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Well, I've got 2 job interviews for Clark County next week, both for LOA (Legal Office Assistant), one possibly for LOA II (it starts at $28k a year as opposed to LOA I's $26k a year).
Now, as we all know, I would dearly love to get the fuck out of the Excalibur. Taking a position at LOA I means I only really lose out on $300 a month, and there is always the possiblity of a raise popping up there.
I did our budget tonight, and even with Rob not working, if I actually pull my 40 hrs a week, we're not doing too bad. We survive. This truck isn't too much more for insurance, but it is a lot worse on gas. We're looking into buying a smaller car from Jeff - I think it's a Nissan, Rob says it's a Datsun, Jeff hasn't e-mailed me back so I won't find out for sure til Friday (if he shows up and if I can pin him down at all).
I'm just kind of looking things over because if I am offered the chance at one of these positions I don't want to have to haggle for more money and possibly sour the deal. I just want to be able to take the job. Now, in all truth, since that is what I'm concentrating on - truth, I won't be offered the job. These are both full-time positions, and the County really doesn't like to put 'outsiders' in full-time slots. They'd rather do lateral promotions and work their most loyal pt/hrly's into the full-time positions. Or I'll go to the interview & they'll tell me they're hiring two or three pt/hrly's & would I be interested in doing that? Call me pessimistic, but we'll all know for sure when I post an update next week. Not only that, but the County loves to do multiple-person interviews, where a board of administrators sit & interview you as if you're going before a parole board meeting or something. I never know who to make eye contact with, or for how long, or who to try to impress most. It's a lost cause.
Tried a new cake out tonight. I mixed some raspberry & cherry pie fillings, added dark chocolate chips & slivered almonds & made an upside-down cake w/devil's food cake... It didn't come out of the pan cleanly because the chocolate chips had melted into a cohesive layer of semi-solid chocolate. Once I did get it all out of the pan (non-stick my arse!), well, it looked like bloody, chunky iron-rich diarrhea. Once I got past the disgust, sitting there looking at my plate & thinking I've seen more appetizing-looking aborted harlequin fetuses on rotten.com & ogrish, well, it tasted pretty darned good. However, I don't think I'll be offering it to my coworkers for our St. Patty's (aka Damballah's) Day potluck. Rob wouldn't even eat any of it.
Now, as we all know, I would dearly love to get the fuck out of the Excalibur. Taking a position at LOA I means I only really lose out on $300 a month, and there is always the possiblity of a raise popping up there.
I did our budget tonight, and even with Rob not working, if I actually pull my 40 hrs a week, we're not doing too bad. We survive. This truck isn't too much more for insurance, but it is a lot worse on gas. We're looking into buying a smaller car from Jeff - I think it's a Nissan, Rob says it's a Datsun, Jeff hasn't e-mailed me back so I won't find out for sure til Friday (if he shows up and if I can pin him down at all).
I'm just kind of looking things over because if I am offered the chance at one of these positions I don't want to have to haggle for more money and possibly sour the deal. I just want to be able to take the job. Now, in all truth, since that is what I'm concentrating on - truth, I won't be offered the job. These are both full-time positions, and the County really doesn't like to put 'outsiders' in full-time slots. They'd rather do lateral promotions and work their most loyal pt/hrly's into the full-time positions. Or I'll go to the interview & they'll tell me they're hiring two or three pt/hrly's & would I be interested in doing that? Call me pessimistic, but we'll all know for sure when I post an update next week. Not only that, but the County loves to do multiple-person interviews, where a board of administrators sit & interview you as if you're going before a parole board meeting or something. I never know who to make eye contact with, or for how long, or who to try to impress most. It's a lost cause.
Tried a new cake out tonight. I mixed some raspberry & cherry pie fillings, added dark chocolate chips & slivered almonds & made an upside-down cake w/devil's food cake... It didn't come out of the pan cleanly because the chocolate chips had melted into a cohesive layer of semi-solid chocolate. Once I did get it all out of the pan (non-stick my arse!), well, it looked like bloody, chunky iron-rich diarrhea. Once I got past the disgust, sitting there looking at my plate & thinking I've seen more appetizing-looking aborted harlequin fetuses on rotten.com & ogrish, well, it tasted pretty darned good. However, I don't think I'll be offering it to my coworkers for our St. Patty's (aka Damballah's) Day potluck. Rob wouldn't even eat any of it.
