gainfully employed

last wednesday I found a job opening at 'The Seattle Times.' I was so excited when I read the job description because it sounded almost perfect. I had been job searching online for about a month and had found only 1 other job that was 'data qualityesque.' This was when I didn't have my resume updated yet and couldn't apply. I spent almost all day Thursday (no kidding) writing a cover letter to apply for this job. My future supervisor called me on Friday (one day later) excited about my resume and experience. I was even more excited then he to get an interview and have some be excited about my resume. I went to the job interview on Monday...thought it went ok but I wasn't super great. Applied for another job through my staffing agency on tuesday and they were interested in me also but the job was in Bellevue which is a nasty commute and my vacation plans didn't mesh with the owners vacation plans.

I had sent my future supervisor a thank you email on tuesday night. He was waiting to hear back from my references on thursday morning. On thursday morning my staffing agency called me again...and this time she had a job she would have just given me, no interview but I was waiting on The Times. Brian (my future supervisor) called me at 12:45 today saying they thought I was a good fit for the job and if I was still interested they'd like to make an offer. Hallelujah Praise God I was so excited and ran through the apartment jumping and screaming. I quickly got ready to go to Seattle. Brian told me some more stuff showed me what they could pay me...asked me if I needed to think about it...I didn't. So I said yes and then we went to see the recruiter to get info about my drug/urine test. So I left Seattle to head to Auburn to make a 'donation.'

If you've never had to take a drug test for employment you should its an experience. When you sign the paper that basically says its your pee and not anything else you have to sign on a line that say 'donor.' I'm so glad I got the chance to donate some urine?

Anyway I am very excited (although i'm too tired to jump....I think i might just fall into bed at this point) so thanks for all your prayers for my job. My start date will be Monday so long as all the paper work has time to go through. My job title is Marketing Database Data Clerk Woohoo!