The Plot Thickens!

Over last night and today I've slowly convinced myself that I probably will not get the job offer for FOY. It really would be AMAZING if I got offered a "head/lead" accounting manager position with no "true" manager or high-level experience. It's just not realistic. Though I am quite proud of myself for making it to the second round of interviews.

Then, HG tells me that she's on the phone with FOY and she's telling them that I suck. Alarmed I thought, "really? they called for my refs?" As it turns out, HG did not tell them that I suck, instead she gave me a good ref (or so she says....kidding). So that's gotta mean something, right? They wouldn't call on my refs unless I'm going to the next level, which at this point would be an offer as I've already met w/ the CEO/COO and Finance Committee Chair.

So I start serial checking my email, like every 5 minutes. What's this? An email at 3:45:
Hello Crystal ,

It has been so long since you came in to speak with us about the Senior Accountant position. Aafter we spoke with you, we thought immediately that you would be a good fit for the position, and we worried that your timing might not be great (with a two month lead time required.)

Our hiring process has stretched longer than anticipated so now we realize that we are able to work with your scheduling needs. Are you still interested in pursuing the accounting position here?

If so, we would be interested in speaking with you again. We would love to have you to meet our Development Director and a member of her staff.

Let me know if you would like to take the next step.

Thanks so much,
Barbara Bones
Treehouse

OMG - this is the company I interviewed for back in December!!! I literally fell out of my chair. I was stunned. I had convinced myself that I interviewed very youthful and just plain poorly. Turns out they actually liked me or have exhausted all avenues and are turning to the bottom of the barrel. Either way it works for me! So I emailed back and said (the gist of) Yes - I'd like to meet, I'm also interviewing elsewhere and may have an offer, how's Friday sound?

I'm anxious to hear back to see what they have to say. Virtually all things are equal, the job position (though one is called Senior Accountant and one is Accounting Manager - they are the same job requirements), supervisor, same (almost exact) mission. They differ in pay (one pays more than $10,000/yr than the other), benefits (one is 100%, one is 80%), one is 7 miles east and the other is 7 miles west, and I felt a little more at ease at one place than the other. All these things being considered, I'm still not sure which job I'd choose if offered. :-/ I'm hoping one option will put itself out there more than the other.

I'll be in Spokane tomorrow on TSA business. It will be a nice, but untimely break from the office. Overall it will be nice to work with Teresa and I plan to put the idea in her head that I want SPO to be more self-sufficient. My rationale is to put them in a better position when/if I leave without them really knowing what I'm doing. Lucky for me Teresa has been there awhile and will eat up this perceived "control" like a cat and fresh milk.

School is going well. People are chatty pattys though. Talk talk talk talk talk. Even *I* don't talk that much and that's saying A LOT! And this one chick has this stooooooopid tranny bee signature, I'll post it.....
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I mean seriously - this is an MBA program!! As HG said, this isn't community college. I posted a tip to my team that they should make substansive posts but keep it under 350 words. I thought I might have been stepping on the teacher's toes, but he actually responded "great recommendation" to the team folder. Which means he really is watching our conversations. Right on though, that's his job. Glad he's doing it.

Coming up: March 17th St. Patty's Day Blast. This will mark several occassions to party, least of which being St. Patty's Day. It will also be my birthday celebration, RBMBA's b-day celebration, RBMBA's and TJ's anniversary, my BOOB unveiling, and general re-tox after the de-tox. I'm so looking forward to it. As RBMBA said: "drink-drank-drunk". That's right!
So mark your calendars, even if only cyberly. March 17th, Fado's Irish Bar, 9am. Be there or be Scottish (originally I used Jewish but that didn't go over well with HG, so I've updated and PC-ified my phrase). :-)