So, I know what you're saying. "Wierd. She posted some random letter in which she addresses her own immune system as though it can answer and then says nothing for over a month. Obviously, she's lost her mind." And while, that may be the case, it's not the reason for the extended silence. The reason for that would be the Arkansas trip and my attempt at getting the job of my dreams. It was a situation that ended up dragging on and on for a while and will likely end up in a two part post.
So, the 2nd week of October (wow, that seems like an eternity ago), I got a phone call from a crime lab down in Arkansas for a phone interview. At this point, I was intrigued but not too hyped considering, I've had plenty of phone interviews that came to nothing. I scheduled it for the next morning, and let me say, that I have never had a phone interview go that well before. It was one of those things were it seems like everything just clicked. At the end of the phone interview, I was asked if it would be possible for me to fly down for a face-to-face interview. I have not been that excited in a long time! I was so excited that despite the fact that it was then, still only 10:30 in the morning (early for those of us who work 2nds :P ), I woke Nathan up to tell him the news, then made him get up out of bed and stay awake with me because I was obviously too hyper at this point be awake by myself and would end up talking to myself or the cats until he woke up again. He's a trooper.
After being advised to keep the momentum going (thanks Mom), I scheduled things fairly quickly, and ended up only having to wait roughly two weeks to go down there. Also, there's no way I could have scheduled things that quickly without all the help I got from family. You guys are amazing. During the two weeks I had to wait, I told myself I wasn't going to think about it and was only going to tell the people that needed to know. No point in reading too much into it, or getting too excited......
That lasted all of a couple days.
To be fair, the not telling too many people thing lasted longer than that. But within a couple of days I had already thoroughly explored craigslist for possible future apartments/houses and was thinking about how we would pull off a move at the last minute if we had to. I COULDN'T HELP IT!!!! I was too excited at the idea of finally getting a forensics job and being settled! I tried to resist but couldn't. And since I felt guilty about it, I decided I'd just yell at Nathan for "jinxing it" any time he talked about getting the job.
Honestly, sometimes I don't know how he puts up with me...
The not telling anybody except my family thing lasted until the weekend before I left. Then, I kinda told Marci and Phil...then Dani....then Jess....then anybody else who asked. Whoops. I'm pretty impressed I lasted that long. I am horrible at keeping my own secrets. Keeping a secret for someone else is no problem. Myself? Totally not possible.
Then, finally, after two weeks of waiting, and fighting with my body about whether or not it was going to get sick (refer to previous post), it was time to go! Sunday morning, we woke up at 6:30 in the morning and Nathan drove me to the Milwaukee airport and dropped me off, despite having to work 3-12 that day. In case you're wondering, yes, he did rack up tons of bonus points for being amazing during this whole thing. I had forgotten what it was like to be up that early. And despite being a nervous wreck (I haaaaate flying, and this was the first time I was flying by myself....wow that makes me sound like I'm 10), I was very eager to experience the whole thing. I was determined to enjoy myself and take in the whole experience, no matter the outcome. And since this is beginning to turn into a novel, I'll stop the first part here. It seems an appropriate spot. Also, it's 2 am, and sleep will be necessary soon. :)
"Weird" :P ;)
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