Almost there...

UPDATE: Just as I posted, then wandered off to the kitchen, sans phone ...they called. An offer has been made. I'll call back tomorrow to say yah/nay/negotiate. Not sure how much room there is to push for changes...


I'm holding my breath because my second meeting on Friday, with the people I love and want to work for, went VERY well! I was assured that an offer would be made by COB today, with a start date of next Monday!!!!

I'm prepared though for the offer to be made Tues, or even the dreaded Wednesday-before-Thanksgiving. Fridays and Mondays are generally a mess in every office, if I remember correctly. I'm surprisingly calm, but I think that is just exhaustion from guests in town, cleaning up the house, rushing around for interviews etc.

I can't say more till the offer comes through - already my Indian superstitions are kicking in and I feel it has been jinxed with too much talk. AAAAAAAH!!!!! I'm also preparing myself to have to negotiate terms and I wish I was the boy or my brother in such matters.

In other news, the in-law visit went off very well. We all gave each other a lot of space and having the boy's uncle visiting at the same time, was really a blessing.

We have a whole group of friends coming over for dinner. I know it will be fun, but when I invited everyone, I'd had a few drinks and totally forgot that Monday nights is HEROES!!! And that maybe I'd be burnt-out and want to sit on the couch and do nothing!

I'm really excited...and I can't write anymore because I only have one subject to talk about...and well, I can't really talk about it right now...

Of course, as you probably have guessed - my mind is reeling with alternate scenearios, like has the position been cancelled? Did one of the boss-people I met on Friday not really like me? Are my instincts and research about this job/place right or wrong? What if I don't get it by some bizarre universal flux? AAAAH - OK, maybe I'm not feeling so calm. I've got to take a deep breath.

Here is what I feel: from talking with friends who are in the "know", this is a really good place to work - the organisation respects the job I'd be doing, the benefits are solid, they have well planned long-term goals and are in a good cycle of growth. From the research I've done, the actual work I'd be doing is pretty damn interesting and cutting edge. My instincts tell me that the team I'd be working within is a good one and that this path I'm choosing is very promising. I know I want to work on migration issues via an effective vehicle. This job/place is truly effective. And finally, I need to think ahead and see what other avenues could open up by this step, not only in terms of life in the US (which it seems is the reality) but also in terms of keeping open international opportunities.

And if I don't get the offer, by some great universe-inspired, mind-f**k, I'll hold my breath and channel really hard so that I enter another realm, where this doesn't occur. Or else, I'll just keep on searching.