Cagey.
Cryptic.
Ambiguous.
My apologies, but as so many of you have experienced, when local readership catches on, one’s ability to speak freely is compromised. Yesterday marked a point in the road at which I can talk…some. Obviously there was a job offer, then another, and then from another came a counter to rival the others. It took me right back to every time I ever had a boyfriend and suddenly became irresistible to all men. I’d draw sly looks in the grocery store, lecherous looks on the street and excessive attention just about everywhere else. The difference now is that instead of blushing, I’m giving come hither looks and encouraging the attention.
It is intoxicating, this awareness of being wanted. After so long in an area that lives on “who you know” and “the way it’s always been done,” I’d quite honestly forgotten what it felt like to matter to anyone beyond my immediate circle. So, to put an end to some of the suspense, it is not the book that I have been hinting about, though that too has resurfaced. My dear friend has come back and we are working to get me on track with the book. The job offers come from the hospital and a friend, each with incredible promise, allowing me to be challenged and appreciated, but also afford me time at home. The counter comes from my current job, conveying an appreciation for me that I hadn’t known existed.
I have to chuckle as my belly grows, inexplicably, so too, do my options.
We’ll be posting belly shots soon. And, of course, as I make my decision I’ll be posting that/those too.
Thank you for sharing the excitement with me, and for being with me as I’ve made my way through bringing home Briar and arriving at afternoons working from home with my girls beside me.
I am so happy for you that you have all these options. Whatever happens it sounds like it will be one step up. To know you are wanted and appreciated can make such a difference. Most of all, I am glad you have that.
How exciting!! Thank you for sharing a bit more ~ the curiosity was getting to me! I get that intoxication with feeling wanted and useful… Can't wait to hear what you finally decide! Good luck in your decision!
How very, very option-tastic.
Thanks for lifting the curtain, just a little.
Ooh, the option and opportunities. How fabulous.
And I know you work and will soon have 3 little girls on your hands, but the book. The book. I sure hope that happens too.
Because I am selfish like that.
Congratulations! It all sounds so exciting…good luck with your decision, how nice to have so many options and to feel so wanted:)
and you deserve all of these things and more, my friend.
Totally, Totally AWESOME news! Congratulations. And when you get that book published, I'll send a self addressed stamped envelope for a signed copy ok? š
Wonderful!
How nice that you have options!!! It is good to feel wanted.
fun! hooray for you!
You know you're not a twenty-something anymore when you read "belly shots" and instantly know they are photos of a growing tummy, not a good night at a bar. š
I can feel the airiness of opportunity all the way over here.
And with this outie, the 20-something belly shot just isn't possible…maybe a variation on the keg stand, trying to catch the booze sluicing off the slope.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!
Fantastic news! How wonderfully heady to be fought over for your talent and skills and work ethic! Leers are nice, but this kind of flirting is so much more powerful.
Keep us posted!
So very very happy for you. When it rains, it pours, huh? (or in our case–snows!)
Can't wait to see those belly pics!
It's always nice to be wanted. :o)
Lela
http://whomadethismess.com
Hope for fertile women everywhere…I've just gotten so cynical and tainted that I would have thought your bump would make employers duck their heads and shun you. At least that's how it used to be in the workplace. So glad to hear that your status as mother and almost mother-more doesn't effect your career choices. Progress!
Wonderful!