we have power
I’m sure you’re all waiting to hear about the interview. I’ll get to that in a minute. Getting ready for my interview this morning was a bit more exciting than I would have liked. Not long after we got up this morning, thunderstorms moved in. As Bryan and I were sitting down to breakfast the lights flashed. I immediately said, “Maybe I should go dry my hair.” Bryan said, “Definitely.” So I dried my hair and curled it. As soon as I unplugged my curling iron the power went out, almost as if I had caused the power outage. We continued our breakfast by candlelight. When I was finished with breakfast, I still had to brush my teeth and put my makeup on. Brushing my teeth wasn’t a problem and fortunately we have a window in our bathroom so I could turn the bathroom mirror in such a way that it reflected the light coming in from the window and put my makeup on. It was a bit too more excitement than I would have liked but everything worked out fine. Bryan was kind enough to get the car and pick me up at the front door of our apartment. He had to go to work anyway, so he drove half way and then we traded spots and I drove the rest of the way to my interview. Since the power was out, we left 1/2 an hour early, not knowing if there would be traffic lights out, which gave me about five minutes to sit in the library’s parking lot and just listen to the rain. I arrived at the interview 10 minutes early which gave me time to collect my thoughts and just breathe.
The interview itself went quite well. Interviewing with people I know helped and practicing with Bryan for four days also helped. Several of the questions that we had thought they could possibly ask were asked in different forms. I’m so glad we practiced. Bryan having worked at a circulation desk before really helped because he helped me think of different scenarios they might ask me about. After the interview, I felt quite confident and was so proud of myself. I should hear something by the end of next week because they want to get someone trained as soon as possible since several people are leaving or going on vacation. I’ll let you know anything as soon as I know.
When I came home after the interview, we still didn’t have power. In fact, we didn’t have power until 2:45pm, which was more than six hours without power. We had to go out for lunch because our gas stove doesn’t work without electricity. It gave us lots of time to read and I ended up reading more than 70 pages and finishing 
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, my 7th book of the summer. The only unfortunate thing about the power being out is such a silly thing but I missed what could have been a very exciting day on Days of Our Lives, I know I can always catch up online.
Tuesday night and last night, I got a lot of knitting done. It’s amazing what can be done with nervousness and a few hours to just relax. I managed to finish the color stripe I was working on on the Log Cabin Blanket and am now 8 of 9 garter ridges through the next stripe. After I finish this stripe, I have two more left. I may even have it done by the end of the weekend.
Sorry for the lack of photos, it just didn’t seem to be a post that could use any photos. I promise photos of the blanket when it’s finished will be posted.
kelly said,
July 20, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
You guys got some of our storms! Glad to hear they weren’t as bad for you as they were here.
Yay for you & doing great on your interview! (Good thing you got your hair done before your power went out… bad hair days have a terrible affect on one’s confidence!)I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!
kelly said,
July 21, 2006 @ 5:48 am
Sounds like the interview went well -that’s great!
Which days did you miss - I can send you a summary (though I’m a little behind)
Erin said,
July 21, 2006 @ 6:51 am
I’m so glad to hear your interview went well! I knew it would!
It sounds like you got very lucky with the power outage and finishing up your hair before it really went out!
Jessica said,
July 22, 2006 @ 7:53 am
I knew the interview would go well - but I’ll still keep everything crossed until you hear something! Sending good thoughts your way!