May 18, 2006

• So, today I had my interview for that other position at work, which
  started at 2:30. I was
  debating what to wear and decided that a plain blue  button dress
  shirt would be ok. Its a fairly old shirt and sorta thin, but should be
  professional enough to wear. I vetoed wearing a tie. Anywho, I went to
  lunch at 1:15 and was planning on walking to the mall to have Subway
  for lunch. I walked out and looked at the sky, lots of clouds, looked
  like it could rain but the forecast said maybe rain, so I thought to
  myself “I’m only going to be gone for 15 minutes, I’m sure I can make
  it back before it rains. Plus, if it is raining, I’ll go back inside
  and buy an umbrella.” I knew I had to hurry up, because I had to get
  back to work to call and pay for my car which was being fixed. So, I
  was in and out of the mall quickly and as soon as I stepped outside, I
  noticed it had gotten much darker and, lo and behold, it was drizzling.
  Drizzle is the key word. I thought that I could make it before it
  started raining harder and be ok. Well, I go about a hundred feet and I
  could see my thin shirt wasn’t doing so good. Plus, it went from a
  drizzle to a rain and after a minute or so, the fucking shirt was
  nearly soaked. Fuck. I decide that even though I had just gotten
  through eating I had no choice but to do a full all out sprint back to
  work if I was going to have any chance of staying dry for an interview
  that would take place in a little more then a half hour. I get back to
  work, get in the building and look at my soaking wet shirt, not to
  mention the black pants that were also wet. Fuck me, what the fuck was
  I thinking walking to the mall on a cloudy day. I’m was thinking that I
  would walk into the interview with what amounted to a see through dress
  shirt (I was not wearing any thing underneath the dress shirt). This is
  not a good sign. I walk into my boss’s office and she was kind enough
  to give me some paper towels to dry off with. Much to my surprise, it
  worked! The disadvantage of having a thin shirt is that it gets wet and
  you can almost see through it, but the advantage is that if wet, it
  dries quickly. A half hour later, the shirt was as dry as can be!

  First, I had to take some test on the computer for Microsoft Excel. I’m
  a little weak in Excel, but I think I was ok, at least showing I had a
  working knowledge. I started right about 2:40 and finished about 3:20.
  I knew that would be my weak point, so I knew I would have to let my
  resume do the talking and also blow the lady away during the interview.
  Just like every other interview I have been in, I was as cool as the
  other side of the pillow. Sorry people, but I’m fine with interviewing,
  I have never been nervous on an interview, and this was no exception.
  Of course, having 3 1/2 years experience with this type of position
  certainly helps. I got in there about 3:25ish. I’m going to be
  honest……….I bowled her right the fuck over! My theory about
  interviews is that the longer the better. This one lasted ’til almost
  5, and it could have gone longer, but I need to get back to work seeing
  as I was the only one that works from 5-6. Clearly, she liked what I
  had to say. At the end, she told me she was really looking forward to
  interviewing me and was very impressed and that I’m going to give her a
  tough decision. I replied back that I wanted to make it an easy
  decision for her. We really hit it off in the interview, I made her
  laugh several times and I watched her reaction to various things I was
  saying. I have a great feeling about this and will be extremely
  disappointed if I don’t get it. I should know something within a couple
  of weeks.

  Now, I get off work at 6 in the PM. Right about 5:50, I notice that it
  had gotten very dark and cloudy out. VERY DARK. Like, almost tornado
  dark. It didn’t actually start raining until right about 5:58 and by
  the time I got outside, it was a complete and utter downpour. Now,
  usually on my second break I move my car closer to the front of the lot
  (the lot is HUGE and since I have later starting time, I’m usually far
  away) but today I never got a 2nd break, so I wasn’t able to move my
  car up. Also, normally I don’t lock my car door, but I had my sister’s
  car today so I locked it. I stood there, underneath the overhang of the
  building staring at the downpour. There were a couple of ladies
  standing there with umbrellas and I asked them if they wanted to give
  me their umbrellas. Then, I thought “what the fuck!” And took off
  running even harder then I had earlier. About halfway to the car, it
  started hailing. I never realized, but hail hurts. By the time I got in
  the car, I was more wet then I was earlier! What a day. I get rained on
  twice and have a great interview.

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