Day of Ups and Downs...
So first the bad news. I'm jobless again. I'm not sure what my official end date is, but I'm hoping to manage to go through till the week prior to Worldcon. Boss is devastated, contract company have been wonderful. Will be very, very sorry to leave current position as work mates, project and the work in general have been fan-fucking-tastic. I'm sad because I genuinely really like these women.
Contract has been cut short because of budget cuts by Treasury & Finance, with a call to reduce head counts. So, first up were the most recently hired and part time employees. Dammit. I'm still miraculously hoping that something works out with the federal election being over and the project budget being finalised etc but I'm not holding my breath for it - it is my ideal solution obviously.
Next most ideal would be another contract that will allow me to continue at uni part time. Or some other time flexible job allowing me to work part time - there are some things floating around with this, though not sure it will keep me (and family) afloat. We shall see.
The upside is that I had coffee today with someone I met at a party recently and we clicked well and it was a great friendly coffee, we share an appreciation of people, experiences and inspiration in general. He's an arts student and is interesting and good, fun company. Was a delightful experience to click properly and make friends outside of the party.
I also had lunch with
chaosmanor which is also a win. There was cheap sushi and chatting with one of my best friends - utterly awesome.
I stopped by the cafe where my favourite barista works, which is near the bookshop so I don't get to go there very often any more. Yay for coffee that I know so well made perfectly for me *swoon* My barista loves me :) I've missed him!
Now I'm home and tucked up in warm bed with tea and laptop and uni reading to do. I didn't end up having classes today as my poor lecturer is ill :( I hope she'll be fine for Friday but I'm not sad about the breathing space to concentrate on the readings I have to do. Of course, the readings themselves are rather interesting all up.
Last unexpected upside was that my copy of Filament issues #5 which was the one my interview was printed in has arrived. I shall try and get through my readings so that I may curl up in a nice hot bath and enjoy it.
Overall, it's a win but mainly cos my priority is awesome people, good company and lovely experiences of connection etc. Also, I feel valued and wanted by my boss even if she had to terminate my contract early.
Currently I'm just trusting in the Universe that all will be fine and work out. I can't really do more than that and look for something else as this was so far outside of my control it's actually quite funny. :P
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Contract has been cut short because of budget cuts by Treasury & Finance, with a call to reduce head counts. So, first up were the most recently hired and part time employees. Dammit. I'm still miraculously hoping that something works out with the federal election being over and the project budget being finalised etc but I'm not holding my breath for it - it is my ideal solution obviously.
Next most ideal would be another contract that will allow me to continue at uni part time. Or some other time flexible job allowing me to work part time - there are some things floating around with this, though not sure it will keep me (and family) afloat. We shall see.
The upside is that I had coffee today with someone I met at a party recently and we clicked well and it was a great friendly coffee, we share an appreciation of people, experiences and inspiration in general. He's an arts student and is interesting and good, fun company. Was a delightful experience to click properly and make friends outside of the party.
I also had lunch with
chaosmanor which is also a win. There was cheap sushi and chatting with one of my best friends - utterly awesome.
I stopped by the cafe where my favourite barista works, which is near the bookshop so I don't get to go there very often any more. Yay for coffee that I know so well made perfectly for me *swoon* My barista loves me :) I've missed him!
Now I'm home and tucked up in warm bed with tea and laptop and uni reading to do. I didn't end up having classes today as my poor lecturer is ill :( I hope she'll be fine for Friday but I'm not sad about the breathing space to concentrate on the readings I have to do. Of course, the readings themselves are rather interesting all up.
Last unexpected upside was that my copy of Filament issues #5 which was the one my interview was printed in has arrived. I shall try and get through my readings so that I may curl up in a nice hot bath and enjoy it.
Overall, it's a win but mainly cos my priority is awesome people, good company and lovely experiences of connection etc. Also, I feel valued and wanted by my boss even if she had to terminate my contract early.
Currently I'm just trusting in the Universe that all will be fine and work out. I can't really do more than that and look for something else as this was so far outside of my control it's actually quite funny. :P
This entry was originally posted at http://transcendancing.dreamwidth.org/783459.html