Recession Busted!

It’s been a remarkable 48 hours in the Knights household. On Saturday, my ladyfriend attended a job fair and landed a non-peon position at Shoppers Drug Mart that evening. On Monday I had my fourth interview at Vision Critical, and upon returning home I too had an offer to start work. So within a very short span we both went from despondent and hopeless to re-employed and a lot less depressed about our future. I’m proud that we both found jobs, even moreso that we found jobs in the throes of a recession.

As for more detail, I’ll be working as a “Visual Designer” on a six-month contract. I would have loved a permanent job, but given the circumstances, I’m not complaining at all. Maybe in six months’ time, the world will have chilled out a bit, and if things go well at Vision Critical perhaps I’ll be invited to stay longer. That’s too far away to worry about right now. My ladywife has been chosen to train in a supervisory role at a location that’s opening a block away from our apartment - no more commutes, no dealing with awful Vancouver drivers, no spending money on fuel. That location doesn’t actually open for another six or eight weeks, so she’s doing her training at a different location in the meantime.

So in all this has been one of the best weeks in recent memory - if you took out the vacation in Mexico, it might be the best week in the last year. We shall be purchasing alcohol this weekend and drinking it to celebrate. If any local readers wish to join us, let me know!