LTB time

Life trumps blogging for me right now. I told the landlady that we would empty my mother's house by December 1. That was about six weeks ago. About two weeks ago, I realized that was maybe a bit too ambitious. By then, however, she had listed the house with a real estate agent and scheduled a cleaning crew for the first of the month. So, we really need to get this done.

That and another secret project (which I will write about here if it goes well) have been a cause of a lot of stress the last couple of weeks, since I wasn't sure they would both be completed on time. But I'm now at the much more relaxed point of being confident that they will get done. The secret project has a good draft. Emptying the house has a good plan.

In the meantime, I accidentally discovered a good way to prepare for a job hunt. A friend of mine sent me sample interview questions (thanks, Hilary!) on the same day that I needed to spend about four hours driving. I asked and answered questions using my voice recorder. I did not fully transcribe the tape, but I did make some notes from it, mostly noting the stories that seem to work the best. I have read that the best way to answer those interview questions that begin "Describe a time when...." is to have three to five stories ready that illustrate what I want to say and tie it, however loosely, to the question that is asked (think like a politician on Meet the Press). Since that worked so well, I also used this list of interview questions. After three days of this, I got bored and quit, but I think it helped with my rhythm, my thinking, and my stories.     #

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