Sometimes a Job is Not Meant To Be
The universe may have other things in store for you
When I was pregnant with my first child, I began to crave “regular” work hours. I worked in litigation which often meant long work hours.
I applied for a government job with State Compensation Insurance Fund. I received a letter with an interview date for a workers’ compensation litigation position.
The interview was scheduled for a few days after my due date. I called to reschedule since I was afraid the baby would come late.
I was told that I couldn’t reschedule as the interview was with three managers that had only one free day in the calendar. I was shocked that they wouldn’t even consider my pregnancy. Usually law firms went out of their way to recruit attorneys but I figured that if I was in the hospital on the day of the interview, it just wasn’t meant to be.
Turned out that my baby came two weeks early. I unfortunately had a lot of stitches that took over a week to heal but by the first week of February, I was able to walk again.
My interview was about an hour drive away. It would be the first time I’d be away from my baby for a feeding. At three and a half weeks, baby Jason was breastfeeding every two hours. By the time I parked my car in the city, milk was leaking and I pumped in my car for the…
