I’ve gone from hours and days of searching for jobs, to days and weeks of waiting with no responses, to an interview with a major wedding photography company, assisting a wedding for that company, turning down working with that company, getting an interview with a law firm, and getting a job with that law firm all in one day. eventful.
First in regards to the wedding assistant-ship job. In the beginning the job was exciting because it relates to my major, the company is really impressive, and I mean I who doesn’t love a good wedding right? In the end though, I realized that I wasn’t really letting myself think about the negatives, because if it all worked out, I didn’t want any reasons not to take the job…even if there are ALOT of reasons. As I was setting up a time to go and meet with the owner to discuss the wedding I helped shoot last Saturday, some of those reasons fought their way in. Am I going to be able to work 9-5s all week and then have then energy to work a 10 hour wedding on my feet 3 out of the 4 weekends every month for VERY little pay? In the future as I possibly work my way up in this company-do I want to work weddings on the weekends for a living while everyone else I know works during the week? What is my ultimate goal here? After long discussions with the husband way late into the night (gosh thank God for husbands), I decided this just wasn’t right for me. In the end, I don’t want to be a wedding photographer, and for such a sacrifice of my time and energy I really needed to want this. Instead I need to focus on my own work and continue to look for new opportunities with companies that fit who I am.
So an hour after making that tough decision, I had to go to an interview. Yikes. I ended up really liking the two women who interviewed me and left feeling that this was a company who takes care of their employees and it might really be a great place for me to work. They told me they were interviewing others and would call me on Monday….and 4 hours later she called me back and offered me the job!!! Starting 9:30 Tuesday morning I’ll be the administrative assistant floater for Krooth and Altman in DT DC! Basically I’ll be assisting everyone in the office. My job is to take on the overflow that the rest of the assistants/office can’t handle. My new boss says there is plenty of room for upward mobility as well (aka many admin. assistants have ended up as paralegals for their company). The pay is great, the people (so far) seem great, and the location is awesome. Jonathan and I will even get to take the metro together and get off at the same stop every morning :) I am so relieved to have finally found a job that can support my little family through the hell that will be law school. I finally feel at peace about all the job decisions and it feels like God is really making a place for us here.
Now it’s off to the Blue Ridge Mountains/Shenandoah Valley wine region for a belated anniversary weekend! It couldn’t come at a more perfect time :)
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