Once again, the support you've all shown me has me astounded. I'm speechless. I'm dumbstruck. I'm so incredibly touched that words just fail me in trying to convey how very much you have all meant to me. Thank you once again from the bottom of my heart. I'm going to slowly if not surely, work my way through and answer each and every comment, though it might take a while. I actually have stuff to do at work now ;)
Work today was very cool. Did the whole HR thing, which means that I won't be considered an independent contractor and get stuck footing the bill for taxes/fica. I was hired as a temporary employee, filled out a W4, amongst a load of other paperwork. The people are very nice, the atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable and the work interesting.
I got a voice mail from a peer of the woman I sent my resume to last night, you remember the wife of my wonderful former coworker. He wants to interview me. I'm hoping to arrange something for tomorrow afternoon. The place I'm working now is shutting down at 4 for a St. Patricks Day party. Nice huh? I have to remember to dig out something green to wear. If not, I have the new boss' blessing to interview if Ihave to. She understands the whole needing a full time job with benefits thing. I like her.
Okay, this is a knitting blog after all so I must chat knitting. I have been doing some. Not a heck of a lot of it though. Too many other things going on, not to mention the replacement of night time knitting with blogging and email writing. I wouldn't trade those emails for the world, don't get me wrong! I have been working on my Trekking socks and finished turning the heel this morning. I'm about 2" into the cuff now. It's been my purse knitting. I downsized the purse for the whole interview thing so I'm carrying a bare minimum of stuff. Note though that there is knitting included in the bare min!
Anyway, lets hold off until next Wednesday for the first of the WIP WipeOut updates. Hopefully there will be plenty of progress to post about after a week! For those of you who would still like to join, the more the merrier. If you've dropped a comment or an email and I haven't added you to the sidebar, please bear with me, I'll get to you. I hope to dig out from under the email and get current again this weekend. When I'm not packing that is ;)
Craft on my lovelies!
I'm so happy for you! Funny how things work out sometimes, huh? :-)
Posted by: Angelia | March 16, 2006 at 10:21 PM
YEA! Good luck with the interview.
Posted by: Kathy | March 16, 2006 at 10:28 PM
I keep meaning to tell you that I want to join the WIP Wipe Out, but then I come over here and get caught up in your recent posts and forget all about it. I guess that's one reason why I have WIP's!
Posted by: Susan | March 16, 2006 at 10:59 PM
Yay!
Posted by: --Deb | March 16, 2006 at 11:02 PM
So glad things are turning around so quickly! You are talented and I'm glad that some people (but not your former boss) recognize that!
Posted by: Carole | March 17, 2006 at 07:06 AM
Crossing my fingers and toes :-) for you for that interview!! By the way, I just came back from our library here and thought of you - I found this entire section on lace knitting, traditional knitting, books that go far back as the late 1800's!!!
Posted by: Claudia | March 17, 2006 at 10:58 AM
Woot! Bon Chance at the interview and Happy St Patty's Day to ya as well! :)
Posted by: Lizzy B | March 17, 2006 at 03:42 PM
So cool that things are going so good so quickly! Hopefully that give you a bit of mind relief.
Love that the bare mins include knitting - well mine do to - but I love reading that others do the same :-)
Posted by: michelle | March 18, 2006 at 12:43 AM
I can't believe the things that have changed in the last few days - I went away for a few days and you got fired and now you may have a new job! Oh man!
I really hope it works out perfectly for you!
Your epxerience sound slike mine - I've be tarred with a brush cos of a bad experience and now I should go find a new job too. What an inspiration!
Posted by: lynne s of oz | March 18, 2006 at 06:58 PM
ok, I'm certain it's right in front of my face, but I can't find your email addy to update the WIP....anywhere. Where should I look?
and, how did the interview go?
Posted by: Marji | March 21, 2006 at 11:20 AM