I had an interview...

Although I am still employed at the plating company, with the boss who wants to quit...I have been continuing my search for a job.

And I got a call...

On a job I applied for over 3 months ago.

And I had an interview - yesterday.

And, they want to see me again next week.

Yea me!!!

Actually, when I got there I was told there had been 45 applicants for the position - and they narrowed it down to two. I am one of those two.

Oh....and they actually have 2 positions available.

Problem is - one pays a lot less than the other - and they both pay less than what I am currently making.

However - the jobs are at a very very good private University.

I want the job that offers 40 hours a week. Not because of more pay - but because the job is database management (something I've done for the last 8 years)...and it would be getting in on the ground floor of a new huge project.

I want that job.

The benefits are unreal. The chance for advancement is wonderful.

And its a very very stable environment.

And, they liked me :)

Another problem....they want me to come in next Wednesday at 9:00am.

Uh...I am working.....

They know this.

So now I have to lie and come up with some excuse to be away from work. And, I do not get paid when I am not there.

But I really want the job.

The man I would work with seemed so great. Retired military. We talked for 1-1/2 hrs - and that was after an interview with another man in the office!

I am trying not to get too excited about it.

Thats not easy

So please...cross your fingers and toes for me.

Don't cross your eyes though....they might get stuck like that.

Catching up...

Ok ok, so I've been away for a bit.

Did you miss me?

Sigh...didn't even know I was gone did you?

I wish I could say I've been so busy having fun that I didn't have time to write - but I would be lying. And, I don't want to do that.

Actually, I've been working, doing the usual chores around the house, spending time with Mom and not a whole lot else.

Work is driving me nutso - so, the search is continuing. In the last few days I have applied for an admin assistant job for a shoe company that has a distribution center within bike riding distance...a dispatch position with a freight company within 2 miles of here, oh...and a zoning officer for a small village exactly 6.8 miles from here and it has a population of 430 people!

The boss is a nice enough guy - but he has said he is looking for another job. And since they made my position in order to support him...well, if he goes what happens to me? His answer? "Oh, they will find you something to do..."

I don't want to do "something" for the rest of my life.

Anyway....

Oh, and I got the car fixed - again. So far so good...knock on wood (ouch ouch ouch)...

Mom had her 85th birthday last Thursday. And, even though she has had multiple strokes, she is still an amazing woman. I gave her a little trinket box with elephants on it (she loves em) and I figured instead of getting her jewelry again I got her 50 $1 scratch off lottery tickets.

She was in heaven :)

She sat and scratched them off immediately. She won a little money so that Saturday I took her shopping. And what did she buy?

Jewelry.

Yep...a little ruby ring.

But, it made her happy.

Let's see, what else....

oh..the roomie.

He is still the roomie. He tells me tonight we may not do the Vegas trip in October after all.

sigh...

The one thing I have been looking forward to....ohwell...

No, no reason - just no trip.

Kind of like the trip we were supposed to take a few weekends ago that never materialized either. It was never mentioned again.

Ahhh...the roomie.

Ok, so that's it for now. I think I am basically caught up.

What's been happening in your world?