Exciting news

Friday night at 7:00 I got a phone call.....but my phone was turned off til Monday morning actually - so I didn't get the message until then.  Oddly enough my old boss from before Katie was born had called and wanted to "run something by me" and asked me to call him back.  I called Monday morning and he was on the other line, but asked if he could call me back in like 10 minutes.  No problem.

In that 10 minutes I thought - Gee, that's odd that he's answering his own phone when he's got a call on the other line - he's got staff.  Where are they?  Oh man....what does he want?  Could it be a job offer?  Oh God, what if it's a job offer?  I went through every scenario with crazy e-mails to John and another friend in the meantime.  Not wanting to get too ahead of myself I waited....and waited.

He called back and we had about 15 minutes to talk.  In a nutshell - yes, it was a job offer.  But that's not the best part.  It's a work-from-home job offer.  He had 2 office staff leave him last week - one was a drama filled irate walkout/firing situation.  The other was a stab-in-the back leaving to start her own business situation.  Anyway - he's looking to create more of a virtual staff instead of an in-office one.  His overhead will be much lower and hopefully increase efficiency.  He thought about contacting a temp office to find someone and then I popped in his head and he said that was the end of the issue.  Either it was going to be me or he wasn't going to do it. 

We talked again later yesterday afternoon because he had some meetings to get to - but the bottom line is that he will supply all necessary software, computers, scanners, etc. and I will be paid on a contract consultant basis with a set salary.  He didn't think it would be any more than 20-25 hours a week with some extra time needed up front to get everything set up.  Obviously I was interested so we will be talking again either today or tomorrow to finalize things while he draws up an official offer. 

Can you freaking believe it?  I can't believe how things can come so full circle.  When I worked for his company in Rochester - (I say "company," but it was really just him and me with 1 part-timer) it was a job that was stressful, but I had every intention of returning to work after Katie was born.  Then John had an opportunity to transfer back up to the cities and we moved.  I quit work with the understanding that I would stay home "for a bit."  9 1/2 years later, I'm still here, and it was the BEST decision I've ever made.  

Now I can't see giving up the things that I've come to appreciate.  Time with the kids, my volunteer work with schools, church, the breastfeeding non-profit - everything!  I thought going back to work might mean having to give some of that up, but now that this has come along - I don't think I'll have to!  Yes, these 3-4 summer months will be a bit more work and juggling keeping the kids entertained and busy, but once fall hits and they are both in school all day - wow.  I feel like I'm going to be able to create my day and have enough time to get done what needs to get done. 

In the meantime it's just a lot of trying to picture what it will all look like and how it will work, but it will. :)