No, today was a first as today was the first time in all 40+ years of my life that I ever went to the restroom to take a shower used the restroom before said shower, stood to flush, looked in the bowl and found a gecko trying to escape. A GECKO was in the toilet where I just sat! A LIVING CREATURE near the nether regions. People, I just cannot even! I don't even like doctors to be down there. I avoid going to see the OB/GYN until I get guilted into going. My heart started racing faster than it did while at the gym. My vision got a little fuzzy and I could only think two things, First, "If I pass out here I am naked and will my daughter know enough to dress me before she calls for paramedics? This floor is tile...the floor of death. EMT's will be involved." and Second, "Gross! I don't blame you I'd want out too." So I did have a bit of restraint to not scream loudly enough to be heard. I slammed the lid down and I flushed. Then I flushed again. Then I peaked to see if it was gone. It was. So I may have sent a gecko to the great eternal pool in the sky. I may have killed one of God's creatures. In my defense, one of us was going to go down and I had a job interview to get to so....
After what will now be referred to as "Gecko Gate" I prepared for my interview. I went with a black dress and simple black sandals. My options were limited and black looks professional, right? I live in a southern state now. It may be the first day of fall but it is still in the 90's here. Not my best plan. I went to my interview with the company my husband has worked for for 20+ years. I arrived before the people who were to interview me. Three men take me through a door in the back that they had to enter a code to enter and up some stairs to a private room. All I could think about during this journey was, "Ok this isn't creepy at all. I'm just going into a private locked cave with three men I've never met and there are stairs involved. Glad I didn't wear heels. It's fine, I work out now. That one is small I can probably take him, the other one looks like I will have to fight a little harder but I'm probably faster and the only one I'm really worried about is the kid that looks like a football player that went to school with my daughters. Nope not worried at all." We arrived and sat around a table and well...I talked more about how great my husband is than myself. This would probably be listed in the "How Not to Interview" handbook that I do not possess. To be fair it has been a good amount of time since I interviewed but I have never even heard of interviewing in a secret layer surrounded by three men. Where I am from the doctor doesn't even go into a room without his nurse. It was a disconcerting and I dealt with the discomfort by doing what I do best...talking to fill the silence as they didn't seem particularly prepared and I also felt safer talking about my husband. Also I sweat through my black dress.
Today has been an interesting day to say the least. When I arrived home I had a message from that same company and I have another interview Monday. Who knows, maybe I will talk my way into a job yet. I got my very first job because I was persistent and wouldn't leave the manager alone until she was basically forced to hire me to shut me up. There will be training involved of course, but I did manage to get licensed to sell real estate in two weeks once upon a time. I also have raised teenagers, and lived through Gecko Gate, I have no fear. I am strong and I really need a job so I can afford things like fresh fish and Netflix.
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Another winner! Keep writing! ❤️
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