TheCyberWriter

Well bloggers, it's official: I have a phone interview on November 29th for a position with the San Diego County assessor's office. It also turns out I will be interviewing with the same panel of 3 people who interviewed me the first time back in May. I'm wondering it they will ask me the same stupid questions, and if so, will I give the same stupid answers? LOL When I say "stupid question" I just mean they asked me a couple of things I was totally clueless about. I was upfront and honest about the things I had experience with. I don't know why, I just don't feel it's in my nature to sugarcoat my abilities. Probably because I would feel like a real ass if I were to get a job and have the company find out that I was completely bogus....When I applied with this county earlier this year, I was in desperate need of a career change. Not from the work I was doing because I loved it, but because I just needed a breath of fresh air. If that meant packing my shit and moving across the country, then so be it. Plus, I do have family in the San Diego area, so it's not like I'd be out there all by myself...I can honestly say that I'm at peace with whatever comes of this interview. What could really go wrong? If I don't get the job, it's no big deal; I found a better job than the last one I had, so that in itself is a major "V" for victory. On the other hand, could landing this job really be so bad?? It could be just the change I have been waiting YEARS for :-) And besides all of this, I need to take my own advice and realize that I can't control everything that happens to me in my life. There's a certain part of life that is simply casting your fate to the wind and letting the cards fall where they may. I'm trying to stay completely neutral on whatever happens; if I'm meant to stay here, I will...but if not...San Diego, here I come!! :-)

Hey bloggers! Gosh I feel like such a slacker! It has been ages since I last updated my blog :-( We have been crazy busy at work and in fact, we took in over $260K in revenue this week, so yes, I have been a busy girl as of lately LOL Sorry I haven't had a chance to drop by and write or read blogs :-(....Tonight I felt compelled to stop by for a number of reasons but mostly because I received a rather unexpected piece of mail tonight when I arrived home....I have spoken about my new job that I started two months ago, right? Well in the 6 months leading up to this new job, I literally endured total hell at the job I left. I was at my wit's end with my previous employer and just decided that after nearly 9 years it was time to just move on. In those 6 months, I was looking for jobs anywhere and everywhere. I have family in California, including in San Diego. I have always been in love with California so while I was job hunting, I applied for a job with the San Diego County's Assessor office. Again, I was desperate for a job, but I was also hopeful for a change in my life/career. The job I applied for was almost identical to the job I was trying to leave. I would say on a scale of 1-10 (10 being most qualified for the job), I was about an 8-9. I knew I wasn't 100% qualified for the job, but enough so that I felt that it was a risk worth taking. I filled out all the proper paperwork including submitting my resume and some examples of work I had done at my then current job. I also believed that no matter how qualified I was, I would never be considered for any jobs out there due to the fact that I live in KS. And plus, I'm not like in management or have this fantastic college degree. So how could I have been an ideal candidate, right? Ok, so after filling out and submitting all the proper papers, I sent everything off in the mail. I thought there was no way in hell I would hear back from anybody out in San Diego and even if I did, it would be a shitty "Thanks but no thanks" letter. After sending everything off in the mail, I forgot that I had even applied for the job in the first place. Well one day I got a letter back from San Diego County's human resources office saying my qualifications were enough to get me through the next round of the selection process. Ok....Not too long after that, I received another letter from them saying the position I had applied for was still open but if I was still interested, I needed to contact them - otherwise, my name would be taken off of the selection list. So I called the number on the letter to confirm that yes, I was still interested in the job. Well a gal called me back and said they wanted to do a phone interview with me. At this point, my head was really spinning, as you could imagine! Here I thought they would never take me seriously being an out of state resident with good, but not extraordinary credentials. I had the phone interview, but I don't think it went as well as I would have liked. I think my personality was good, but they asked me questions about things I knew nothing about...but I expected this. I was honest about what I knew and didn't know. Why lie about what you are qualified for? You're only shooting yourself in the foot by lying...you could get the job and then all the sudden, everything you said in the interview/resume is a sham and you really know nothing afterall LOL Well quite a while after the phone interview, I received a nice letter in the mail saying they had selected someone for the job. It also said that my name would be kept on a list of elegible employment for a whole year (until March of 2007, I believe). I tell you, I wasn't the least bit surprised. And I guess in the same breath, I was glad...as much as I liked the idea of moving on to a new job, I think I was terrified about moving to a place where I would only know a few people...you know??.........Ok, so fast forward to tonight. I get home and what is waiting for me when I got home? You guessed it, another letter from San Diego County. I guess another position like the one I had originally applied for has come open (or perhaps it's the same one and the person they originally selected just didn't work out - who knows?). It was a letter like one I had received before; I have to call them back to confirm whether or not I'm interested in the job. Well a lot has changed since I last applied and interviewed for this job. I have a new job! LOL I think it would be a thrill to be interviewed again. Who knows, maybe the outcome this time will be different? So I guess what I'm wondering is, should I go ahead and go for it and let them know I'm still interested?? Seriously, I have nothing in KS holding me here...it would be scary but exciting at the same time, you know?? Ok, it's your turn to talk back!! :-) Thanks for stopping by to read my blog!!

Ok, now that I have your attention.....LOL I know it has been a week since my last entry, but seriously, I haven't had much to write about :-( I really feel like I'm falling down on my job somehow LOL....I had a really annoying experience today on my lunch break that I really need to vent about. There is a Sonic restaurant right across the street from where I work. I go there everyday for my favorite beverage: their famous cherry limeades :-) About a month and a half ago, I went to this Sonic for my cherry limeade, but on this particular day, I decided to order a Jr. Sonic Burger to go with it. A simple order, right? Well when I received my order, I looked inside the paper bag for my burger. I reached inside to pull the burger out, only to find that half of the wrapper was covered with MUSTARD! Talk about a mess! I had to make sure I didn't get it on me or my clothes. I like mustard, don't get me wrong, but seriously, do you know how hard it is to get it off your clothes?...Fast forward to last Friday...I decided to pay the 'ole Sonic restaurant another visit for lunch. This particular day I'm not hungry for food, so I decide to order an iced tea and a Sonic Blast with Oreo cookies. Again, another simple order, right? The little carhop brings me my order and when she hands the Sonic Blast to me, I take it, only to see that the bottom of the cup has ice cream on it. Well half of it drips off onto my LEATHER jacket! I was so pissed, but I played it off like it was no big deal. She took my cup back to take it inside so it could be wiped down. Luckily she had already given me enough napkins to wipe off my jacket....I decide today will be my last straw for Sonic; if they give me a messy order, I will stop going there - at least for a while. I decide to try them again with yet another simple order: a Coke float. The carhop brings me out my float and I see that the cup has a little dome-shaped lid on top of it. Upon a closer look, I see about an inch of ice cream sticking up out of the hole in the lid. The carhop hands me the cup and in doing so, some of the ice cream drips down onto the inside portion of my car door :-( At the same time, some of the ice cream drips down onto my pants, jacket and interior carpet of my car. Again I was fortunate to have several napkins to wipe up the ice cream, but still...I guess I'm just irritated at how this particular Sonic restaurant just seems to throw shit together for customers' orders. Or they are just careless when it comes to wiping down cups, wrappers, etc. It's also annoying when you go through the drive-thru in a fast food restaurant and your drink is handed to you with pop dripping off the outside of the damn cup. Does the drive-thru person think to have some common courtesy by actually wiping off the outside of the cup?? Is that something a customer is supposed to ask for, or can we just expect such a courtesy??