it has become bitterly cold and i don't like it much.

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Gem had a second interview with a major hotel chain yesterday.

i can't believe the hoops she's expected to jump through. there was a first interview, in which she and the Hiring Person had a two hour conversation about Gem and her present position, what she is looking for, and the basic expectations of the job. the second interview was more of the same, and included a twenty-eight page test and a credit and background check.

the third step is yet another twenty-eight page test, a pee-pee test, and a psychological test. then at the fourth step, i believe the final offer is discussed and t's crossed.

is it just me or is this a bit of overkill? what's next, blood? DNA? a check of your family tree? i mean, for real. it's a JOB, in a HOTEL, not a government position with access to national secrets and the Noc list.

jeez.

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i don't think i want even my mother having that much information about me.

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we discussed it, Gem and i. at this point in our lives (i'm five years younger) we're looking to de-stressify. (yes, it's in the Netta Dictionary.) we've raised our kids, it's just us, and the frenetic pace of life is getting to be too much.

thing is, people like us get sucked into more than we bargained for. neither one of us has ever had a job in which we remained in the position we were hired for. it just creeps up on you before you know it.

look at me. i started here two days a week as a fill-in.

*sigh*

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tomorrow morning, she has another second interview with a different place. five days a week, benefits, bonus program...different industry, but she was much more comfortable there and that means a lot more to her right now than taking on another load of stress.

tomorrow will be the definitive word. i believe it's a done deal. she was cleaning out the files today, making sure i know where everything is and what it means.

i wish i didn't know what it means.

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she said to me, you're a race horse. what i want to know is, what's holding you back?

i don't know what that means. i don't have an answer.

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tomorrow morning the Withered One is off for a round of chemo. we watched part of American Idol together, and then she was off to sleepies.

she cracks me up. i love making her laugh.

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watching L.A. Ink makes me want to get another tattoo. the knight has threatened me with a tattoo of a different kind should i fulfill that desire.

it might be worth it.

*snort*


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