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Good day! Trying to get things organized and moved and get caught up on things.


The flowers my parents sent me smell so wonderful. I just trimmed them and gave them new water. I should always have flowers on my desk – they are so pretty and happy and smell divine.


I’m seeing Ned and Cindy after work today – I love them! Ned called me when he heard about my job offer. He kept telling me how proud he is of me, and Cindy said the same thing. She told me Ned hasn’t stopped smiling since he heard the news. Oh, how I love them.


I cannot wait until Barbados. I’ve been doing all kinds of research. I get to swim with turtles and in a WWII ship wreck (two of my lifelong dreams!)!!!


I am seriously incapable of concentrating on a daily basis due to my excitement. And I get to see some amazing people I love dearly and haven’t seen in waaay too long.


I got a call from the Department of Defense today. Talk about a surprising phone call.


My flowers still smell awesome.


McKenzie had a REALLY bad day yesterday. Mostly due to the fact that she got super glue on her face. I know it’s horrible of me and makes me an awful sister, but that has made me crack up all day yesterday and today. Oh, how I wish I knew how that happened… and I wish a bad day for me entailed the simple fact that I got super glue on my face.


I think that is it for now.


Love,
Brittney

Bonafide Working Girl

Today I was offered a Portfolio Coordinator position in the Missionary Portfolio in the Ecclesiastical Department in ICS for the LDS Church. Whew.


This is such an incredible blessing. I am so ecstatic. The position will require more training and much more responsibility, all of which I am so excited to take on. This will be great for my career.


I am so grateful for all my coworkers who were so helpful finding this position and making it happen.


When they offered me the position, they told me it was a nightmare to get everything transitioned to accommodate me. Which means they really wanted me! Score for me.


I get full benefits. An increased salary.


For the first time in my entire life, I have a full time job.


Oh, and I’m going to Barbados for a week at the beginning of April.


Love,
Brittney

*update*

Remember that time I posted pretty much every day about my job status? It is that time again.


Sigh.

I got extended for another year, last January. My contract ended, and they managed (seriously – this was an impossible feat. You can only do 2 years as a contract position, and I did 1 year intern, 1 year contractor, so getting this extended at all was a miracle) to get my contracted extended 3 more months, while they work on getting me on full time.

The problem is, while they want me and NEED me (and by need I mean whether it is me or someone else, there is a TON of work to do) there is no position. When they went through the 2011 hiring plans, there was no request for any more Admin headcount. Super bad on their part – they need the help.

I was told yesterday that they cannot get approval for the headcount. There is just no way.

Sigh.

My only option is to get hired on in a department where there is a need, and a budget to pay for me. There is one possibility here, and I have an interview tomorrow.

There are a couple of obstacles. One – the position has always been an intern position. So the Director would have to agree to switch that role from intern to full time. That costs the Department much more money. A pretty big obstacle.

Second, they have to REALY want me. They are looking for people who have the potential to go on the department and make a difference. They have to think I have this potential. And they have to think I have so much potential they are willing to pay much more to bring me on FTE, instead of going to BYU and getting a recent MBA or business degree graduate for an awesome internship opportunity.

If this interview does not go well, or it just is not a good fit, I am out of a job at the end of April.

Nothing to stress about, right?

On top of that, I have so much to do. I am way behind. I’m buried. Swamped. I stayed until 8 last night, a 12 hour day – and it barely made a dent. I stayed late on Monday too.

I’m so mentally and physically exhausted.

Any prayers my way for tomorrow would help.