Change is in the air

When Mike changed his phone number, he decided to update all of his profiles at all different websites where telephone number is required. It included Moster.com - recruiting website. The very next day he got an email from an IT company in Silver Spring, MD, saying that they are interested in conducting an interview with him. Mike passed three online tests and when we came back from our New Year's vacation at St. Petersburg, he got an invitation to visit the company. The interview was set for Monday, January 26th. Mike left to DC on Sunday and stayed with his parents. Monday morning I was pretty nervous at work, checking my cell phone for the text messaged every five minutes. Finally at 1am I gave up and called him (his interview started at 9am!). He said he JUST walked out of the building, that the interview lasted for three hours and then they took him out for lunch.

After my work was over, I met Mike at Penn Station and we went home together. He thought the interview went well, but as usually he had a lot of doubts. The positive feeling that we shared was that no matter how it goes, we'll be just fine. It was a completely different situation to look for a job while you already have a good position. On Wednesday, dad's 50th birthday, we heard from the company - they made an offer with the salary that Mike asked for and a relocation bonus. On Friday Mike called them back and agreed. The trick was that before Mike passes Interim clearance they can't hire him.

Clearance application was very extensive. We worked on it all weekend and few more nights, and Mike finally submitted it on Friday which this bring us to the current week. On Wednesday, WOTI confirmed Mike's interim clearance and he officially announced at his work that he is leaving.

We didn't think long if we should accept the offer or not, because it was an obviously good solution for us. Mike has some tensions at work, we always wanted to move to DC area and I am having troubles at my current work as well. The answer is pretty clear, but the decisions to change our lives are always tough ones even if they are pretty straightforward. It takes some time to get used to the idea of relocating, finding new apartment, getting cars and new jobs. But it is all for good, and we are pretty confident about the change.