Well, it's been 9 days and I haven't heard aye, yes or no from SMPS so I take it as a no and a sign that my gut was right on this.
In other news, the local mall had a chocolate store opening (Gertrude Hawks - it's regional, based in Pennsylvania) so I applied and was offered a key supervisor position. I turned it down, however, regretfully, because though the manager is a lovely woman and selling chocolates is not a bad gig, after taxes and transportation I'd be working for about $2.50 an hour. And I'm just not cut out for retail. And it was mostly nights, so my husband would be eating subs with the dog and maybe our daughter from time to time. Working two different shifts (including weekends) I'd hardly see him.
I feel badly putting the financial burden on him, but he's such a sweetie. He told me if I didn't feel right about it, don't try and stick it out and be miserable for weeks or months. He said he didn't mind because we're doing okay and it's payback, says he. Payback? I asked. And he reminded me that when he first moved here from Canada he didn't have a job, then got one he absolutely hated until he finally got the one he has now, and I supported us both at the time (on about $12000 as I recall.) So it was his turn to support us. Damn, I've felt weepy all day and that just did it. I'm having trouble seeing the keys as I type. I just gotta win a lotto for him. Something.
And in another of the good news/bad news scenarios, I got my Civil Service score for a part-time public library job. I got 100, rank 1, position 2 (meaning there's only one person ahead of me.) That's the good news. The bad news is the one opening is already filled with an incumbent, who had to take the test to keep the job. So unless she scored in 4th place, or drops dead, there's no job. But the list, and my place on it, is good for two years.
So the search goes on. Soemwhere there's a library/writing/research job with my name on it (though I'd settle for a nice slice of Mega Millions or a casino jackpot <g> ).
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