Wish me luck !

You'll do fine. Just remember the secret to all office work...if the boss comes by, stick your head in the filing cabinet and mumble something about "The Johnson File". You'll always look busy and, trust me, there is ALWAYS a Johnson file. Good luck and have fun.

Good luck!! Everyone is behind you here

Good luck to you Rose, sounds like a perfect deal to me.

Cher

Rose, why, with what we do, and what we love so much, do we ever have to work for the man again? I have been self employed for about 15yrs, and I would never return to the man. In that journey, I have completely lost my corporate skills and related people skills.
Henry Ford once was quoted, don't complain, don't explain, just get the job done.
I have found with social control what it is, fuel prices what they are and are going to be, most people have turned into domestic animals. They flock to what we do in droves, and more are coming.
In Fortune magazine, back in the early '80's I was voted Executive of the year. Me..... I still query about that. I made 250,000$ a yr, had unlimited travel, expenses, hot and cold secretaries, managed 145 distribution centers world wide. I could terminate at the stroke of pen up to 4500 people and then have coffee. I put a loaded shotgun to my head, pulled the trigger and the shell did not fire! I lost everything I had gained, and then some. I went to live in the bush in Alaska to never return. I almost died there.
I wish you luck. I hope you find joy and feel challenged and growing.
But, if you go to work, and you find the mucky ups talking like their heads are split at the jawline, and their heads move up and down and they talk nonsense, and, their eyes hide lies, and their 30 pieces of silver don't add up. Remember, people love the stone, and they want to meet the artist.
If it worked for me, you should have a much easier walk.

i was 46 going on 47 and a nervous breakdown when i walked away to save my sanity (whatever i had left anyway). i may be a bit poorer in cash assets, but i am very rich in quality of life now, no regrets there. i'm trying to make this rock stuff pay for itself, but even if it never does, i'm a happy camper. sure a heck of a lot happiers than i was those last few years.

given the right environment, i'm sure i could play the corporate game again....but i'd really rahter not, thank you!

KD

I agree with you KD! You can't buy happiness or freetime. Trying to balance them isn't easy and you always run out of time. I would be happier with less cash and more free time. I would be just as content working part time at a vets office cleaning out kennels or a garden nursery. I love to work outside on my gardens! Even pulling weeds as my tumbler tumbles is very stress relieving!!! We are all creative people who love nature and all the it offers us! I thinnk this job offer sounds perfect for you! You will do just fine. Perhaps all the years you have been a homemaker, you are now ready to go out there. You will know if it's right for you.

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.

The Johnson File - I'll remember that lol.

I'll see how it goes, its just a big leap after working solely for my husbands business for so long (where you can tell the boss to get stuffed and wait lol ). I think I will fit things in obviously if it gets too much I'll quit, the main change will be not having much spare time once the kids are in bed because I'll have to study and work because the kids will have my time after school.

Hey with out the rats it's just a race (don't know what that means but it sounds cool) But do head doc's warning! sometimes the shotgun will go off (damn you people depress me!)

Hey Rhonda, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I was an engineer for GM for 28 years before I was forced to retire due to my health. I loved working. GM wasn't the greatest place to be working, but there's good and bad in every employer. When I couldn't get any of my doctors to sign for me to work anymore, I fell into a very, very deep depression. The thought of not working was not something that I was ready to accept. In fact, the only thing that kept me going for that first two years was the fact that I couldn't hurt my wife by doing anything to myself. I don't talk about my wife much, but we really are very close. I spend a lot time alone these days, but it isn't her fault. We spend as much time together as we can, and hope to spend much more in the future. I've come to grips with my life now and have created a whole new life. Still busy, just not getting paid for it! I've had a good life, now I just concentrate on giving some it back.

Being a corporate engineer, I spent my career dealing with all the beuracracy and the comings and goings of ignoramuses like Lopez. I could tell you about what used to go on in his meetings, but you wouldn't believe it. No one would ever believe the one of the largest corporations in the world could function like Romper Room. But I always just concentrated on doing my job, and steering clear of their circus antics as best I could.

Well, I feel better now! Don't know if that does you any good though, Rose.

Good news is, I got my diamond saw running here now. Time to cut the rocks!

Ron