I win at finding jobs!

Something else that's never happened to me before: a bidding war for my services. Before this week, that is. Wednesday's interviews landed me two temp-to-hire offers. I turned down what would otherwise have been my preferred choice (Company B) in favor of the higher paying offer (from Company A), only to have the other company come back with an even higher offer. Squee!

There was some awkwardness, though--I had gotten Temp Agency A to set up a trial work day for me with Company A so that we could all be sure I was capable of doing the job before I officially accepted or rejected either offer. I really didn't want a repeat of what happened last week, see, and neither did they.

The filing clerk job was fine--pretty simple, really, except that it involved a lot of climbing and crouching (their files were stacked floor-to-ceiling) and it left me pretty sore by the end of the day, but nothing I couldn't put up with for what they would pay me. I felt comfortable with it and they felt comfortable with me, so I told them I would take it and called Temp Agency B to turn down Company B's offer. A few minutes later, Temp Agency B called back with a counter-offer that beat Company A's best. Considering that I already liked everything else about Company B and the job they wanted me for better already, it was a no-brainer. Company A couldn't offer me more money so they tried to sway me with benefits, but they didn't really have anything that beat what Company B had to offer. I told them I'd need to think about it overnight, and then yesterday I went in in the morning to finish out the filing project I'd started on Thursday and let them know I wouldn't be taking the job. They were really nice about it and wished me the best of luck.

Then that afternoon I went to a lab to pee in a cup so that Company B could see that I don't do drugs, yayfun. Aren't drug tests the best? I had a little trouble performing, shy bladder and all, and it didn't help that the lab tech performing the test was a guy. At least he went around the corner and gave me a little bit of privacy. Anyway, I got it done, they got the results back pretty quickly, and the short of it is that starting Monday, provided that nothing goes wrong (*crosses fingers, knocks wood and prays*), I'll be the new Project Administrator for yet another oil company in Tulsa. The job actually sounds pretty similar to my old admin assistant job at Williams, except with a slightly more prestigious title and a heckuva lot more pay. The people I met during my interview all seemd fab, too--all very friendly and jokey. Yay for a work environment with a sense of humor.

I'm very excited. Right now I feel really good about this being a job that I'll actually enjoy doing for the next several years, however long it takes for Matt to finish his degree and take over as the breadwinner. And my understanding is that this job actually comes with room for promotion, so who knows? And I'm starting to feel that it's safe to start daydreaming about buying a house again. Did I mention that I'll be making about $5K more a year than I even dared dream I'd pull down? Did I mention that I'm excited? Because I am. Wheeeee!