On Friday I ended up with a quandary about a job & I sure hope I didn't make a mistake, but right now, while waiting for a phone call, I am not so sure. I had gotten a message from my son last week with a picture of an Facebook post 1 of his friends had posted saying that the company she is in the HR department of was needing some full-time positions filled. I looked it over and of the 4 positions listed, I felt I was qualified for 1 of them. I had an interview on Friday morning and felt it went pretty good. Came home and found a message that the temp agency had a company wanting me to start a 3-4 week data entry job on Wednesday of this week. So I called the 1st company back & left a message for my son's friend saying that while I would understand if they didn't want to say anything at all (I had told them this temp position was a possibility of being offered to me) and that I wasn't trying to put her on the spot, I would like to find out if she might have heard anything positive and/or know if there was a definite start date that I might be able to use to see if I could fit in the temp position (which the message at that time said it might only be 2-3 weeks - so a start date of November 7th or later might allow it to work out) since they had told me it would be about 2 weeks before they made a decision. When she called back, she said that my call had given her an excuse to go talk to the 2 I interviewed with a bit earlier than she had planned to already and that I was definitely in the running. They had interviewed another person Friday afternoon. And that she would give me a call this morning since they wanted to sit on it over the weekend.
In the meantime, I had contacted the temp agency to ask what the options would be if I were to accept the temp position and then get offered the FT position & want to take it. Would I just give a couple days notice or what. They came back with 2-3 days notice would be fine, but after they contacted the company they were working with, he said he wanted someone who would give a 4 week commitment, but she agreed to give me a bit of time this morning to see what came of the other position. So far, it's almost 10:30 - I've been up since about 7 and I haven't heard anything!
In the meantime, I finished chart 6B on the Back to the Garden shawl this morning. It's still a little damp around the edges, so while I am typing this, I have the fan blowing on it to try to dry it enough to work on again. I still have charts 7 & 8 to finish before time to bind off. I am really hoping to have this shawl finished for my oldest daughter for Christmas this year. I did finally break down and told her it was for her. I had started it a year ago this past summer, but when my hand issues developed, I had to put it aside, there was a lot of aching in the hand even trying to work on it and I was afraid that if I kept on, my hand might not recover. I still have occasional twinges in my right hand, but nothing like it was last year at this time! I have not tried to pop my thumb on that hand since the issues came up, but occasionally it will pop on it's own. I think that is probably a good sign since for the longest time it didn't pop! So I think the tendon is getting back to normal! I am still taking my MSM 1000 mg, but am taking 5 a day rather than the 8 that I started out taking - 4 per day is the recommended amount, so figure I am not taking a huge amount over, but slightly over now that it is close to being back to normal.
My dh started a 1 week vacation today. I think it is his last week for this calendar year. Tomorrow morning at 3:20 am he will leave heading to Chicago by Amtrak train to visit our youngest daughter & her dh. He decided to pay about $40 more and get the direct route, so the trip will only take about 13 hours going and 12 hours returning. He will arrive at about 3 pm tomorrow and it seems their apartment is only about 14 blocks from the station, so his plan is to just walk to their apartment instead of them taking off to go pick him up. Then he will leave coming home at about 3 pm Saturday and arrive back here around 3:20 am Sunday morning. So I will get my son or daughter to help me Saturday & we will take his van down, park it in the lot there - pretty much where I used to park for my last long-term job and then I won't have to get the granddaughter that I will have for the night up in the middle of the night to go pick him up. If it were any of the other grandkids I wouldn't worry about it, but the 2 that are our sil's daughters are early to bed, early to rise kids, so it might be a problem to get them up at that time!
I have now moved into about 6th or 7th place in the I Love Yarn contest - I could sure use a bunch more votes if anyone is feeling generous! You can vote once every 24 hours and you can even vote for more than 1 picture - I have a couple of friends I have been voting for also. My entry is the Sugar Plum Fairy that I did last winter & gave to my niece J. I sure would appreciate your votes!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
In the meantime, I had contacted the temp agency to ask what the options would be if I were to accept the temp position and then get offered the FT position & want to take it. Would I just give a couple days notice or what. They came back with 2-3 days notice would be fine, but after they contacted the company they were working with, he said he wanted someone who would give a 4 week commitment, but she agreed to give me a bit of time this morning to see what came of the other position. So far, it's almost 10:30 - I've been up since about 7 and I haven't heard anything!
In the meantime, I finished chart 6B on the Back to the Garden shawl this morning. It's still a little damp around the edges, so while I am typing this, I have the fan blowing on it to try to dry it enough to work on again. I still have charts 7 & 8 to finish before time to bind off. I am really hoping to have this shawl finished for my oldest daughter for Christmas this year. I did finally break down and told her it was for her. I had started it a year ago this past summer, but when my hand issues developed, I had to put it aside, there was a lot of aching in the hand even trying to work on it and I was afraid that if I kept on, my hand might not recover. I still have occasional twinges in my right hand, but nothing like it was last year at this time! I have not tried to pop my thumb on that hand since the issues came up, but occasionally it will pop on it's own. I think that is probably a good sign since for the longest time it didn't pop! So I think the tendon is getting back to normal! I am still taking my MSM 1000 mg, but am taking 5 a day rather than the 8 that I started out taking - 4 per day is the recommended amount, so figure I am not taking a huge amount over, but slightly over now that it is close to being back to normal.
My dh started a 1 week vacation today. I think it is his last week for this calendar year. Tomorrow morning at 3:20 am he will leave heading to Chicago by Amtrak train to visit our youngest daughter & her dh. He decided to pay about $40 more and get the direct route, so the trip will only take about 13 hours going and 12 hours returning. He will arrive at about 3 pm tomorrow and it seems their apartment is only about 14 blocks from the station, so his plan is to just walk to their apartment instead of them taking off to go pick him up. Then he will leave coming home at about 3 pm Saturday and arrive back here around 3:20 am Sunday morning. So I will get my son or daughter to help me Saturday & we will take his van down, park it in the lot there - pretty much where I used to park for my last long-term job and then I won't have to get the granddaughter that I will have for the night up in the middle of the night to go pick him up. If it were any of the other grandkids I wouldn't worry about it, but the 2 that are our sil's daughters are early to bed, early to rise kids, so it might be a problem to get them up at that time!
I have now moved into about 6th or 7th place in the I Love Yarn contest - I could sure use a bunch more votes if anyone is feeling generous! You can vote once every 24 hours and you can even vote for more than 1 picture - I have a couple of friends I have been voting for also. My entry is the Sugar Plum Fairy that I did last winter & gave to my niece J. I sure would appreciate your votes!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
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