The Formula 1 Series - Part I: Liz & George

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I woke up even before the alarms and took my time showering. I set up the background for my video call and got dressed. By 5:55AM I was nervous as I probably never been at that time of the day and heard my pulse racing in my ears. I clicked on the sent link and checked my appearance in the video cam check once again before hopping onto the call. We chatted for 20 minutes about my education and experience and the training I had so far. They wanted to state my expectations of the job and asked for questions from my end after around 30 minutes. I asked two questions I prepared beforehand and lastly asked when they would give me notice about their decision. Kate said probably today or tomorrow morning after they sat together once again. She mentioned that quick decision making was key as they wanted to fly the hired person out to Spain next week. I had to force the corners of my mouth downwards to not smile about this information I already had. I thanked them for the nice call and wished them well.
I got off the call shortly after 6:30AM and had enough time to think about it before I went to work.

The whole morning at work I looked at my business email account in between patients. I looked at my phone so Oliver would not accidentally see it. But I didn't receive any answers and by 11:00AM I was sure I would not receive note today as it was already very late in Europe. I went to my last case of the morning and thought about calling Naomi when I got back for lunch. I grabbed my phone and then saw the email icon on my looked phone. I rushed to open it and stopped walking. I sped through the email and started laughing. Oh. My. God. I read it again. They offered the job! Oh my god. I was smiling from one ear to the other and got embarrassed as I noticed I was jumping on the spot. I tried to calm down but let out a silent scream of joy. I quickly ran to the ladies bathroom and called Naomi on the way.
"I got it!!"
"What?!? The job?!"
"Yes, yes! Not any job! Theee job! Omi this is insane! I can't believe it!"
"But I told you so! You go girl! Ahh, Friday will get messy!"
„Ah, I can't stop laughing. My cheeks hurt so much!"
„I am so happy for you. But I have to go. Work literally eats me alive right now - see you on Friday latest okay?" she said with a more quiet voice now.
„Yes sure! Love you, bye!" I said and hang up. I kept on smiling and looked at my smiling self on the mirror. Life is amazing. This was great. I read the mail again. They needed me to confirm it and wanted me to fly to Spain from Friday latest to Sunday. I should book flights on my own and hand in the costs afterwards. This was nice and meant I could try to make it fitting for work. So I probably had to fly out Thursday evening and catch a flight back on Sunday night to be able to work on Monday. Okay, okay. I would try to cancel all appointments from Friday and squeeze them somewhere else. Probably next week would be tough, but it was worth it. I drafted an email of confirmation and sent it back. I also sent out a message to George.

They want me! Will see you in Spain!

Afterwards I left the bathroom to check my schedule on the computer. I was happy Oliver wasn't around and I took my whole lunch break to plan my schedule accordingly. The date of my start was put to mid June and I as well tried to plan out this part of my schedule. If I left Oliver with such short notice it's the least I could do. The thought of how to tell him evolved in my mind and my happy joy transitioned to scared nervousness. It's probably best to stay as honest as possible. I finished planning the next Friday and called the affected patients and squeezed them in in the surrounding days. I even checked for flights and made sure I get to work on Monday in time. Time flew past and I got torn from my thoughts by someone entering the practice. It was Oliver coming back from his lunch break. He rarely went out for lunch but I haven't had time to wonder about it today and I simply said: „Hey!"
„Hi." he replied with way less enthusiasm. I decided to not blast the news right now as it simply was not good timing and probably also not wise to quit a job the minute you got another offer. I should sleep over it and let someone read over the email just to confirm I was not dreaming. I forwarded it to my dad without a second guess and asked him about his opinion. Since he worked in a law firm I have done this with all my jobs and I would have to tell him eventually. I don't know if he liked the idea of me getting this job, but I have already decided and he would not be able to convince me otherwise. And he probably would not try as I stated clearly I confirmed it already.