Job Interview

Emotionally Dead · Oct 12, 2012, 11:41 AM

Okay, so I have been working at the same place for three years. It has been good. I have been working my way through classes, though I skipped a lot of classes. I had plans to move to another country to be with my ex-fiance (fiance at the time), so I kind of skipped on college knowing it wouldn't mean anything in the country I was moving to (they don't have the career I chose there).

Anyways, I took a pay cut this year thanks to our health insurance going up tremendously, and so I really needed to get a higher paying job. I work for the school district and we have our paychecks divided into twelve months. Summer is like Overtime, we get paid our normal checks plus whatever we work in the summer, but during the year due to it being divided up our paychecks aren't so great. So I applied for another position. I was SO nervous, I got called Wednesday for the interview today at 9:30 a.m. I was scared to death, I hate interviews.

Well, the interview went very well! It was a fast and easy interview, there wasn't much to it to be honest. He didn't ask me the questions I thought he would. I was nervous though because the way he was asking such simple questions I wondered if perhaps he had already picked someone else. Anyways, he was really nice and we joked a lot through it which made the whole thing very comfortable.

My anxiety has been awful all week in anticipation. He told me that he would make a decision this weekend and he would let me know next week some time. I got home at 10:00 a.m. At 10:44 a.m. I got a call from the district. I answered it... And....

"I've made my decision. Are you still interested? I am starting the paperwork now"

I got it! I was so excited. This has been a really, really awful year for me... Losing my ex, and my body actually breaking down a few times (I am very young, so injuring my knees and back wasn't a great thing), emotionally just being drained and distraught, everything has looked down all year. In fact, it has been the worst year of my life. My whole life came tumbling down. I lost everything, but I had to pick up the pieces and continue my life. I love my ex very dearly, and I miss her so much, but she has a life and I have to have one too..

So here goes! A new chapter in my life. I am VERY excited for it. Not only did I receive a raise, but I am also a 240 employee now, meaning my paychecks won't be divided up into twelve months. I will get paid each month equally and summers will be guaranteed. Plus, I get paid vacation time now, and a company vehicle! My life is far from where I want it to be, but it is nice that SOMETHING good happened this year...

Thank you all for reading, sorry for rambling.