'good news'
Well, I received a phone call from Harlequin yesterday around 4 p.m. and the human resources coordinator said it was 'good news, we've decided to go ahead.' They just needed an e-mail from me to give their outside company permission to check my references.
I've been celebrating and very, very happy to think I have the job!
But, she didn't actually say that, nor give me a starting date. She asked me if I was still interested -- "Yes!"; she told me more wonderful things about working at Harlequin (they have 'summer hours' starting at the end of May, wherein you work a little extra each day and get to leave at noon on Fridays), but she didn't actually say I was hired.
I am 99.9 per cent sure I am. I'm hoping that .1 per cent doesn't come back to bite me. I'm not an axe murderer nor did I make up phony references, so I'm thinking that part should be fine.
Anyway, I am celebrating. It feels good. I knew I had reached the point, after two months of job-searching, where the fun and exciting part of it was draining away. The thought of being useful and part of something bigger, of having a regular schedule and getting on with other parts of my life, is soothing and relaxing.
And, yesterday when she called, was my late mother's birthday. It's only the second birthday of hers for which she is no longer here. So, it was especially gratifying that it wasn't 'bad news'.
I've been celebrating and very, very happy to think I have the job!
But, she didn't actually say that, nor give me a starting date. She asked me if I was still interested -- "Yes!"; she told me more wonderful things about working at Harlequin (they have 'summer hours' starting at the end of May, wherein you work a little extra each day and get to leave at noon on Fridays), but she didn't actually say I was hired.
I am 99.9 per cent sure I am. I'm hoping that .1 per cent doesn't come back to bite me. I'm not an axe murderer nor did I make up phony references, so I'm thinking that part should be fine.
Anyway, I am celebrating. It feels good. I knew I had reached the point, after two months of job-searching, where the fun and exciting part of it was draining away. The thought of being useful and part of something bigger, of having a regular schedule and getting on with other parts of my life, is soothing and relaxing.
And, yesterday when she called, was my late mother's birthday. It's only the second birthday of hers for which she is no longer here. So, it was especially gratifying that it wasn't 'bad news'.
posted by Kathy O'Brien at 5:13 pm
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Congrats!
When will I see your romance on the shelf?
I'm still afraid to say its final, because I haven't been told that yet -- but thanks.
I believe they already have a 'Kathleen O'Brien' writing for them. I'll have to get a pseudonym.
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