Today I got confirmation that my current job is lasting through the end of January. This is a big relief. A little over two years ago I was interviewed for what was intended to be a half time, two or three month temporary job, and I've been doing it for over two years now. 

I have to admit, I'm spoiled; my hours are very flexible,allowing me to take time off in the middle of the day for errands or the occasional daytime screening for my moonlighting gigs as a film critic. I have the best boss, who gives me support when I need it and the room to get work done with the flexibility that allows me to be most productive. 

I'm one of those people who doesn't need a lot of management. Just point me in the right direction with the required parameters, and I'm off and running.  I just finished a huge, cumbersome, board level project involving almost two dozen courses and a final evaluation, and all the required students finished in the most recent deadline.  Praised was heaped on, but honestly, to me, I was just doing my job. 

Learning that my job wasn not approved for the permanent headcount last month wasn't the happiest of days, but it's been a good run. But I have to admit, the idea of having to back to a daily 8-5 office job was depressing. I have a little reprieve.