Good News A-Coming

Alrighty, here's the good news I've kept my mouth shut on for a good two months now........I got a new job!!!!! Well not technically a new job with a new company but a new position in the postal service. Back in May we had another postmaster detailed to Fillmore while our postmaster was in another office. The new postmaster knew I wanted to move up and get out so to say in the postal service. He let me know of a job posting for a Claims & Inquiry Clerk in Consumer Affairs at the Sierra Coastal district office in Santa Clarita. I put in my application not really expecting a good outcome but hoping for the best. Getting this job would mean regular hours and days off, something I really haven't had since I got excessed down here. About a month after turning in the app I get notified by the detailed postmaster and my own postmaster that the head person in Consumer Affairs needed them to write a letter stating basically whether I would be good in the position or not. They both wrote excellent reviews because I got an interview a week later. It was between me and 2 other ladies. I thought the interview might have gone good but didn't want to count my chickens just yet. One week after the interview I get an email saying they needed me to turn in some paperwork so they could get my driving record. Um, ok I guess I'm still in the running. That very day I got a letter in the mail saying I got the job and just needed to pass a Defensive Driving test and the job was mine!!!!!! Yessssssss I did it! Yesterday was my test for Defensive Driving and I passed meaning I am officially a Claims & Inquiry Clerk in Consumer Affairs for the Sierra Coastal District =) I will have regular hours, with regular days off and am guaranteed these hours. I move from a PTF (part-time flexible) clerk to a Regular clerk. This means if I for some reason get excessed again they must find me a job with 40 hours guaranteed, such a relief! I had a permanent smile on my face yesterday. Although I'm going to miss all my little office, I am so fortunate and thankful I now have a regular job. I'm supposed to start July 31 which means August 2 so hopefully all goes well and I love my job as much as I hope I do!