Twists of Fate

E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-D!

A little over twenty four hours ago I was pondering my bank account balance and wondering if I should spend what little there was in it on a waterproof jacket so I could panhandle at the freeway on-ramp.

This morning, I had a phone interview with A Huge Ebil Empire of a corporation. Nice guy, but I thought I’d tanked the interview. I’ve not been sleeping well at all, and I’d only had about three hours before our scheduled 8am chat. And then he called and said he was stuck on a bus and could we aim for 10am? Which, frankly, was probably a good thing. I sucked down another pot of coffee and caught a power nap, and was ready and mostly conscious by the 10:30 call.

Long story short? I start a contract position next week. He told the agency he didn’t need a face to face, and could we have me start on Monday?

O_O

They have to order some accoutrements (oh, a laptop. my preccciiiouuuussssss!) and get my accounts set up and all that, so it might be next Wednesday. But dude!

Employed again! At a very decent hourly rate, with a four month minimum AND, glory be, they’re including benefits. Medical, dental and vision.

If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go have a happy nervous little breakdown in the living room. I think petting some fiber might help ground me in my new happy reality.