InsaneJournal

Current mood:

grateful

I CAN HAZ JOBZ!!!
I got hired today by a contracting firm with the government to be a technical editor at the EPA. Sounds impressive, doesn't it? I'm expecting it to be dreadfully boring, and if it's not and is the least bit fulfilling, I will be happily surprised. But gainfully employed again and in the editing field as I had hoped is such a relief!

With the recession as bad as it is, I was getting really scared that I wouldn't get something to keep me and my kitties in my apartment making the monthly rent. I'll be making more than I've ever made before, so I can start saving a bit and get a little security. And I'll be working for the EPA, so something I can feel good about--as time passed I was figuring I was just going to have to suck it up and sell my conscience to work at a Beltway Bandit Corp or Homeland Security or something else distasteful. But I was also getting worried if i could get an office job at all that would pay the rent.

The contracting company I'm working for is minority-owned. My supervisor is a very nice and down to earth Navy vet, who made much of my resume and my attitude--they needed someone to fill in fast and were delighted I could. So yippeee!!!

I start Monday. I'll be working in DC in the Ronald Reagan Building a couple of blocks from the Capitol Building and a block away from the National Mall, so I'll definitely get to see the cherry blossoms this year. And it's right next to the Old Post Office Pavilion, so between that food court and the building's own cafeteria, I'll have fun lunches. So I'll be getting the metro-into-work Beltway experience--it's not a bad commute. Expensive, but will save my car from wear and tear and help the Blue Pearl to live a long full life. People from all different departments work in that building, so it may be a nice opportunity to meet all kinds of people, and that could make the job more exciting. And if the job turns out to be one I don't want to spend too long in, it may give me the opportunity to get a foot in on a better federal job with an actual pension and that good medical plan.

I'm still going to keep bugging the people at the publishing house near me so they will eventually have to give me a job interview--editing with them was the job I really most wanted to get, and is still my dream job due to the subject matter I'd get to work with and the commute (but the people there could always turn out to be batshit, and make it a hell to work at, so you never know.) But for now, yay a good job for me! No more fear of poverty for a while! *booooounce*