Follow up and wait

Our walk Friday morning was a memorable one. I had an in-person interview and needed to get my day going early. We trotted down Verbrick to Adams and turned left. As we did, I looked to the sky to witness something I’d never considered before. In the East, the rose, and scarlet, and oranges painted the sky. In the West, I discovered the lavender, and blue, and turquoise slipping away and it looked just like “the blue hour.” At the end of each day, Doc calls that last bit of light before darkness takes hold the blue hour. He says that the blue hour chases the sun to its next destination. But now it was the sun chasing this blue hour. Almost as if the day was reversing itself. I thought about that for quite a while.

The interview that day went very well for me. I really enjoyed learning about the details that you only get in an interview and meeting the team I would work with via video conference. I’ve conducted video conferences in a sales setting but not in an interview so this wasn’t unnerving. That was good. I remember my first video conference. I was so nervous and the technology was new. I wasn’t confident then, but I was on Friday. I felt so relaxed and it felt good. My answers flowed and, again, it felt good. I’m so ready to get back into the workplace, I can taste it! I miss the dynamics of being on a team, being accountable to someone other than myself and my husband, and being a contributor. But, I was the first one to interview, there are nine more and I won’t know anything more until closer to Thanksgiving. Time to follow up and wait.

Saturday I worked on Mrs. Claus’ new bodice. Doc and I play Santa and Mrs. Claus, respectively, for several children’s events. Our interpretation is 19th century so it’s really Father Christmas and his wife. To get into the mood to sew dark green velvet, I warmed a Yankee Candle tart called “Christmas Eve.” It has a lovely spicy scent with notes of evergreen. At a certain point, I needed Doc’s opinion about the trim I would use so I called him into the room. We narrowed the plethora of choice down to something manageable and off he went. The next thing I knew, Doc was in the attic getting out the Christmas cards and his notes from last year’s holiday. An hour later he was near manic when I asked what the rush was on Christmas details. I mean, Thanksgiving is still 10 days away. And that’s when it hit me….the tart! Anyone in marketing and advertising knows the power of stimulating the senses and the sense of smell is one of the most influential. I warmed the tart to put me in the mood and didn’t think about what it would do to him. It sure did a number on him and we had a good laugh over it.

Today I had another in-person interview. Again, I feel really good about how it went. Like the interview on Friday, this is a new position and it’s important for the company to get the right person in place. As I look back at my past employment, there’s only one that wasn’t a new or dramatically changed position. I seem to gravitate to new opportunities. I’ll have to think about that. If you’re wondering which one I would take if I were offered both (several people have asked), I say, “How fortunate to have that dilemma.” So while I wait, in my follow up I’ll create the case for both of these employers to see me as the perfect fit and at the same time, continue the search, and do my homework.