Aside from the fact that I had to work from 7Am to 1Pm, I also had an interview at 2PM and I had an appointment with the Genius Bar at 4PM. Talk about a busy day.
So work was the same old same old, but as the morning went on, I started to get nervous. After all, that's what I do. I purchased a new outfit he day before since a great deal of the clothes I have are not the most professional looking (not to mention the fact that I am in between sizes and my clothes do not fit just right.) I bought a pair of black pants and a shirt that I honestly wouldn't have picked out for myself before, but when I put it on, it just seemed to work. Its basically that black nylon stretchy material and it has a white and green design running across it. I thought I looked very professional.
So once 1 o' clock rolls around, I change and head out to Woodward Avenue Elementary School. I wasn't sure what to expect since the position just said "Media." After getting myself lost and frantically calling Tammy to get directions (thank you sooooo much by the way!) I arrive just on time. When I arrived I was told that they were running a few minutes behind and to go ahead and look over the interview questions while I waited. There were about 11 questions, so I sat and formulated my answers. A great deal of my nerves went away after I felt I had come up with some fairly decent answers. I also discovered at this point that the questions were for a Media Specialist position, which also helped calm my nerves since now I knew exactly what the position was for.
When I went into the interview room, I was introduced to Mr. Broxton, the principal, and Mr. Hayes, the AP. I sat down and they told me that there was nothing to worry about and that I was going to do fine. At this point I felt fairly confident anyway because I had a chance to look at the exact questions, but I smiled and the interview started. After about 4 questions, Mr Broxton stopped and told me that he was very impressed with the quality of the answers that I was giving and that I was doing very well. That of course gave me even more confidence and we continued with the interview. I answered all of the questions to the best of my ability and once the questions were over, I received an excellent compliment that scared me at first.
Mr. Broxton stops and says, "You concern me a little. You answered the questions with such a quality that I am afraid that my questionnaire was leaked to MySpace or something." He laughed and I was relieved at his compliment. I mentioned that he did give me the question ahead of time and his response was, "Yes, but I give everyone the questions ahead of time to relieve the pressure and I still do not get the answers you just gave us." Once again I was flattered and probably neon red from nerves and shyness at this point. He also told me that he could see the passion I had for what I do. After all of his comments I felt so comfortable with the job I had done that I was probably smiling ear to ear. I thanked them for their time and appreciated the opportunity to speak with them.
Before I left, they did mention that they will have to select someone soon because the media center would need to be set up prior to the pre-planning week of school so that the teachers could come in and get their materials. I haven't heard anything yet, but it has only been a couple days and I am sure they probably had to go through a great deal of interviews. I am hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. It would be fantastic to be able to get a teaching job and since it is at an elementary school library, I would be around children's books all day.. there is nothing wrong with that considering I collect them. We will just have to see. I appreciate all of the prayers and good wishes. I just hope that good news is on the horizon.
After the interview I was feeling fairly good about everything so I was not as annoyed as I headed back to the genius bar for part two of this disaster. When I walked in I checked in and waited to be called. I only had to wait about 5 minutes and then I got to sit down with one of the geniuses. The only thing they did was to try and turn the computer on and to reset the settings. Neither of which worked and both of which I could have told you. Ricky and I suspected the video processor, but it could have been a few other things. This apparent genius looks up and says, "It looks like it might be the video processor, but it could be a couple other things." Really? You think?
So he filled out the paperwork and had my computer sent off to Apple to be repaired. As it turns out, I received my computer in the mail today. Apparently, it was not my video processor, but in fact my logic board was faulty. So they replaced it for me and now I am back in business. I will give them the fact that I got my computer back fairly quickly and they were efficient, but considering the fact that my "appointment" took all of 10 minutes I have no idea why they couldn't have seen me on Saturday. That is a bit ridiculous.
After all of the events of the day, I decided that cooking was out, so I stopped and got Goodfellas pizza for dinner. I received a coupon for a free pizza so i figured that was in my price range and call in my order. Once I got home, I changed into PJs and waited for Ricky to get home. I think he may have been home for 15 minutes and then I passed out on the couch. The next thing I know, its 10PM and Ricky had already gone to bed. SO I went upstairs and passed back out. I slept for about 12 hours. Ridiculous.
I guess I did have a long day...
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