And then?

Couple of things that I need to get out of the way first before I give you all the updates

I am addicted to sweet mint lifesavers as well as the candy corn colored Hershey kisses (they try to be candy corn flavored, however, they woefully fall short…addicted nonetheless)
 
I got a call today from a creditor asking about the delinquent AT&T bill (my company’s bill, I am now at a point in my life where I can proudly say, I pay my bills on time, dammit)
 
Ok first of all, do you have to tell me your whole life story when you get a live human being? I mean, you press ‘0’ to talk with someone and you ask for the appropriate department
 
I can’t tell you how many times I have had to politely (ok sometimes not so politely) interrupt someone and say, let me transfer you to HR (who a) never answers her phone and b) never returns calls, although after I mentioned to the VP of HR that ASD doesn’t in fact do anything, she has been better about answering, for like a day, I digress) or to accounts payable, etc.
 
Ok so that’s not what my rant was about, however, it fit, so there
 
Anyway, I let the Controller know that said collection agency was on the phone, and he just laughed and said, put it into voicemail
 
And yes, to those that are following along, this is the same Controller that lied to a vendor about why we haven’t paid our bills on time
 
I am beyond being shocked by such behavior…its just so shady how things are run around here, I can’t even stand it anymore…I won’t even address him anymore, he just does his thing and I look down my nose at him
 
(I am about a foot taller and yes, I know its not very Buddhist like, its about progress not perfection remember?)
 
On to more happy news
 
I am interviewing today for a position that I was vetted for by Stanford staffing. Which means that I already have an inside track because I have spent time with staffing and they wouldn’t send me over if I wasn’t a good candidate, etc.
 
I also spent some time with another person at staffing and she relayed to me about some of the burning questions that I have had about past interviews.
 
Apparently the first one that I interviewed for that checked references the next day, and to which I got overly expectant and excited has been put into a holding pattern of some sort and nothing has happened for 2 months with that position
 
Secondly, my interview last week where I knew someone from my previous tenure at Stanford went so well that I thought because of our past work life connection that it was a lock
 
Indeed I am told by staffing that I am a top candidate, they haven’t finished up meeting with people yet
 
On a sad note, I was actually contacted by someone from the second rounds I did last week and although I had great skills (yada yada yada) they went with someone with more development experience with is totally fair and I think that’s a smart move on their part
 
That’s all there is to report at the moment
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Oh wait…Mar’s schedule changed she now is home every night so that we can eat dinner together and go for walks as well as she is now doing plated desserts downstairs at the fancy new restaurant her bakery is now housed in…exciting to be able to actually use all of her baking and pastry training
 
And still not a peep out of Paul and I say good riddance really
 
And D thinks I am gorgeous, can’t wait to come home to see me and really, I over thought that whole situation anyway
 
Back to my life squeezing several days worth of work into (checks clock) 2 hours prior to leaving for interview
 
Did I mention the HR guy that wanted to lay me off will be in the meeting today? Good times