My dream job

My dream job is to be the assistant secretary at our high school.  Actually, my dream job would be to be the attendance secretary, because she gets all summer off.  The assistant secretary is only off six weeks, but in some ways that is a good compromise.  A decent income but still a good amount of time off.  The person who is currently assistant secretary is already retired from a factory job and in a second career.  She had mentioned over a year ago that "one of these years" she would be retiring again.  I hoped I would be able to sub until that day came along.  When Covid-19 hit, I really thought this might be the year because she is older and her husband has underlying medical conditions.  I have scoured the employment page of our school district several times a day, but hadn't seen anything.

Our school district announced last week that a retirement bonus that was being offered.  There were certain requirements that had to be met in order to take advantage of the offer.  It made me scour the page even more frequently, but nothing had appeared.

Today our family did a work day at my grandmother's house.  My cousin and her daughter came out to help as well, as did one of my mother's best friends.  I was in the middle of going through a bag of stuff when Thomas and my cousin's daughter came running in to tell me that the assistant secretary had retired and the job was posted!  Andrew had received notification about it and had mentioned it to the kids.

When I got home this evening, I immediately pulled up the information, and after several hours of work I submitted it via email to the HR guy.  I will mail hard copies tomorrow.  I feel I am a desirable candidate not only from my skills, but because of my familiarity with the school and my relationships with the staff, students, and families.  I am SOOOOO excited.  This would literally be a dream come true if this could happen.

I told Andrew it is a win-win.  I would miss being in the classroom with the students.  If I don't get the job, I'll still be subbing which I love.  I won't be offended as long as I at least get an interview.  If anyone would like to send up some prayers or cross some fingers on my behalf I wouldn't mind.  This would be an awesome opportunity!