A little anxiety

I have to admit - even as confident I am that everything will be fine and she will have a tremendous time - I had a couple of small anxiety attacks this evening as we prepped Sloanie's luggage for her trip. Tomorrow evening she and some of her 8th grade class will be flying out to Washington, D.C. for the week. They will be taking in such landmarks and memorable locations as Mount Vernon, The National Cathedral, Capitol Hill, The Supreme Court, Arlington National Cemetery, The White House, and more. This is huge as she has never been to the East Coast and has been fascinated and wanting to go after hearing my stories about New York, Pennsylvania, and knowing Amy was born in upstate New York and lived for a time in Florida.

But I am not going with her, hence my anxiety.

Even as I say that, though, I am quite certain the entire trip will go off without a hitch (weather notwithstanding) and I know we have done everything to ensure she has everything she will need.

She will have fun and I am so happy she has this opportunity.

In other news.....

I had two phone interviews last week, one on Thursday and one on Friday. Thursday's was with a software developer based in Milpitas and the conversation went very well. I emailed samples of the projects I have worked on or directly produced at my previous employers and am just waiting to hear back to schedule a sit-down interview at the company's headquarters; I think I have fallen victim to the holiday weekend, so I am going to remain upbeat and assume I will hear back tomorrow or Tuesday.

The second phone interview also went very well and the potential employer is an architect firm that needs a marketing coordinator to develop and produce presentations and materials to be used when they go for bids. After the phone interview, the hiring manager went ahead and scheduled me to come in Tuesday to their Fremont office.I am excited about both of these possibilities but am trying not to get my hopes up too much. If nothing else, the interviews will help to get me back in the practice of interviewing......

But that doesn't mean I wouldn't take one of the jobs if offered!