[m i a o w] the cat

It’s uncanny. My time on a long long leash is coming to an end. With the interview for my job looming on the (very near) horizon, my boss warned me today that I would be asked when I would be coming back from Queensland. Which is fair enough - I have had a very flexible, ‘working from home’ arrangement happening for the past 18 months - and I doubt they are going to offer me a permanent, Melbourne based, position without that vital piece of information. [sigh] So I am going to have to come up with a plausible explanation…and also a date by which I am going to be back in town. This is very hard - as it relies on someone buying our house.

My boss said a while back;
“We will fly you down to Melbourne for an interview…”
But apparently he forgot this minor fact - so I had to swallow my distaste and inquire how I should go about booking my flight. He seemed to think I should pay for my own flight to go and get interviewed for my own job. I conveyed that this was not going to be the case, and reminded him of what he’d said. He sounded rather incredulous, and commented that he must have been in a generous mood at the time. Gah. I feel no guilt. I have to go to Canberra at the end of the month as well - both times the Tilt Train from Maryborough to Brisbane will cost me $100 return. He’s lucky I don’t sting him for that.

So it’s all coming to a head. I may have to relocate to Melbourne after all in a month or so, leaving M here to hold the fort. Not something I’m keen on - but, as much as my job leaves me cold, I need it until we sell.

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Wow. That’s a big change. No chance for a phone interview? Bugger. $100 is still a lot of money to find. I wish you well in the interview and getting the result you want.

Rae typed this on Mar 02 05 at 5:35 pm

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