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I got a call last week from my former boss. Actually, he was my supervisor's supervisor. Believe it or not, although I used to talk to him on the phone nearly every day, I've never met the man. You see, he was in our Oklahoma office and I was in the Indiana office. Then, I gave my notice when we found out we'd be moving nearly 2 hours away. You would think that was the end of it, but no. How could they let someone like me go? They ended up supplying me with a computer and a quasi-part-time job. It suited me quite well to work from home in my jammies while it lasted and, of course, it came to a screeching halt after just one short year.
You see, after eleven months, the Oklahoma office decided that they wanted to hire me full time which is were it got sticky. The Oklahoma office was non-union and the Indiana office was union. Thus, they couldn't hire me to live and work in a Union state for a non-union ...whatever...you get the drift.

Well, imagine my surprise when the call was about a job! Yes, there was an offer on the table. How flattering, how tempting. Back to the pj's and the perks of working at home, if I chose to go back down that path. I didn't even need 2 seconds to think about it. The answer was no. No, thank you. I didn't ask a single question, knowing the approximate pay range and benefits I don't think they can pay me enough to go back home again.

My current job is stressful and challenging and rewarding. I will admit to second guessing my decision nearly every day, though I do know that I made the right decision. My career path has taken a very different turn from what I thought, but I'm loving every minute of it-ok, I'm really loving the majority of minutes of it. But that's more realistic anyway, n'est pas?

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