Just as the thought of being here for a while longer settles in... I get a call from a job prospect in Medford.
I finally have some friends... and I'll be living near them soon... and I'd have the social life I've never had...
Just as I start to get excited about it, this lady calls.
Tom sent me a couple of links for jobs a while back. One of them was for a company in Medford. The lady wrote back.. sounded really interested, but when I wrote her, I didn't receive a response. A week and a half passed and realized that maybe she rethought her interest, so I started seeking out apartments. I secured the apartment on 12/12 (happy day before my birthday to me). She called tonight... really interested in me... great conversation... willing to do our interview via webcam even! Until we start talking about wages.
I told her I needed to make at least what I'm making here in order to make the move. I told her what I make, and she then told me what they had expected to pay that position. There was almost a $10/hr difference.
We parted ways thanking each other and that if anything changed either way, we'd contact one another.
I've been sitting like a bum in the living room all evening (indulging in some chocolates from my Corgi-L secret santa) and come in to check email. There's an email from her. Telling me she's gone through my resume again and saw other things she was interested in. She seems really interested and wants to make something work. Fact is, is that she cant' pay me what I need to get paid in order to make a move. I would love to work for her company, but I can't justify that huge of a pay cut.
Was supposed to get my car back again today... they called me at lunch time to tell me that their air bag specialist will be going to their shop tomorrow. They asked if I would be interested in having him go over my car, at their cost. After a lot of hemming and hawing on my part, I realized that it would ultimately be worth the peace of mind. They've been paying for my rental car since Friday, and they're going to pay this too? that's cool. I will take off early tomorrow and FINALLY retreive the car I so rudely ran into a cow.... I hope it forgives me ;-)
It's almost Christmas... holy crap! where'd the year go!?!?!?!?!
