I'm hired!!

I'm hired!!

Last night when I made my cuppa coffee I felt a little stab in my neck, it kinda scared me, I thought, "What is that?" It hurted and felt akward. I twisted my neck badly, was it just a twist, or was it that I sat a bit to long in the cold with just a t-shirt? Or was it stress from the last weeks? I don't know, but I knew it hurted. I took two paracetamol and went to bed early. I disliked the pain, specially knowing that tomorrow I'll have to work. And tomorrow I could get some results from my Boss. Tomorrow after work I will buy some warming paths for my hurting neck.

Although the pain in my neck I had a nice sleep, sometimes to much turning hurted my neck. I thought, "I will just go to work and I will see how it goes." I didn't even think of the 'results' my mind was on my hurting neck. Before I went to work I took again two paracetamol, I took aswell the medicne with me. While the day went on my neck hurted less, I felt it but it felt comfier, AI could do my work just like yesterday. Though I had a sore start, I felt a stomach pain aswell, stress? To many Paracetamol? Nerves? I don't know. It was a bit of a akwards day, not a day like usual at work. Just the way I felt this Tuesday. 

At 9:30 with the coffee break our secetary came for a little visit, she had a few months of cause of the delevering of her baby. She visited us with her Husband and ofcource the baby, the baby was in  a stroller sleeping deeply. The cantine was packed with people from the office and the workers, they all congrate the Mother and the Father. It's a tradition here in Holland to celebrate a birth with 'beschuit met muisjes,' (see picture) 

The blue ones is for when you have a baby boy, the pink is for when you have a baby girl.

a traditional Dutch open-faced sandwich topping, very similar to nonpareils. While customary on bread, their most typical use is on beschuit, or rusk Muisjes are made ofanisheed sprinkles with a sugared and colored outer layer. Muisjes, meaning "little mice" in Dutch, are named thusly because the anise seed sprinkles are shaped like little mice, with the stem of the anise seed resembling a tail

The 'beschuit met muisjes' was delicious. Work further went well, I was quit busy but I enjoyed it. Though the worries and nerves about prolly getting the results today were there too, as the day went on I thought the Boss already forget about me. "I will contact my Reah counselor tonight, and tell her that my Boss forgot about me," I thought. I wanted results! With the last break all workers were having a snack or a coffee in the cantine, then suddenly the Boss walked in and invited me for a talk, eek! Funny fact was that some workers already told me to just go to the Boss's office to ask for results, "There's nothing wrong with that," they said.


When I walked with the Boss to her office I saw already my Reha counselor sitting in a chair. Wow, I sure didn't expect her today, cause I thought she would just call my Boss. The atmosphere in the Boss's office was down and I don't know, I thought, Okay, that was it. I can go." Even when the Boss began her talk she sounded not really optimistic. But! But! In the end of her conversation she told me that I was hired!! Hired for a half year, just like every employer starts. I asked the Boss, "Serious!??" I just couldn't believe it, I nearly shed a tear, lol! I have a job!! 2003 was the last time I had a job! This is my reward for the last 6 months! I was so happy. 

My Boss told me that I really did my best the last 6 months, I was always at work when I had too, I was motivated and I gave a 100%, that's why they wanted to keep me and gave me the contract. And yeah I did my best, I really like this job and the work. It was tough and I really had to learn a few things but I maneged it!  Well deserved! My Boss asked me aswell if I was flexible while working, meaning, if I could aswell swich sometimes with my days. I work on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, but it can happen that a new order comes in on Wednesday or Friday and that order has to be finnished as soon as possible, then 'they'will ask me to work on my off day. 

I will get the day off the next day. Meaning, I will hold on the 3 days of work. The last two weeks 3 workers had to leave, cause there wasn't enough work for them. One worker left today, it was a bit double today, one worker has to leave and one gets a contract, me! My Boss asked me a favor to keep my contract quiet for a few weeks, my contract starts the first of May. Why quiet? Cause of the workers who had to leave, it might get angry or dissaopinted faces from other workers. But how do you keep such a exciting news quiet? Almost every worker came up to me after my talk with the Boss, asking me what the results were.

"I can't say anything, my Boss told me," I said, silly me, I said it with a smile, so everyone knew that I was hired. My Boss told me that I had to say that they will test me one more month and then come with the results, but yeah, I didn't or I forgot. It's silly though, I can't keep this exciting news quiet for a month. I waited 6 months for this, lol. I can shout it from the roof tops, "I HAVE A JOB!!!!!"  And I'm loving it!! I'm excited and will do more and more my best, now I do it not for nothing. I do it for the money and for our working team where I'm part of now! Yay! Got the job!!!