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First let me say that I’m sorry my updates have been so blah and uninformative lately. There’s been a lot going on that I didn’t want to write about for several reasons until I knew for sure what was going on. (There are still some things I can’t write about, but I promise I will when I can.)
The meeting with the local freelancing agency last week went very well. I filled out tax forms, so now it’s just a matter of waiting for them to find me some work. Someone I listed as a reference spoke to them and told me that they said they were very impressed with me and that they said they will definitely be using me.
Still, things were looking pretty dismal. I couldn’t get anymore hours at my current job because they’re under some financial stress, so going to school or saving up for things I needed was getting to be really tough. My aunt found an ad in the paper for a full-time gig as a web designer, at a local web design and print company. I figured it was worth a shot, so I emailed them my resume and tried not to get my hopes up.
The owner of the company emailed me back the very next day, asking me to call him at a certain time. He asked me to come in the next day (yesterday) for an interview. The interview went pretty well. I was fairly confident that I would get it, but he mentioned that he was interviewing two other people this week so I tried not to get my hopes up. So when he called me this afternoon and asked me to come right away, I was ecstatic. I changed out of my sweats into something presentable and professional in five minutes flat, then headed for their offices.
Fortunately, I was right! I got the job. It’s part-time for the moment, but it will be full-time in May when they move their office to the new location. This means I can continue to work at both jobs, but don’t have to fear layoffs at my current job (there’s been rumor of more layoffs lately). I can save a lot more money, and can go back to school part-time in the fall!
It got even better when I got home; my diploma came in the mail! It’s really nice. It felt good to hold in my hands. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m proud of it. I’m proud of myself and all of the hard work I did to get that piece of paper. It’s proof of how hard I worked, and it means a lot to me.
I’m feeling pretty good right now, despite my gloomy mood earlier.
PS: I made some changes to the content in the sidebar. I deleted all archives before 2008, since those can be found on my LiveJournal anyway. I cleaned up and organized all of the categories and tags, and I also got rid of the blogroll. I used to use the blogroll just so I could read everyone’s blogs really quickly, but now that I’ve got Google Reader I don’t need it anymore. I also cleaned up a few tags. In general things should be nice and tidy around here! Who knows, maybe someday I’ll even get to redesigning it!
