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Update For Inquiring Minds.

The interview yesterday went well I think. It's hard to tell when the interviewer has a pokerface the entire time to get a totally accurate impression but I still feel pretty good about it. I certainly asked more questions than I ever have in interviews previously and I even mentioned that I had looked at what databases they had on their website which I had done one other time but I think it worked better here. The only thing that could sink me is if they found someone who had professional budget management experience. She really hopes to have someone in place by Election Day but I guess this is dependent on when she can meet with the board so it may not be until December. I'm not postponing the surgery unless I have a good reason to. As far as living there, there is a apartment building right next door. I don't know if there's any vacancies but that would be great if I could work that out.

Not that anyone asked but, the doctor's appointments went well on Thursday. There were two snags, however. One, I forgot the pre-op sheet I needed the doctor to fill out and fax to my orthopedist so my mother had to drive back home to get it but she was back by the time I finished with the bloodwork downstairs so it worked out all right. The second wasn't really a snag but more of an added bonus of the non-exciting variety: my orthopedist wanted to personally talk with me instead of me just going in to fill out forms. This was actually good because he also wanted to prescribe the meds I'll take after the surgery and talk about stuff like that so more was crammed into the two hour chunk of my day than I expected is surgery we're talking about here so it's all good.

I found out this afternoon that my parents have to drive our guests to JFK tomorrow night. I was under the impression someone else was doing that. Oh well...
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