Comments | simoneponine: Yay! Somebody wants to hire me!!

simoneponine

Yay! Somebody wants to hire me!!

Feb 14, 2006 10:10

I just got a phone call! I have a job interview this afternoon! I am not a total loser!

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hakeema February 14 2006, 19:09:05 UTC

Well, let me be the first to wish you luck via LJ.

Carrie Sue

simoneponine February 14 2006, 19:19:15 UTC

Thanks! I'll let you know how it goes.

And glad you got some rest and work isn't so trying *every* day. I admire your ability to put up with such things-- not jobs for the faint of heart.

And I'm sure the kids are glad you are there.

Congrats! gravitastic February 14 2006, 19:28:05 UTC

Congrats! They were probably just intimidated by your experience + vast over-qualification on paper. But once they meet you, they'll love you.

Re: Congrats! simoneponine February 14 2006, 19:38:00 UTC

Hey-- been thinking about you. Are you buried under the snow? Did your power go out?

How is YOUR new position going?

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Re: Congrats! gravitastic February 14 2006, 21:56:22 UTC

New position is a hoot. Despite understaffing and too much travel. Going to New York next week... trying to negotiate Seattle late April for a whole week of training. I'll keep you in the loop.

Snow was vastly over-rated. People here overreact. Washington is so Type-A that we raided the stores before the storms hit, then everyone stayed in for the entire weekend. Hardly anything happened. Will & I went grocery shopping sunday... it was eerie. Like a ghost town. This town needs a giant Xanax.

Re: Congrats! simoneponine February 15 2006, 01:51:59 UTC

You were right-- my new boss totally loves me! And I think she is cool, too. I am almost *excited* to go back to work.

Glad to hear D.C. is not as bad off as they were making it sound.

I hope I can get away to come up to Seattle in April-- for now, at least I am working weekends. But if you are there for a whole week, I should be able to come up for at least part of it. . .

priestess_grrrl February 14 2006, 21:04:59 UTC

wow, how cool! What kind of job is it?

simoneponine February 15 2006, 01:49:20 UTC

Basically the same thing I was doing in Indiana. You know me and the social work. Although I must say that working with developmentally disabled adults is much less challenging than working with emotionally disturbed children.

So, yeah, I got a job in a group home, working with people with Autism, Mental Retardation, etc. . . I haven't met the guys yet (there are five residents) but they sound relatively low maintenance and potentially fun, and my new boss is really cool! She is fairly young (mid-thirties I'd say) and fun and full of energy with a low tolerance for bullshit. And she totally loved me, which is always nice, too!

priestess_grrrl February 15 2006, 02:28:38 UTC

wow, that's great! Is this one actually not in the middle of the night, or...?

simoneponine February 15 2006, 02:37:00 UTC

No, although in some ways I would have preferred that. But I got swing shift, 2pm-10pm. Which is cool, it means I get to take the guys out into the community and do stuff with them (dinner, special olympics bowling, walks in the park, etc. . .) Graveyard works well for me in other ways-- that way my dogs are just sleeping while I'm gone (and not awake and bored and staring out the window waiting for me to come home) and I'm a night owl anyway and there is usually dead time I can use to do school stuff (when I am motivated). But swing is okay, too. But I was planning on hitting the gym in the morning after I got off work if I had graveyard, and now I'll have to find a gym that is open way late. All the Curves around here close at like 7pm. I might have to go to a gym with *boys*. Eeeeeeewwwww.