Great Good Fortune

When I returned to work in July, it was on a one-year contract. This was the only way I could work part-time. This contact was set to expire June 30.

My manager took a proposal forward to hire me on as a regular (the only part-time option I could hope for) and it didn’t get approved. Sign of the times, no new offers are being made this year, I’m told.

She then tried to get a longer-term contract in place, but it would not allow me to work part time, and there was no budget for it. I figured I would be unemployed again come July.

Yesterday, she called me in to say her up-line managers decided they could extend my contract for four months (pending HR approval). I was perplexed why this was not an option sooner, but I am so grateful for the chance to keep my job while we wait for the economy to pick up again. We’ll be going through the job offer song and dance routine again in August, but for now I know I can finally enroll my daughter in summer camp without worrying about losing the deposit money if we had to cancel the enrollment.

I believe things tend work out for the best. Sometimes I find it’s hard to keep that faith when doors keep closing. I’m happy to have the next six months to see what the future will bring.