Serendipity Calls

Confession Time :

I write the majority of my mid-week posts at work... Employee of the Month for sure!

 

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In my defense, all of the stuff I actually get paid to do is always done before I start work on the blog, I'm just efficient like that. This little arrangement of mine only becomes a problem the weeks that my boss shows up for his quarterly 'don't worry-I haven't forgotten about you' visit. Things get quiet at And She Ran for a couple of days!

 

My boss may be a little iffy about people writing for secret blogs during work hours (actually, he'd probably be okay with it, he's pretty cool like that) but he has no problems with us taking personal calls which is how I found myself having a very random but possibly fortuitous conversation yesterday.

 

About a year ago I had seen positions vacant ad in the paper for a business in my small town looking for casual kitchen staff. It noted that you required no official training, all you needed was a passion for cooking. Completely out of character for me (because I'm an anti-social scaredy cat) I called the number straight away. I thought it was a great solution, being that I'm part time in my current role. I could bring in extra money, kept my 'real' job and finally get a taste at working in a proper, functioning, professional kitchen!

 

I spoke with the owner of a local hotel but ended up feeling like I completely botched the whole conversation so even though she had asked me to send through a resume, I kept putting it off until it was all a distant memory.

 

And then yesterday, my phone rang and it was the same lady I spoke with a year ago. She apologised profusely, incorrectly believing it was her that dropped the ball, not me, and asked if I was still interested because they were looking to employee people again.

 

As I was speaking with this lady I realised how much I had changed since our last conversation. Rather than the bumbling, shy, nervous mess I had been during the call a year ago, I felt confident and calm. The idea of taking on this role had scared the bejeezus out of me 12 months ago but now it felt like just the challenge I needed! After talking for 10 minutes or so she asked if I could visit the hotel the next day (today) to meet and talk more.

 

Regardless of how the meeting goes I am pretty happy that I am finally shaking the nervous, shy, unconfident persona that plagued me for years and years!

 

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Today also happens to be Australia Day! Go Australia!!

 

I had plans to do the same ADay fun run I did last year and the exciting part was that I was going to drag Danny along to do it with me... Then his roster at work got changed and it ended up that he was working all day... Yuck! I wasn't keen to chow up to such a teeny-tiny local run all by myself and  it turns out that it was starting at the same time as I am meeting the lady about the job... More serendipity if you ask me!!

 

So instead I will head out on a solo 10km. My plans of a reverse taper have completely gone out the window... When I saw that my run today would have been 3km if I followed that idea I decided I was over it and just wanted to run a decent distance!

I'd Like To Know...
How did you come to be in the job you're in now?

I can't even remember applying for my job at the bank but almost 10 years later it seems to be working out okay.

 

If you are in Australia, what are your plans for ADay?