Category: Just me being me

I’d like to wish each and every one of my Pocketful readers a Happy Thanksgiving!

I feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and amazingly supportive friends.

Someone recently asked me how I can keep such a positive outlook when things have been difficult. My answer to them was that I focus on the good things in life and the bad things will work themselves out.

So many wonderful things have happened this year: my husband and I recently celebrated our third anniversary; we were blessed to have gotten pregnant with our son (who we can’t wait to meet); our furry baby, Potter, survived a really scary health crisis; we finally sold our house; and so much more.

As you gather around the table with your loved ones to celebrate the holiday, I wish you good health and happiness.

And I leave you with this image from the People website (all credit goes to them for the image). I’m not typically a ‘cat person’ but I recognize that look on his face from my own family waiting for dinner to be served.  Enjoy!

I honestly thought being unemployed would be more relaxing.

I mean, I knew as a crazy list maker that I’d find things to do each day. However, I really thought that I’d have time to sit around and watch daytime TV or read a book. I imagined myself taking long walks around Lake Elkhorn and making lots of lunch plans with my friends. I have a few prenatal yoga DVDs that I thought I’d be bored of by now, but I haven’t even opened them yet.

I’ve only been out of work for 2 ½ weeks, but I swear I’ve been busier than I was when I was working!

Between putting the house together after our big move, working on some freelance projects, random errands, a quick trip to NYC with my family, working with BVU on their huge holiday party/fundraising event and applying & interviewing for jobs, I’ve been running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off.

Next week, my husband and I will be going away for a super awesome 7 day cruise to the Caribbean, so I’m looking at that as enforced relaxation time. Of course, leading up until then I still have to deal with two Thanksgivings (one at my house, one at my MIL’s house), pack for the trip, run even more errands and finish some freelance postcard designs.

I should have some big news to share soon (as if selling our house, getting pregnant and losing a job wasn’t enough for this fall), perhaps as early as this afternoon. Let’s just say that I might not have much more time to sit around my house and “do nothing”…

I had another job interview today and it was awesome.

A couple weeks ago I participated in a phone interview with a four person search committee. I thought it went well and was pleasantly surprised when I was invited for an in-person interview.

However, I was a bit intimidated by their invitation because the in-person interview was scheduled for TWO HOURS. In addition to interviewing with their search committee and the head of the program, they also asked me to prepare a 10 minute presentation (with visuals) on how I would market their program.

Holy Wowzers!

So, I procrastinated a little.

And then a little more.

Then I starting doing some research and scribbling down my thoughts.

The day before the interview, I spent five hours straight finalizing what I wanted to say and putting together a PowerPoint presentation.

This morning I went over everything again and loaded up my trusty thumb drive.

I left my house super early to make sure I wouldn’t get lost (it’s been known to happen…A LOT) and got there about 30 minutes before my meeting. After hanging out in my car a little while, finding the building, stopping at the restroom to straighten myself up, and finding the proper office, I went into “interview mode.”

The presentation seemed to go great, with the committee smiling and nodding a lot. The Q&A afterwards also went well and I feel like I got across everything that I wanted to. I asked lots of questions so that they could tell that I’m interested in the position. I then had the chance to meet the man who would be my new boss and I really liked him too.

I sailed out of there feeling like a million dollars and now I have to sit and wait to see if I get the position. I know that I did my absolute best, but it’s possible that however many other people they interviewed did just as well or better than me.

So, I’ll sit and wait. Cross your fingers for me, okay?