The kids were home today (a teacher in-service day) so much of my time was spent with them. It was a very enjoyable experience! The highlight of my day – shopping at Walmart with them.
I also had lunch today with my former crew. Tomorrow is the last day for one of them. He’s moving on to long-term consulting. I know he’ll be happier. He sure seemed happy today. The thing is, much of our lunch conversation was about how much they hated their boss (my former boss). To me, this was a bit of a downer. I don’t hate my former boss; I feel sorry for him and for his family because he’s so angry all the time, but I don’t hate him. With my friend’s departure, this only leaves one guy left from my team. I had gotten a flier on a job yesterday from a friend, and the job better suited my lone remaining friend, so I gave it to him.
Also on the job front, I got a surprise phone call from a company that wants to interview me. It’s the one semiconductor company that I would consider working for! They want to interview me because a friend at work forwarded my resume to friends of his along with a shining recommendation. They are interviewing me even though they have a hiring freeze. I am humbled and honored… yet, I’m not ready to return to a normal job. It’s too soon! I really, really want to take the year off! I’ll do the interview (next Tuesday), but I’m not too excited about it largely because I don’t want them to hire me… yet. I have personal goals to meet. I have travel plans, and thoughts of further travel plans. My mom invited me to visit her in the spring and I might want to do that (me and my family will also go in the summer). My wife gave me permission to go on a solo trip anywhere I’d like to go, or the two of us could go somewhere for a week when she’s off for winter break, or I can go somewhere with my travel buddy (he’s thinking of Hawaii). I think I should get out of here and go somewhere while I still have the chance. If this company wants me, maybe they don’t want me until November or December at a minimum! Wouldn’t that be nice? Chances are though, they’ll interview me and not be interested, or I may actually turn them down should they want me to start anytime soon. It’s too soon!
Day 24 mood: Wondering where God is leading me. It’s been a week of highs and lows.