here I go again

So I didn't get the job I interviewed for last week. Bummer. I got the call today and I was pretty sad. It was this super chaotic moment, but I saw the call was from USU so I answered it anyway. I was just letting the dog out (side note-I am house and dog sitting this week, which has turned out to be kind of a nightmare with my already insane work schedule) to go potty, which they have him do on the front lawn. Normally this would not be a big deal because it's a relatively quiet street, but they live next door the the Town Club on South Temple (some sort of private hall, country club or reception center looking building) and there were suddenly a lot of elderly women flocking to the club...I assume for a fancy luncheon of some sort because is was around 11:00am. Anyway, I also had Mia with me (the 2 year old I take care of) and there was a neighbor dog barking somewhere. So as I answered the call, I'm suddenly thinking Fergus (the dog) might start barking at the other dog or run off or try to jump on the ladies walking by or that Mia would start screaming about nothing (not uncommon) but I answered the phone anyway. I was pretty disappointed that I didn't get the job. Luckily, my dog+toddler situation was under control and they both went back in to the house, so I lucked out.

So I was feeling pretty sad about things and decided to take the kids to McDonald's for lunch, mostly because I didn't feel like making anything for lunch at this point, partly because french fries taste better when I'm sad, and partly because the kids needed some playground time, which they haven't been getting due to all the rain this week, so I drove the extra 4 minutes down the road to the McDonald's with a play place.

As we are walking in to the place, my phone rings and it is USU calling again (I know this because all USU on campus numbers start with 797) so I answer it again because I'm hoping it's the other call I was waiting for, and it was. It was for another interview, this one with the Retention and First Year Experience Office (the other one was in Athletics). This office handles many things on campus, but the main function is obviously retaining students. They due this a number of ways of course, but their big events each year are SOAR (Student Orientation and Registration) and Connections, which is basically freshmen/new student orientation the week before school starts to kick off the year. I had the chance to work with some people from the RFYE office while I was working in Admissions and I think they are all great and would be so fun to work with. I love working with new students and I would definitely get to incorporate the things I learned in Admissions, plus I would be doing some new and challenging things too.

Anyway, so I take the call while I have all 3 kids wondering where we are going to sit and when we can get our food. They were actually pretty patient, but I was stressed for a minute because they wanted to schedule an interview for Thursday or Friday and I work both days. So I told her I would call her right back. So over the next 10 minutes I am ordering food, wrangling 3 chilrdren, and texting the other nanny I work with to try and work out the schedule for Friday and then confirming with the director for Friday at 4:00. Kristi (the other nanny) should be able to come in early and cover the end of my shift so I can leave by 2:00 and be to Logan in time for my interview. She has to work at her internship that morning, but if her client shows up on time and everything goes as it should, she should be done on time. So I am hoping and hoping that things work out. Being late for an interview is pretty bad, even with the excuse of a long drive.

So to make a long story even longer, I was super bummed for about 45 minutes and then I've been very excited the rest of the day. I really want to leave my current job...there are more reasons every day. I feel like Logan is where I should be right now and USU is such a great place to work. I love working in student services and I think the Retention office would be a really good fit for me.

So if you feel so inclined, please keep me in your thoughts over the next couple of days and I will let everyone know as soon as I find out. I'm starting to get very discouraged+low self esteem because I have applied for several jobs at this point and still nothing. I just keep hoping something is going to work out, and I really hope this is it.