On the 2nd of February all was going quite well for my business (and still is!). And then I get a text from Christina on Saturday saying the people Linda and her are staying at are looking for an accountant. Sometimes you get that feeling that you just need to follow up on something so I kind of shocked her when I started asking questions. :) It's a corporate farm in Rupert Idaho. My dream has always been to live in the country and to do work with something that is farm related. So learning that was a whoa moment! After talking with them Monday it was even more amazing how right it felt. Another interview Wednesday went quite well and then a bit of a briefer one Friday; the first two were over an hour and the last probably about a half hour. It's amazing to me because I've always been terrible at interviews. I never know what questions to ask etc but this one just flowed. Granted it's been about 25 years since I interviewed but still!! 😃 The trick is getting myself ready for a move! I've been in my house for 21 years! There's a ton of stuff to go through and they want me over there in April! And then there's the business!! I'm contacting CPA's and there's a lady I know that belongs to a bookkeeping networking group. We're meeting to go over my accounts (around 80 and 30 payrolls!) and see how they can be divided up. I need to be able to give my clients options! It's amazing that one week life is as usual and the next week all the sudden there's a really good chance that life is on a totally different track. It's crazy! When life changes for me it does it QUICK! It's not quite as quick as the life change when Dave left but a week after finding out about a job I've interviewed 3 times! And am starting to look at houses. All that's left is the visit to the farm and I'm headed over on the 23rd.
This trip has had many changes to it! The first change was before I ever left Portland! The flight was delayed due to lots of snow in Salt Lake. Ended up spending the night at a friends in Salt Lake since I got in at around midnight and my flight to Twin Falls was supposed to land at 11! Made it to Twin Falls around noon Saturday and puttered around. Met with a realtor over in Burley. Awesome guy! He's still going at 92! It was snowing in Twin Falls when we had lunch, managed to temporarily out run it on our drive (Christina's with me this weekend!) to Burley but by the time we left the guys home it was coming down pretty good and drove in the snow storm to our current location. No meeting Sunday morning due to ice, which was the pits because I was hoping to see everyone!
Gorgeous Sunday sunrise in Rupert!
The cutest dog! She's quite the character! :)
And the job is mine!! Met with the CFO today and took a tour of the properties and the buildings where they fix farm equipment, vehicles and make parts. Took a look at the books and discussed and I think I'm really going to love this job! There's going to be a lot of learning but I'm used to learning new businesses. This will just be a lot more intense! :) And I took a look at a house this evening and it actually matches all my criteria. I may make an offer on it tomorrow and see what happens. It would be contingent on my house selling. Exciting times indeed!!
Looking from the office that I'll be working at. In the summer when all is planted and growing it'll be quite the view!
I took a trip to the coast earlier this month and had an awesome time. A couple of days at the beach and lots of wonderful visiting. A person we didn't even know gave me 4 perfect sand dollars! So cool!
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