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Phone interview is done. I feel it went well especially since he said he would talk to my references and if they had good things to say then he'd contact me so I can go up there and meet him personally, and also meet the other people that work in the lab. So I get to wait - yippie. Well right now I am just focusing on the fact that he is still interested. The position itself sounds good to me. The work though tedious is interesting to me. The funding is part of a plan with the goal to get Oregon higher up in the Biotech world. There is limited funding thus limited pay but honestly if I can afford somewhere to sleep and food to eat money for bills and gas expenses then I am ok with that. So that is what is happening with me. :)

No traveling

Well my interview has been changed to a phone interview due to the interviewer finding out I'm about 4 hours away. I was willing to go up there but a phone interview for the first (if more than one) one should work well. I had another call today from another Researcher I sent my resume to - didn't go well. Although I did learn from it. He suggested brushing up on calculating skill (i.e. figuring out how much solution to add to make a certain concentration). He said his lab was fast paced and was afraid I would get trampled... he talked like it was fast paced after hanging up I felt all flustered. During our conversation he asked me to do a calculation of a concentration I wasn't quite able to do it I know if I see what I'm supposed to do then apply my numbers I'm find I just need to make sure I know how to apply them. The guy said not to feel bad that most didn't get all the way through either. There were other questions dealing with non math things that I knew the answers to - seemed to impress him that way but yet he felt working for him would be a better second job than first. So the fact that he didn't flat out say you suck made me happy. So on Monday about 12 noon say a little prayer for me that the interview goes well and if this is where I'm to go that it works out if not - well that I don't get frustrated and depressed. I'm sure there is something out there for me just don't know where. :)

Closest thing yet

I got another call today. This time from a different person in Portland, I had sent my resume in a week ago and it evidently got buried but the guy who is head of the lab called to see if I was still available. I said yes and he asked if it would too difficult to go to Portland and of course I said no. So he said he'd have his secretary call me and schedule a time for an interview. Well that was earlier today - secretary hasn't called yet so am thinking tomorrow she will. Which means I should go to bed now so I can get up early in case she calls early so I can be awake and alert when I talk to her. :) Yippie! A real interview. Crap! An interview... well no way around it.

Job search continues

Well one of my prospects is no longer... The job in Portland has turned out to be a no go... The position requires weekend work - I was straight forward from the beginning of my beliefs and that I would not work on the Sabbath. The researcher said it was workable but now it turns out he doesn't think it would work which I understand and am happy to have closure on the position so I don't have to think about it anymore. Still waiting on the LLU position... keep checking their web site for postings think I should email the researcher down there soon.
When one door closes... my window might be the call I got today from a technical recruiting agency - I applied for one position with the company and got a call although after talking with a very nice woman about the job I applied for it is not what would be of interest to me as other positions that are often available. She said she will keep looking and keep in contact. She also gave me info to contact her and maybe this will be what I'm looking for. A lot of what she sees is actually in Seattle area...

In other news I have begun to clean out my room. I have a lot of junk. I am a pack rat although have gotten a bit better recently. The more I move the more apt I am to throw things away. Although there are still things I don't need and don't 'play' with that I am keeping but I am significantly decreasing the amount I keep. After I go through everything I should go through it again and throw more away if I can. I have papers from high school that were fun to look at but do I really want to keep them to look at them again in a few years? I really don't know. Probably not... I did throw most away though. Anyone want charcoal and graphite drawing pencils? I don't remember why I ever got them and don't remember using them... also if anyone wants any old Horse Illustrated and Practical Horseman magazines I have quite a few that I am not going to lug around with me where ever I go... anyway time for me to sleep

Job hunting

I currently have two possible leads for a job. One in Portland the other in Loma Linda. I've had more communication with the researcher in Portland but am not getting my hopes up because the job was just posted on Monday and today is Tuesday. I was asked what salary I would expect and gave a reply - it was acceptable now I'm wondering if I should have said I wanted more. Well with all this thinking of jobs I have been looking online at apartments. I am getting anxious and should probably just be patient and not worry about anything till I actually get offered a job or at least till I have an official interview.

Looking at apartments it is apparent that having a roommate would be much cheaper. But I'm not sure I really want to deal with the fun things that come up - I have found I get really protective and anal when it comes to people using my kitchen type things... I don't know if this is a new type thing or if I just didn't have anything to be protective of before but yeah... The major downfall of not having a roommate besides money is that it can be lonely being by yourself. Maybe I should get a pet - a cat or a bird - dogs require one to take them outside or have a yard not up for that much activity or paying that much rent. One type of pet I have had previously but now would not consider is a rodent... due to my masters research. I wonder if you have to pay a deposit for a bird... that might be a good option.

A lake I want to dive

Its kinda odd to be thinking of diving while its snowing outside but I am. There is a lake in Oregon called Clear lake that has claimed visibility of 300 feet. It is also ranked the as the #9 inland dive in the US. I want to go diving there... there is old trees and cool underground terrain to see. One site that had info on diving there the water was 41-46 F which isn't unbearable considering I did my checkout dives in November on the Washington coast, although from another quick search temperature was probably around 48 F. I still think diving Clear lake would be cool - literally :)
Anyone wanna come with me? In the summer maybe? Might have to just make my dad go with me.

Sheets

I dislike making beds. Making a twin bed isn't so bad but I've been sleeping in the guest/computer room on I think a double bed (don't think it is a queen...) I washed the sheets yesterday and instead of making the bed as soon as the sheets were dry I waited till I was ready to get in bed. So of course I'm tired and just want to sleep. It's easy to figure out which was the bottom sheet goes on for a twin but this one - no... I tried one way and it wouldn't fit well so thought I turned it right to try again but evidently didn't. So tried again but still couldn't get it. There is an egg crate on top of the normal mattress so I took that off to see if it would work better but still had problems so tried turning it one more time and it worked well... so well that I thought I should put back the egg crate so I did and voi la it worked. Evil sheets. I was watching Oprah the other day and she said she likes her sheets changed every three days. I'm glad I'm not her house keeper. Wonder if she would change them that often if she had to do it herself - although I'm not sure maybe she does...

I think I call things evil too much.

Just cause I'm thinking of it - Sarah if you read this did you know Kevin G. works at KLDR?