Interview tomorrow

Things seem to be feeling more and more like "home" the longer I've been exposing myself to the community. I was thinking of going to the main office to the apartment complex I'm currently staying in to see if there was any sort of odd jobs I could do around the neighbourhood - not for extra money (although that would be nice, but to just meet people and be a good Samaritan).

I'm feeling pretty good about myself over the past three days. I had a call from a potential employer whom I had a half interview screening, half small talk conversation with that last 33 minutes. I was shocked  It's nice to know that honesty can you get you far in this life; when you meet the right people. This guy (don't want to mention names) seemed to be very outgoing and conscientious of his recruiting. Something that I do admire. He was talking about having drive and working hard in this position I'm applying for and with further pondering of the mind - I know this is something I CAN do. I WILL do!  I think I found my niche.

I say found my niche, even tho the position I'm applying for is not in the publishing industry, because I'm thinking outside the box here. I can see a path to lead to my "dream" job while still being within the company parameters.

Why put the word dream in quotations? Well, simply because of something I had said on this phone call. I had said that my dream job was to work for Cosmopolitan. Upon delving more into what I *meant* to say  ... I simply want to work in the industry of publishing or dealing with words (proofreading or editing) in some form. I think in a round-about way that is what he was asking me when he questioned me about what I would be doing exactly at Cosmo.

I've always had a passion for words; correcting my peers grammar, punctuation and spelling or even doing their English assignments (even for people not in my class or college students while I was in high-school). I wanted to be on the school newspaper committee but wasn't accepted as I was pretty much a social outcast. I didn't even get accepted into the yearbook committee. Most likely, because I wasn't part of the photography club. I'll never know.

Rantings aside, I must get to bed as it is 1:30 AM. I need my beauty sleep for this interview tomorrow.

Moved to New York

So many things have lead me to move to New York. Most important reason - Opportunity.


I've been here in Webster, NY for just a little under a week and overall I've had great interactions with people in the community, minus those three impatient people I ran into. One at Friendlies restaurant (it was another costumer whom could not wait 10 seconds for me to pull up my pants), the post office and the photocopy store.

I've applied to seven jobs online, one in person (even had an interview in the same day), and plan on going to a handful of places in person to apply. The one with the interview told me he'd call me back on Sunday; I waited until 8:00 pm before I called myself. I was told to call back in an hour. I did and was told that the guy who gave me an interview would call me back the next day. I had to go out for a few hours and he could have called while I was out but would never know - don't have an answering machine. I did call when I got home but it just rang and rang. No answer. Finally came to the conclusion that I don't want to put a lot of energy into someone who seems to be avoiding me like the plaque. I'm going to apply to some in person tomorrow.

On a side note, I need to find some other mothers/friends in the area.