Adventures in real estate
Boss has a good friend who works at a major national firm. They have been SWAMPED by huge real estate deals. They really needed TWO paralegals to get them through the end of the year. Boss put me forward as a candidate for a temporary position helping them get the paper out the door. They were very enthusiastic in the interview on December 4, and seemed very nice, but then it took them until December 16 to come back with an offer.
After two days negotiating the offer, we came to a conclusion that worked for me. I'm working for Boss a couple of hours before I take The Barbarian to school, then catching the 9am bus to the train and thence to McPhearson Station. The building is a block off K Street. :) Then I'm coming home on the 4pm train.
My first day was yesterday. They were trying to get NINE deals out the door. These are major transactions for multi-million dollar apartment buildings. The buyer only delivered the necessary final information the day before. They were very stressed. My main partner in crime hugged me like her long-lost sister when she met me. Other people said, "You're here!" and at least one person said, "You're real?!" Another person, finding out who I was working for, blessed me with the sign of the cross.
It's busy, and hectic, at least at the moment, and folks are clearly stressed, but everybody seems very nice, and they are certainly happy to see me!
Amusing me yesterday, the office administrator is easily six, possibly even eight, inches taller than me. As she showed me around the office, I was STARING UP at her, towering over me. Then I met my main Partner-in-Crime, and she is TINY. Probably five inches shorter than me. So I spent the rest of the day towering over her. :D
Crossposted at "http://muck-a-luck.dreamwidth.org/1003824.html"
After two days negotiating the offer, we came to a conclusion that worked for me. I'm working for Boss a couple of hours before I take The Barbarian to school, then catching the 9am bus to the train and thence to McPhearson Station. The building is a block off K Street. :) Then I'm coming home on the 4pm train.
My first day was yesterday. They were trying to get NINE deals out the door. These are major transactions for multi-million dollar apartment buildings. The buyer only delivered the necessary final information the day before. They were very stressed. My main partner in crime hugged me like her long-lost sister when she met me. Other people said, "You're here!" and at least one person said, "You're real?!" Another person, finding out who I was working for, blessed me with the sign of the cross.
It's busy, and hectic, at least at the moment, and folks are clearly stressed, but everybody seems very nice, and they are certainly happy to see me!
Amusing me yesterday, the office administrator is easily six, possibly even eight, inches taller than me. As she showed me around the office, I was STARING UP at her, towering over me. Then I met my main Partner-in-Crime, and she is TINY. Probably five inches shorter than me. So I spent the rest of the day towering over her. :D
Crossposted at "http://muck-a-luck.dreamwidth.org/1003824.html"