was out of the office today so I took my time getting ready, took my time getting the dog ready (not that there’s a lot to do to get my dog ready - well, she was sick this morning, but still…), stopped off for gas and a coffee on the way to work, and still made it to work by 8am.
Then work started off kind of slowly, which is great considering my days normally start out with a fucking fire drill of some sort as something crazy happens almost every night on the other side of the world.
So I decided to check in with Potential Company to see if we could have a phone call today for the Director position we were supposed to discuss yesterday. The HR manager told me yes, that she’d call me at 3:30.
So good. Kickstarted that puppy right back up!
Got a good portion of my development stuff done, had a couple of meetings, walked the dog a bit, and before I knew it, it was time for the phone call.
It was fairly short and sweet. The long and the short of it is, I’ve worked for this company before. But the position is a coveted Director position (there are only 5 of them in the whole company…and it’s a big company) and I had originally left this company because there were 50 of us constantly vying for these 5 spots and they only come open once in a blue moon.
It’s a blue moon now!
So I talked with the HR manager, who…well, I think she kind of thought that I knew pretty much everything about the position. And quite frankly, I know a whole lot more than most because I’d worked there for four years!
The VP I’d be working for is new to the company in the last 2 years, so I don’t know her, but I’ve heard great things about her - but she’s on vacation right now as it’s The Holidays already. The next chance I might get to speak with her would be next week. I’m crossing fingers.
AND I’m actually doing more than that because one of our brunch club members is about to take a 10-day business trip to London WITH my potential new boss!! And she told me that she’d talk me up while they are traveling together!!
Fingers crossed for this one, folks. It would be sooooooooo nice to be out of this bullshit.
The NEXT thing that happened was a text from the guy who my former colleague is trying to set me up with. It was actually a group text between the three of us. I’ll have to give them names, I think, in order for this story to make sense.
I’ll call him Perry…sent a text to both Paula (my former colleague) and me suggesting that we come to his apartment which overlooks a park that does a big light festival during the holidays in our city. He suggested this Friday night because that’s when they do the lighting ceremony. I’ve never been to this particular event OR even this particular part of town, and I’m super excited to see this, even regardless of the company. But I’m actually thrilled that Perry:
Asked me to come over to see this event
Invited Paula and her husband to come over so we could make it something of a party and that it wouldn’t be weird for me to go over to his apartment for a first meeting, and
Invited both Paula’s dog and my dog to join us as well!!
Well, Paula agreed to come with her husband but said she’s going to leave her dog at home. I then, felt like I couldn’t accept the invitation for Martini, but I am feeling like there might be opportunity in the future for Martini to meet Perry.
ANYWAY. I have plans for Friday night!
AND I had a job interview today!!
I feel like things are moving - FINALLY!!
Now I must get to sleep!
xox,
GS
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