I GOT THE JOB!

I almost can't believe it. I start June 8th! Wow. I, I, I... wow. After all that hard work and effort I beat out all other applicants and got the NWPR job. Here's the blow-by-blow:

I had to call them first and then wait for a return call but they did call back a few hours later. I was asked if I had a second, I said I had several seconds. Then I was told that they wanted to offer ME the position. Being of skeptical mind and, to be honest, my patience was coming to an end, I asked if she was kidding me. No she wasn't. I wanted to scream YES! YES! But all that came out was a calm and cool, yeah that sounds great. I asked if there was relocation compensation and there was a yes to that. Then I asked about help finding a place, yes they would help. So she asked again, do you accept? Then I said yes, yes, I accept. Great now we need to figure out when you will start, because they would like me to start ASAP. Next step then is to see how much notice I need to give Macy's (I found out later, they want 2 weeks). I'll call you back after I talk to them. Okay. Bye.

Then I tossed the phone and shouted YES! YES! YES! yesyesyesyesyesyes! I did it! I did it! Then I kissed and hugged Dazey.

Since I currently live in a trailer next to my sister's house I thought I'd better tell Sue. So I went to put on shoes and decided "fuck the shoes" and ran barefoot into the house and shouted for Sue. When I saw her I shouted, again with the shouting, I got it, I got the job! Then she hugged me and I started crying. I tell you what, I have been holding back on so many emotions lately and this was just such a huge relief for me. Next I called my Mom (Hi Mom), of course, and told her. Then I got a call from my sister Mary (Hi Mary) who sang "Congratulations to you." To the tune of "The Happy Birthday Song." Next I called Elise, who has been a true treasure and so supportive, and I cried a little more. I talked with Sue for a while after than, still totally stunned and excited, and overwhelmed. I decided to go back to the trailer and call some more people, but I ended up just balling my eyes out and releasing so much pent up emotion.

What really got to me was just really how much I have gone through in the last year to get to this point. I lost my job, sold my house, put my junk into a storage unit, left with one bag for a long 7 month journey. Came back to the States, hopped around from place to place, got a job working for Macy's, been living in a 5th wheel trailer since January, lost my Auntie Anna, and have been looking for a radio job intently for months and now it all comes to this job. Wow. As I type this my eyes are welling up. It has just taken so much time, effort, patients, and work to get to this point in my life that it's hard to put into words.

But now my life takes another twist or as David put it, this is my second Capernican revolution... whatever that means. All I know is that this is something that I have wanted for a very long time and I am positive that this will be very good for me, for NWPR, and I am positive about the future.

Thank you all for you support. Really. It means a great deal to me.

Now to find a place in Pullman, WA. that is less than $800 a month rent, has few neighbors, and will accept a dog. I am so excited. YEEEHAW!