The Summit

Accomplishing a huge goal might just be my favorite feeling of all time.

Day 34 – 36 of Unemployment:  After over a month of misery, I GOT A JOB!!!!! *balloons and noisemakers* I know that in the grand scheme of things, I was barely unemployed, and for that, I am truly grateful.

I feel so incredibly proud of myself. I had my second interview on Wednesday, and not even 24 hours later, I received a call saying that the job was mine if I was still interested. They didn’t even speak to all of my references 🙂 I am happy to have made such a great impression. I swore to myself that if at all possible, I would be employed by August 3 (when my severance ended) and that I wouldn’t have to collect unemployment benefits. I feel so accomplished that I managed to do so. I meet with the vice president of the board to sign my offer on Monday 🙂

To celebrate, I went to the same bar, Rye, that I went to when I wanted to drown my sorrows right after my layoff. It was so funny – the same bartender was there, and he remembered me. Right before I left, I heard a voice ask me how unemployment was treating me – the same stranger who had sat to my left the first time I was there had come in again, and he, too, remembered me!! It felt so amazing to tell them both that I had just accepted a job offer.

I feel entirely too euphoric to write much, but I will end today’s entry by saying that I will continue to write in this blog…it will likely just be more positive. I really do feel like I just reached the peak of a mountain after a hard climb…at the risk of sounding childish – yay me! 🙂