That day - what a mess, what a marvelous mess!

You know that job that comes along and you're just like "ohmygod, did they write that with me in mind?!" well that happened to me about a month or so ago! I was at work at the time and probably shouldn't have been looking at job announcements, so I bookmarked it to look at afterward and when I went back to it that night, I was shattered to realize that it was a job ad from a good month ago and the next day it dropped off the listings. Dammit.....

So now I've signed up to get regular job listings updates, just keeping my eye open and figure on the pulse I guess....
and lo and behold - the same position which I was so devastated to have missed a few months ago, the one that I didn't even get a chance to throw my hat in the ring for, is being re-advertised! Count my lucky stars!

Now I have to add in here, I'm not exactly looking for a new job... I'm fairly happy where I am, but at some point I know that I'll be moving on - my job is decent but really only because I love my monster co-workers! They're great and they make coming into work a pleasure. The job though? Honestly I could take it or leave it (haha except for that little word: 'bills', right?) and often it has me feeling like I'd prefer to be, well anywhere else but there! And like most jobs, it simply doesn't pay me enough to look after all those aforementioned words (yes, those 'bills' once again!). 

So I sent my application in (I sent it from work. Oh the guilt, it's killing me! I can't ever keep those little guilty secrets, I just have to blurt it out and relieve myself of it! lol and this is why I never wanted to be James Bond, what sort of secret spy would I be?!) and I think I felt fairly OK about it all, so all my fingers and toes are crossed that maybe I'm the kind of person which they're looking for.  The butterflies in my stomach were all a flutter as I pushed that big fat send button!

Ha! and THEN I got an unknown incoming call on my mobile phone - and knock me down with a feather, it was a fella advising me that I've been shortlisted in a fairly exciting competition!
One of those 'in 50 words or less' sort of comps. The guy had a good chat with me, asking me all sorts of questions about my competition entry and some other general questions - thankfully he was pretty decent, because about halfway through I started getting all sorts of nervous (though now I'm kicking myself that I didn't stay calmer and give him better answers to some of his q's!), and that might have been possibly because my monster co-worker at this point had clued into what I was talking about and was jumping around the office, lol

At the end of the conversation he advised that I was one of 30 shortlisted, and they were aiming that within 24 hours they would be making phone calls to advise the lucky 5 finalists.... I politely hung up wishing him a good afternoon and thanking him for his time.....  and oh it was on, like Donkey Kong! The excitement simply bubbled over and I was jumping up and down as if I'd already won the prize!!!


I feel like a wirlwind has ripped through my head in the last few hours - in a good way - leaving everything scattered and upside down, and perhaps somebody filled up the new space with laughing gas? Who knows, but it's a pretty fun feeling!

With all my fingers and toes crossed for my job application - perhaps, if you're reading, you wouldn't mind crossing your fingers and toes for my competition entry? lol I seem to be all out of crossable digits right now!

Sorry for the essay tonight my friends, hopefully now that I've shared my excitement I'll be able to settle down and actually sleep tonight; so thank you for listening and I'll keep you posted on both bits of gossip as more news comes to hand!