Roses and Thorns

Last summer I worked for a super fun family.  Each day at dinner they did something called "Roses and Thorns" where each person told a highlight/good thing (rose) and a low or tough moment (thorn) that happened.  I believe they got this tradition from the First Family.  I'm going to share my Rose and Thorn for the week.

Let's start with the Thorn.  On Thursday, I found out the job I'd been interviewing for was offered to the other candidate.  A bummer for sure, but I'd started to get that feeling when I hadn't heard any thing by Monday.  The search continues!

My Rose this week definitely has to be hanging out with two of the snuggliest cats ever in DC.  

I'm house/cat sitting for a friend's neighbor and am really enjoying my time here so far.  I get to see one of my besties pretty often and it feels like I'm in college as I go downstairs in my pajamas and flip flops to get something from his apartment or use his microwave.  I am also planning to check a couple things off my 101 List!  Stay tuned!

A Week Later

What a difference a week can make.  Last Sunday I posted that maybe my luck was changing.  Monday, a friend called and said she'd spoken to someone at a company where I'd applied for a job and asked for my resume.  Tuesday, I got an email about having a phone interview that afternoon.  Thursday, I had a Skype interview with the same company.  Today rounded out the process with an in person interview. 

It has been a crazy week with lots of research, chaos, and some freak outs, but overall each step went well.  The interviewer said he was pleased after the Skype interview and seemed pleased today.  Hopefully, it will lead to an offer.  I should hear by the week's end. 

Fingers crossed!!!

I'm ACTUALLY an Aimeless Wanderer

Okay, so maybe I'm not completely aimless but I am wandering that's for sure!  So my friend, Lauren, told me she'd updated her blog and 101 list and suggested I do the same.  I've thought about it and have been putting it off, but here I am.  My goal is to document progress on my original 101 list by the end of next week and then work on an updated list.

Now, onto my wanderer status.  For the last year or so I'd been itching for some change.  I love Baltimore, but I was "over" Baltimore.  Then, I was laid off from my job at the end of the school year.  Hello, change!  A month later, a friend asked me to house and cat sit in Easton for a few weeks in July/August.  At which point I decided I should end my lease, put my things in storage, and move out of my house.  Hello again, change!

After my time in Easton, I spent a week in North Carolina at the lovely Outer Banks and then the true wandering began.  Now I spend my time either at my mom's place or on the couch/spare bed of a friend.  Two months in, I'm ready for a home.  I miss living in a smoke-free home (my step-dad smokes IN the house).  I miss wandering the house in my undies.  I miss being alone sometimes.  I think I'm ready to say hello to change again very, very soon.

Come on, job interviews!!