2/14/14, Surprising emails that turn your life upside down

This has been the craziest week. I am still bewildered by what went down. To start off the week I was super sick with a headache, sore throat, fever, cough, body aches, ettc. Thursday I finally started getting my strength back and had a good day at school. In between my class and my meeting I received a very surprising email.

Flashback: last march I interviewed at a health app start up company in Sandy because I thought it looked like a cool experience. Turns out I didn't get the gig and they said it was because I couldn't give them the availability they wanted. I emailed them after asking if they did internships during the school year. They said definitely and that I should inquire back when I wanted to re apply.

In October I was ready to re-apply for winter. The email never received a reply.

Back to Thursday: The email stated that they remembered me asking about opportunities and interviewing the year before and asked if I'd be interested in coming on full-time to head up research for the company. They said I needed to respond quickly because they would start interviewing others if I was unavailable. (Whhhhaaaatttt?)

I quickly responded stating that I'd love to be considered for the position but due to my school/ other jobs schedule I could probably start part time but would be unable to be full-time until June. Their reply was that would work great for them and that they'd like to meet with me the next day (today). I quickly said yes.

Today was good, I got a lot done at school and headed off to my thought to be interview. It was not an interview. It was a meeting to get me on board, excited, and negotiate my salary/start dates.

I was a little blown away by everything. I am in love with the company (thus far) I feel like my role would be much like it would at a think tank with a Facebook like atmosphere. Say hello to the newest employee of Orca Health. If interested, look up one of their apps on the app store (Heart Decide is a fun one).

The next couple of months are going to be insane trying to finish up my projects and graduate while starting a new job. I'll be starting part time in March and then move to full time in June! I may be a little antisocial for the next 3 months, but come June 1st I'll have a normal, but super awesome schedule :)

I never expected my first job to happen like this, it's still crazy to me!

In other valentines news, I started the day off delivering muffins to my classmates (it's tradition). I also surprised my hubby with some little gifts.

After the craziness of the day Travis and I came home to celebrate. We fondued it up. We had steak, chicken, pork, and veggies. Then moved onto fondue dessert (the best part) my favorite was chocolate covered cheesecake!