Feeling better for now

Well!

I meant to post again Monday evening, but didn't have a chance. +Kyle did send in the paperwork in spite of his fears, and things should work out. I didn't have to prove anything.

My brother was able to help out with the tools that +Kyle has to have. Thank God for that! Once the loan money comes back, it'll have to go back to my brother, of course, but at least +Kyle won't flunk now.

That pulled muscle feeling seems to have been just that. It's gone after a couple of days of resting/not lifting, etc.. I need to get checked out *anyway*, as soon as we're able, but I feel much better about this for now.

Waiting...

What to think?

I had a job interview today.

On a whim, I sent my resume to a local construction company that's looking to hire a CAD Drafter. They called, and set up an interview really quickly. These guys are serious.

It went really well. The company has been in business for 23 years, so they're established, but they're currently in a state of growth. They're trying to get away from contracting work out, and doing everything in-house to keep down costs, ostensibly to pass the savings onto the consumer.

The work itself looks simple enough. I'd need a weekend to refresh myself with AutoCAD, but aside from that it's nothing different than what I was doing with Teresa. Architect gives me hand-drawn plans, I recreate them in AutoCAD, revise, revise, revise... Granted, this is a little more involved, but I could learn it. The owners are expecting entry-level knowledge, which is really where I am in this. I fit their profile, and the interviewer really seemed to like me.

For the 90-day probation period, the pay would be the same hourly rate as I have here, but I'd actually *be* on hourly, not salary. After 90 days, if their candidate shows good performance, a raise would be involved.

So this is all well and good, but there are a few issues...

Transportation is the #1 problem. This place is 11 miles in the opposite direction of +Kyle's school. We have only one vehicle, so if one of us took the other to their destination, we would be doubling the mileage per day. We already spend too much on gasoline with as high as it still is. We need tires badly.

#2 problem is the mutt. She's pretty good about not going in the house anymore, but we so hate to leave her cooped up even for the couple of hours at a time that she is. (Ohhhh, she was SUCH a mistake!)

#3 is that we're really not going to be here much longer. 8 months tops if everything works out as we hope. It's not really fair to work for someone for 8 months, then tell them, 'sorry, I'm moving'. Had I mentioned we'd be moving, I probably would have been asked to leave. :P Not only that, it looks sucky on a resume. Employers like longevity & realiability.

So I'm thinking today was an exercise in contentment. I've been griping about work a lot lately, and maybe this is a way for me to stop and say, "you know, things aren't bad enough to warrant the hassles involved with changing jobs".

It's too bad, too... The job really sounds like fun, and a great way to get in on something I could be happy doing.

I can't help a nagging voice in my mind that says, "you'd better take this opportunity if they give it to you; you may be here longer than you think".

That voice makes me very very nervous.

So I'm deep in thought and prayer about this. If it *is* an opportunity I should grab, the transportation won't be an issue, and we'll come up with something we can do with the dog.

If it's not, maybe they won't call me back.