FINALLY!!

After more than a year I finally was offered (and accepted) a job!!

I will be working for Nelnet (of student loan fame, for those of you who aren't sure who they are). It will be very similar to what I did for Comtech, but it will be on the HR side of things instead of the production side. The people I met who will be training me and with whom I also will be working seem very nice. I was comfortable from the minute I walked into the office and wasn't even very nervous! That never happens!! Everyone there was smiling and seemed happy to be there - even on a Thursday. I go in tomorrow to do paperwork and my start date will be June 1. I am excited, somewhat nervous, and also wondering what I have gotten myself into by going back to working on gov't contracts when I wasn't really having that much fun doing that in the first place. Sounds like there will be a slightly higher level of responsibility once I get settled into the job, too. I will be making less than I was at Comtech, but good for Nebraska and more than they originally quoted. It will be hourly, so I'll be able to get some overtime pay if I have overtime hours. They are also willing to work with my school schedule and give me time off when I fly to Florida and drive back with Chris when he moves here. The benefits package also looks perfect for my needs.

Oh...and did I mention the job is in Lincoln? Downtown, to be precise. So...I'll be looking for a place somewhere between here and there. I want to keep the music director thing at church since that is such a passion of mine. Also, I think being any farther away than that from my nieces will make me more than miserable! Mom says I should go to Greenwood so she can buy chocolates when she visits me because they are cheaper at the factory than in the stores. (Priorities, you know.) Everyone else I talk to says "Ashland," so I will be trying to find time to drive out there and scout around a little bit. No Wal-Mart, though. That will be depressing. I will go through withdrawl not having a Wal-Mart down the road. As "terrible" as it sounds to have to commute 30-45 minutes either to work or church, I'm not really bothered by the idea. When I lived in Phoenix I drove about 30 minutes to church, 30 minutes to work, 30 minutes to friends' homes..."Well ain't this place a geographical oddity!" ("O Brother, Where Art Thou") Hopefully I can find a similarly odd location. :)

As for the census...still working with that. I only had to go out once and that was to an apartment complex that was still under construction. Piece of cake! As of yesterday I don't have to go out at all. "They" (as in my boss's boss's boss) are "disbanding" and/or reassigning members of the group I am with. It is pretty much over for our group once the team has finished the work they currently have. People can transfer to other groups at that time if they want to do so. We are not expecting it to last much more than maybe the middle of next week. Might stretch out to Memorial Day, but we doubt it ("we" being my boss and me). So, the timing is perfect!

I think that pretty much sums up and fills in everything for everyone. I'm in for an interesting end of May and month of June! Perhaps July will see my life finally getting to some semblance of normal again...after more than a year!!