My PSU roommate just reminded me of another class that I almost failed because of my complete and utter disinterest in the class. P-Chem. But I oculd have sworn that my roommate was in the class when I had the female professor that always wore this BIG and by BIG I mean “So freaking GINORMOUS I can’t believe it didn’t wiegh her down” torquise stone belt. We used to joke that she could do magic with that thing. Her name was Barbara something…

I seriously went so that I could play with the kids and hang out with the moms, who are friends of mine. And one of them owns a business with her husband. They need some help with their business… mostly data entry and taking care of things around the office. I happen to need a job. So I start on Monday morning. Isn’t life kind of crazy like that? I should go to these playgroups more often.

Who knows how the interview went. I HATE talking on the phone. The only thing worse than talking on the phone is INTERVIEWING over the phone. And the only worse than that is interviewing on the phone with THREE women. Oh my. I mean, they asked me questions that they all knew the answers to because we have talked about this kind of stuff before. And I can’t believe that I went through it.

Then, immediately following my interview, I called the professor of the other section of my lab. And he talked with me for over an hour. AN HOUR! And he said that I should stick around one more year and then maybe move on because the place where I am working is becoming notorious for keeping people on a temporary basis. And that isn’t what I want.

It is 7:15 in the morning here and I am worried about my long term future as well as the fact that I haven’t put a single note on paper for class today and I haven’t finished grading everything that I needed graded. Can anyone say shit creek without a paddle? I knew you could.

I was going through my files and I came across this syllabus. I am pretty sure I didn’t share the thought at the top with the professor, but can you tell my commitment level from the comment? =)

Well I got an email last night asking me if I would be available for a conference call interview this evening at 7:30. Holy freak out batman. Because first of all, how do you interview with 3 people over the phone? And secondly, less than 24 hours to prepare for an interview for a job that you might willingly consider severing a leg for… Thank god I have a little leads up on the rest of the candidates. I have taught there before AND I have te old syllabi for the classes they needed filled.

IIIIEEEE!

Today at work I had my first blow out with one of my co-workers. It really wasn’t a blow out, it was more of me stating my mind. I am in charge of an event on Friday. That’s cool. Except the person who is supposed to be telling me what to do with the event, because he would normally be in charge of it, but is going on vacation, has left me in the dark on certain issues. I know it isn’t intentional, but my biggest pet peeve in life is when people make me look like an idiot. Trust me I am more than capable of making myself look like an idiot. I don’t need anyone else’s help.

So when the two of us went off-site today to do some errands, I told him that I was stressed out and upset that he made me look like an idiot at our meeting this morning in front of the whole staff. After it was all said and done he said that he was really glad I talked to him about it. That it was a good sign of communication and then he apologized. He also asked if there was anything he could do to make me feel better. This afternoon was spent working with him on a project to help get me more prepared for Friday’s event. I was very thankful he took the time today to help me out. He also said he was very glad that I wasn’t passive and that I can voice my opinion when I needed to and he was impressed with that. So all-in-all today ended on a good note, even if it didn’t start out on a good one.