New job!

I've been working at a bridal shop in the town where I live, and everything was fine-ish there. I love, love, love the bridal industry, and the shop where I've been working is one of the nicest bridal shops ever. But the boss was less-than-ideal, and I never really got to the place where I stopped looking for other jobs (though part of that may have been habit from the last two years of un- and partial-employment).

Two Wednesdays ago, I had this thought: maybe I should look at jobs site for Amedisys Home Health - the company I was temping for in Portland. Since I was at work, I put the thought away in my to-access-later file and went on with my day.

A couple of hours later, I took my lunch break and noticed a voicemail on my phone from one of my former coworkers at the bridal shop (who was able to quit and move on to other things before I was). The voicemail was basically something like this: "My mom is the director of Amedisys Home Health in Rochester, and she needs a Business Office Manager. Call me if you're interested." Oh yeah, I had never told her that I had worked for Amedisys in Portland.

So by the end of the work day, I had an interview scheduled for 9:00 a.m. the next day. On Thursday, I interviewed; on Friday, I accepted the job. On Monday, I put in my one-week notice at the bridal shop.

Here are the great things about the job:
* Mon-Fri, 8-5
* managerial status - it's one step up the corporate ladder from where I was in Portland
* my own office! My last office was a little lime-green room in Australia with barely enough room for my desk and a filing cabinet.
* the money. It's a salaried position, and let's just say I'll be able to save some money now instead of spending it all on attending other people's weddings and fixing my car.
* it was seriously plopped in my lap. When I think about how God brought me to this place, it rearranges my whole perspective on my bullet-pointed life plan.

The one downside is that they want a long-term commitment - probably at least a couple of years. This isn't like a retail job where I can just quit whenever I feel like moving to a different state or city. And, overall, I'm not in love with Minnesota - or the home health industry, for that matter. But I feel like two years in a managerial post will position me better for launching into the industry I DO want to be in (book publishing). And it's not exactly terrible to be a professional, salaried career woman at 30 years old.

So...yeah. I start Monday. Wish me luck!