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I have been over-thinking this - and having other reasoned people look at this may help clear my thinking...
Three years ago when I worked for a non-profit, I became friends with our computer guy. He is quite good at what he does. Very gentle, kind person and very very organized and smart. He was with a company at the time but went independent when the owners of that company sold it to someone else.
Two years ago this spring, I stopped working for the non-profit and I met with this friend as he was looking for a contract employee to help him as his firm grew. He had a programming component to his work and with me, he could grow the website side of it and I could learn the rudiments of the programming. Sounded perfect as I needed a job. A week after we talked and got excited about the possibilities, his wife took their three small kids and left him.
His attention was pretty much focused on that for a year. It was quite a horrific divorce. Last summer, we spoke again as his divorce was winding down and he hoped to have it finalized by the fall. It did finalize but his lawyer cautioned him about starting anything new in that fiscal year or else his wife could open up the money issues again in court.
So, in January this year, I called him. He said probably the second quarter is when he would be ready for me. Probably after taxes were in. In April, I called him and said, I was probably the most patient person he had ever met but I would need to start working a second job for someone very soon - and would prefer it was him. He thought about it and called me back in an hour and said he had been delayed because he was so far behind in his bookkeeping. If I could help him with that, then eventually we could start the programming/website contract work. Which would pay me well enough I could quit my current lower paying job and have money for like food, shelter, health care, etc.
So, I did his bookkeeping in April. Brought him close to being current and THEN... he had to unexpectedly move to another apartment in his complex (long story but was the apartment complex request to accommodate another tenant) the first week of May. He does work long hours normally and when I have called him a few times these past weeks, he says he had a new client with a huge project and he's just not unpacked yet to have me do his bookkeeping.
Long story - I know. Thanks for reading this far and staying awake to do so. :P
My question to my ASAH friends, do you get a feeling on this at all? AM I a fool for thinking this could be a real paying gig anytime soon? He is one of the nicest people I have met in a work situation and I think we are compatible in our working styles. He may have issues that I am of the same gender as his wife. But as I am 10-15 years older than him, I thought I had escaped that female thing and was filling an older sister/aunt role instead.
Any psychic impressions you get and are willing to share would be appreciated.
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