This is it! the day of the big interview! It is impossible to know if they already have someone lined up for the job and are just interviewing me to comply with requirements. But if that's the case, it takes the pressure off. It doesn't matter what I say. When I read it over, it seems like they would be hard-pressed to have anyone else with my mix of experience. But it does say Ph.D. preferred. I think most people with a Ph.D. would be uninterested in a temporary  one-year position (that only pays $50,000). If so, they would likely not have the community knowledge and connections that I have. Now to make sure I communicate my strengths well.

Awesome Evan-Picone suit? check. Great new haircut? Check. The right shoes, the right jewelry. A good night's sleep? Check. Now for a walk and a good breakfast. I can't lose 10 more pounds before 10 o'clock this morning. And I can't un-bite my fingernails. Here is some information about the clinic that I found on line. http://www.fcs.uga.edu/aspire/staff.html

Yesterday morning, the Captain arrived just as we were leaving. It was a beautiful morning and we had taken a little longer walk. He was here to take a bath. There is only a shower in their apartment. Vanessa  drove herself to the YMCA for exercise class at 10. I dropped Ray off and spent the morning at the Athens Land Trust. I had my laptop with me and was reading up on the faculty at the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. I don't know how much I will remember, but some of them will be vaguely familiar. I was actually surprised at how many people there are that I have never heard of. I guess most of them have not been in Athens as long as I have.

I brought leftovers for lunch and continued my research. I did finally get the schedule for today's interview and fortunately did not need to prepare any sort of presentation. But I became concerned that we would be walking from the office to the Georgia Center for lunch and back and touring the clinic as well. It sounds like I might be on my feet a lot and my shoes, which look great, are not the most comfortable in the world. About 2:30, I headed to Lamar Lewis to look at shoes. They have lots of wonderful comfortable shoes. But the only pair of brown shoes with heels I decided would not be any more comfortable than the ones I have. The rest were not dressy enough. I went to the drug store on the corner and bought some pony tail holders in brown. I looked in the wig store, too, but all they have is wigs, pretty much. How do they sell enough wigs to make a living, all these years? The woman was not particularly friendly, either.

I picked up Ray and we went to T. J. Maxx and Stein Mart to look at shoes as well, but no luck. There were some great ones, sort of a boot style, but the heel was just too high. I don't know how people walk around like that. My knees had to stay bent and my back was starting to hurt. Other than that, I really liked them. At another store, there was a similar pair, even more comfortable, but they only had size 9, way too big. So, I will take my chances. Janna says they might drive me to lunch anyway.



We got home about 4:30. Still sunny and nice. We didn't want to go out on Valentine's Day; it would be a madhouse. I made dinner; it was tasty. I talked on the phone and fell asleep watching TV. I woke up at 3:30, feeling nervous, and was surprised I was able to go back to sleep until 5:30.