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[Bumper]

Originally Posted by Mercy

I think I lost my prescription sunglasses!!! And I'm leaving for vacation on Saturday.... please pray I find them as I am about as blind as a bat these days

I thought that was your particular area of expertise? I had that happen to me once on holiday. Ended up going to one of those two-hour opticians and buying a pair. A vacation item I had not budgeted for. Good luck finding them.

[Buggirl]

Originally Posted by leedsb

Doesn't sound like something you want to get used to.

ya think?

Originally Posted by roni

I am so sorry. That must itch

I have a friend who sat in some whilst skinny dipping and had to ride his motorcycle from Missouri to Houston, TX three days later.

Ouchie

oh, your poor friend- I've called in sick the past couple of days. There's no way I can work as is.

Originally Posted by UnoMasMezcal

This is too good.

I mix the misery of poison oak with (short dress and thong) in my brain and come up with sexy. That's an outdoor gurl right there!

I'm sorry Sara, poison oak/ivy/sumac doesn't have much effect on me. I waller in it often enough I'm a bit desensitized.

It's nasty looking stuff though when it sets in. I have friends that have gotten it in "extremely sensitive areas" before. Takes a month to go away.

It BETTER not take a month to go away And if you could see the after effects- there would be no sexy on the brain

[TJordan]

Staying in a hotel room for work can be really boring...

[PlayaGroom]

Originally Posted by TJordan

Staying in a hotel room for work can be really boring...

Go exploring!

[Uno]

Originally Posted by PlayaGroom

Go exploring!

Yup. Enjoy the different surroundings. I've seen a lot cool stuff and met a lot of cool people on the company dime.

[Sue]

Originally Posted by Mercy

I think I lost my prescription sunglasses!!! And I'm leaving for vacation on Saturday.... please pray I find them as I am about as blind as a bat these days

Originally Posted by Bumper

I thought that was your particular area of expertise? I had that happen to me once on holiday. Ended up going to one of those two-hour opticians and buying a pair. A vacation item I had not budgeted for. Good luck finding them.

God is in the tub!

[BonnyW]

Originally Posted by Buggirl

I can't sleep. I unknowingly sat down in poison ivy on the 4th of July (in a short dress and a thong). I'll spare you all the rest of the gruesome details. I'm hopped up on 'roids as we speak (waiting for it to take it's normal course of action was NOT an option). This is not my first experience with PI in that area (see running thread for story). Nature hates me

How's that for random?

Ouch. Not random...purposeful.
Ask your doc for Cloderm. You'll only be able to use it for 2 weeks--butt it works...

Originally Posted by melliedee

Aw, nuts. I think I just mangled my phone interview. Awkward setup, tough questions. I think I was short on details. It only lasted about 15 minutes. I'll know soon if I'm invited to campus but I don't have my hopes up like the other job.

Bright side: at least my cover letter and teaching philosophy finally got a bite.

However, you might have done better than the unknown other person(s). The committee has a list of scripted questions they need to get through--and so can't really deviate from it. Don't be surprised (a.k.a be prepared) if they call back to ask more questions.

[melliedee]

Originally Posted by BonnyW

However, you might have done better than the unknown other person(s). The committee has a list of scripted questions they need to get through--and so can't really deviate from it. Don't be surprised (a.k.a be prepared) if they call back to ask more questions.

I just felt so nervous and out of my element. You think it'd be less so on the phone, but I think I would have done better face to face. I had all these notes and smart things I wanted to say, and I felt afterward like I'd just plowed through it and bungled it. I'm glad I brushed up on ye olde composition theory, though. They DID ask one about that!

Nothing to be done but wait and see. I appreciate all of the advice; if anything, this has been a good experience for me.

[PlayaGroom]

Originally Posted by melliedee

I just felt so nervous and out of my element. You think it'd be less so on the phone, but I think I would have done better face to face. I had all these notes and smart things I wanted to say, and I felt afterward like I'd just plowed through it and bungled it. I'm glad I brushed up on ye olde composition theory, though. They DID ask one about that!

Nothing to be done but wait and see. I appreciate all of the advice; if anything, this has been a good experience for me.

Like you said, at least you got an interview!

I'm the same way with phone interviews. My last job's main interview was over the phone. The manager lived in Maryland, and had a very east coast accent, and talked fast, and kind of quiet. She did the interview on speakerphone from her blackberry, so there was a little delay each time either of us said anything, and it sounded like we were a million miles away from each other. We cut each other off mid-sentence quite a few times, and there were a couple awkward silences when we waited too long for the other to respond. I felt like an idiot; no flow whatsoever to the conversation.

But, I got the job. So I wish you the same fortune!

[Sol]

Originally Posted by melliedee

Aw, nuts. I think I just mangled my phone interview. Awkward setup, tough questions. I think I was short on details. It only lasted about 15 minutes. I'll know soon if I'm invited to campus but I don't have my hopes up like the other job.

Bright side: at least my cover letter and teaching philosophy finally got a bite.

Don't feel bad. Like Bonny said the committee has a list of questions to which they must adhere. 15 minutes is very good. If they have a number of candidates to interview, then, they are not going to do long phone interviews. Because of individual schedules, it's hard to get a committee together especially during summer break, so the process of interviewing candidates has to be done in a day or two.

[Sol]

Originally Posted by melliedee

I just felt so nervous and out of my element. You think it'd be less so on the phone, but I think I would have done better face to face. I had all these notes and smart things I wanted to say, and I felt afterward like I'd just plowed through it and bungled it. I'm glad I brushed up on ye olde composition theory, though. They DID ask one about that!

Nothing to be done but wait and see. I appreciate all of the advice; if anything, this has been a good experience for me.

You probably did better than what you think. I'm keeping my fingers triple-crossed for you.

[Buggirl]

Good luck, Mel! I've had 2 terrible phone interviews in my life and 1 great one. I got the 2 jobs with the terrible interview and not the one that I thought I rocked I guess I'm not that good at reading myself- hopefully you're not either!

[fireinmn]

Happy thoughts coming your way Mel!

[TJordan]

Originally Posted by PlayaGroom

Go exploring!

Originally Posted by UnoMasMezcal

Yup. Enjoy the different surroundings. I've seen a lot cool stuff and met a lot of cool people on the company dime.

I would, but unfortunatly the hotel way away from anywhere exciting, and I really don't want to take the company truck out and about.

[user 6507]

It is ridiculously hot here. The cats look like they're dead. They are dumb and should hang out downstairs. The beer.....well it's getting warm too fast. It's time for a very tall rum and coke. At least the lawn is turning brown and I won't have to mow it....