who invented guilt anyway?
On Friday I was offered a position as Junior Publicist at Pan Macmillan - pretty much my dream entry-level job. I should be ill with excitement but I'm too busy feeling amazing amounts of guilt about this. I've only been at my current job 3.5 months and Macmillan want me to start in 3 weeks (actually they'd love me to start Monday). My contract states 4 weeks notice, so I'm going to have to go to my boss and beg her to let me off a month early. I was feeling guilty enough about this before I found out on Friday that the reason my boss hasn't been in the office for 2 days is because her husband of 22 years left her.
I have a friend that's interested in taking my place at my work, so if she could start immediately maybe it won't be so bad.
It all happened really fast. I saw the advertisement Monday, sent off my application Monday evening, received an email requesting an interview Wednesday - had that interview the same day - and then was offered the job on Friday.
I'm also expecting to be offered a Marketing Assistant position at Bloomsbury. This one could possibly be slightly more money than Macmillan and they wouldn't need me to start for at least 4 weeks so I wouldn't be fucking my current job over too much. But, I don't want the Bloomsbury one as much. I feel like publicity is more me than marketing.
Mum's disappointed Macmillan are only offering me a little bit more than what I'm on at the moment, but the bonuses are that the office is a 1min walk from Town Hall station, which eliminates those useless Balmain buses and 30 min each way from my daily commute, and it's what I desperately want to do.
And now that I've slept the afternoon away I will be partaking in some night-time cleaning because mum's back from her 10 day holiday tomorrow. I adore Paolo but goddamnit that boy is messy. There is a crucial skill boys must learn from their mothers between the ages of 17 and 21 that he missed out on when he moved out of home because I thought I was messy. His messiness actually makes me want to clean.