Interview Part Dos

I'm very critical of myself. It's not very good for me. So when people ask me how the interview went yesterday it's very hard to say "I think it went well." And I do think it went well, but I always doubt myself. I think they liked me, and I do have some pretty good qualifications, however, when it comes to the main task of the job (composing the newsletter), I have no experience. I don't know how to use Publisher, or Power Point. I've never written a newsletter before.

I did write for a blog though, and I edited John's papers for his English degree. I also transcribed for a friend who was doing his Master's Degree. Hopefully those are qualifications enough for that part of the job.

My experience at CFNI as the Admin Asst and even at the hotel in Dallas before Malachi was born seems to be perfect for this job.

I don't know how long it will take to find out if I got the job. If I do get the job it will be a couple of months before I start because I would need to get a security clearance (cool!). That's good though because that leaves me time to get a house keeper who can stay here with the kids on Wednesday's.

Interview

I have an interview at the Embassy tomorrow! This is very exciting for me! Then again, I haven't interviewed for a job in almost two years, and this interview is a lot scarier than the last one. Unfortunately I don't have the right shoes or clothes for it. So I'll be wearing a sleeveless shirt with my skirt and sandal heels with no stockings. Oh well (I seem to be saying that a lot lately).

In all honesty I know the person I'm applying to work with and I really like her. I get the impression that she likes me too. It helps my fear that I've been to the Embassy a few times already and know that it's just a normal work place when it all comes down to it.

I don't know how long it will take to find out after my interview what will happen. But as soon as I know something I will let y'all know. Wish me luck/say a prayer tomorrow at.

Huh

I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd blogged. I really thought it had been a day or two tops.

John's going to be gone until about 11:30 tonight for work. It's the new President's inauguration tomorrow and there are some higher ups coming from the US (no one I know - don't get excited). So he's going to the hotel they're staying at to be there in case they need him. So from what I understand, he's going to sit in a room for 10 hours and do nothing. And because of all that's going on they're not conducting visa interviews this morning. So...before he goes to the hotel to spend 10 hours doing nothing he's going to spend five hours at his desk doing nothing. I wonder why they didn't let him stay home until he had to go to the hotel. They would've had to pay him overtime for five fewer hours. Oh well.

We've had a boring week. I don't know about other FS wives/moms, but I really think that my honeymoon period here lasted about one night. This week has pretty much been normal. I've realized that no matter what country I live in, I'm the same person. I don't know why I thought I'd be different, but I did. But nope, I'm still just the same ol' boring me. Poor kids.

This house we live in is huge! It's so much work to take care of! I should really clean the floors every day, but I've only done the bottom floor once this week, and the top not at all. I really need to get better at that.I haven't had to clean a house in so long that I'm having a hard time getting back into it. Hopefully next week John can start calling people for me, since I can't speak Spanish, who we can interview for maid work. I can't wait to have someone here to help out!

Still no word on the job at the Embassy - not even a call for the interview. I guess it takes a while to see if I'm even eligible for the job (I am).

John and Malachi planted the top of a pineapple last night. We probably won't get any fruit from it, but it's supposed to be really pretty as it's growing. The next family that lives here will have some nice pineapple though.

I have a flickr account with some photos on it. I'll put a link on the side bar so people can see what's going on here. There are only a few pictures so far because I can't dump a bunch of pictures onto our netbook. Our computer should be here in 2-3 weeks (the HHE is in country!!! It got here on Monday!!!), so then I can start uploading more pictures. I have pictures on a few different memory cards, so I'm going to have to organize it all. Bleh.

So, I guess I'm in a down mood right now. You can probably tell. I'm not always like this. I promise.