prayer request

a few years ago the medical records position opened up where i work. a few people told me (and a few people told my mother) at the time that they thought i should apply for it. i went and looked at the job description, but it looked a little daunting, especially since the last woman had already left so there was really no one to train me.
now the current medical records woman (kathleen) will be leaving our facility to work at our sister facility in the 'burbs, but until they find someone for our place, she'll be working at our place two days a week. this leaves her extremely frazzled, and so my clever mother told me i should talk to the administrator (pam) about maybe helping out with filing or computer entry stuff one day a week or something. (my mother is very concerned [justifiably] that our place will be closing in the near future and thinks i need to have something more on my resume [with which i must agree].)
and so since pam was there today, i got brave and went and talked with her, highlighting the team playerness of helping kathleen and the possibility this would give one of the kitchen part-timers to pick up more hours, which he's always looking for, also mentioning the data entry and whatnot that i did as a research assistant in grad school. pam immediately jumped and said, 'would you like to apply for the job?' i told her that i had looked into it a little bit last time, but had been unsure about my ability to perform some of the requirements, especially since there had been no one to train me at the time. 'oh, kathleen will train you. we wouldn't leave you high and dry. i really think you have the skill set. in fact, i think you would be excellent in that position. talk to the hr person on monday and get an application. actually, you can just send a letter expressing your interest. we have your application on file from way back. get the updated job description from hr on monday, and write a letter of interest, and give a copy to her and to me. really, i think you'd be very good in that position.'
i'm kicking myself for not getting schooling after i looked into this job a few years ago. i've thought about it on and off ever since, actually figuring that when our place closed i would look into going back to school for medical records; a basically independent job, fewer people, better pay, no sundays. but while i don't have the schooling now, i do have the backing of the administrator (and those people who thought i'd be good at it last time). i also would have someone to train me (and i think kathleen would be good; i also think that if i had questions when i was on my own, she'd be fine with me calling her at the other place).
it's not at all what i expected when i walked into that office, but i really like the sound of it. and it really does seem to fit me better than the activities job did. (one nice thing is that in applying for the activities job i got practice in doing and interview, since i hadn't done that in forever and a half.) hopefully when it gets back to my boss (cuz this stuff travels amazingly quickly in such a small home), she won't be all offended that i keep trying to get out of her department. i don't think she will be, though, since when she started there 5 or 6 years ago, she knew that i was sending out resumes. (and she knows that i'm too smart for my job.)
right now i like the sound of this, but i don't want to get my hopes up again. that tends to never end well.
and that's the prayer request of the day.