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Hopalong:
Oh my dear Amazons + Doc G, your powers are far-reaching.

I can hardly believe it but I did get a job I was truly excited about. I start end of month. It not only keeps the wolf from the door but it's a humane and positive atmosphere and I'll have a wonderful balance of people-time plus writing-time, and some creativity and nurturing to boot.

If you could feel my sighs of relief from wherever you are, the walls of your rooms would be rattling!

So much thanks for your endless patience and support during EIGHT YEARS of whining about Nboss! I never imagined I could earn nearly the same, and be okay. But I will be.

It's close to home, it's NOT isolating, and it's a lovely little old-age institution I've known and felt good about all my life. I get to build fund-raising and marketing programs from scratch. (It's a private pay non-profit, where old well-to-do folks wind up. But it's small and homey and has the kindest, friendliest staff I've ever encountered...and I've visited every place in town from the NMom days.)

I am so thankful I can't find the words for it.

love y'all,
Hops

Dr. Richard Grossman:
That's wonderful news, Hops!  You deserve it!

Richard

Twoapenny:
Aw, Hopsie, this has made my week! :)  I am so, so truly happy for you, happy you've escaped, happy there will be money rolling in, happy the new place is a great job, not just an 'this will have to do for now' job and I'm also very happy that the new place is getting such a great and amazing addition to their team!  I'm so, so chuffed for you, what a lovely thing to read first thing in the morning :)  Really glad someone worthwhile has seen your brilliance and wants a piece of it :)  Looking forward to hearing all about it :) xx

sKePTiKal:
 :shock:   WOW, THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL!!!!

That's fabulous news Hops and you do, truly, deserve to land on your feet in the best of all possible situations. (Dare I say this is also the BEST possible "revenge" on Nboss, too? You've just made his self-centric melodramatic little ego as irrelevant to you and your life as possible!)

Doin' the happy dance for ya Hops! It's really OK, to enjoy the good stuff - it's JUST AS REAL and lasting as the other stuff. Wheee... is it time for a haircut and new outfit? Some flowers for an informal bouquet? Little celebrations?

Hopalong:
happyhappyhappy
luckyluckylucky
gratefulgratefulgrateful

And here's some inexplicable WOO WOO (to cheer anybody who's not doing a happydance just now...). In my long-winded way:

There is a nice gentleman from my childhood church I normally run into about every 15 years for 5 minutes. I usually say hi, remember me, I'm X and Y's daughter and he always says, Of course! How are you, etc? And that's it.

So. Here's the woo woo part. Two weeks ago, I ran into him at a grocery store and we had a nice 5-minute chat in front of the produce. It was nice and as ever I felt very touched that he remembers who I am from 30+ YEARS AGO. I mean, really! My parents didn't even stay at that church...when I went to college they went to a different one.

So a week after seeing him I spotted this job listing, went to the organization's website and noticed that HE IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. So you betcha, I called him and just asked for his insight about organizational issues and any wisdom (telling him up front I was applying...). And when I did go to the formal interview, the first thing the director mentioned was that she'd just seen him. I wondered whether she'd find that threatening, but I just said Oh he was great! I called to ask his wisdom about what the issues are. And she just wanted to know what he said, and I shared it all transparently. And she seemed to feel fine about it.

It's not the only reason I got the job but it had to have helped.

And the WOO part is why the heck did that happen? Why did I happen to run into this elderly acquaintance and just a week later find that I could have a lovely, honest talk with him about the organization, and a week after that, be HIRED?

It's just too much good luck. My brain doesn't know what to do with it, with luck...except be grateful.

But really. WOO.

(And if it can happen for me WOO can happen for others. I sure hope. My agnosticism hurts.)

 :lol:

love,
Hops

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