Employed!

It seems the Employment Gods have finally taken pity upon me and I have landed a job.

I'm still in a state of shock—because this sprang from what I consider to have been one of my worst—if not the worst—performances in an interview since moving back to Phoenix.

But I guess I must've said something that appealed to them. Either that or the other candidates were so resoundingly awful I won by default, even after being unable to answer two of the interviewer's technical questions. (Or it might be that I stressed I actually liked the particular tasks this of this job—or the fact I loved producing documentation of processes, something else that will also be called upon.)

It's for less money than I was making ten years ago and about $11K a year less than I was making in Denver, which after taxes amounts to only about $60 more per check than I've been receiving from Colorado Unemployment without taxes being taken out, but considering that my Colorado UI was due to run out in about six weeks, I can live with it. It's supposedly only a 90-day contract, but "can go longer depending on the work load and possibly even permanent if I'm a good fit."

Fingers crossed on that, because two of the best perks about this place is that it's only about a mile from home, and I can wear jeans every damn day.

I don't have a firm start date yet; it's dependent upon how quickly my background check clears.