It will stop raining eventually

[ksmith]

...rumor has it.

Yes, it's raining again in northern Illinois. I should sell my house and buy an ark.

One good thing that happened today amidst the lousy weather and such was that I found out from a friend that it took months for her to get any interviews after she applied for jobs via our internal search system. I have three applications outstanding, two of which are a couple of months old. I had pretty much given up hope of hearing anything, but now I may have a little reason to hope.

Funny. In another newsgroup, I told someone that two months is like a few minutes when you're dealing with a Large Multinational Company. Looks like I should have believed my own adage.

Anyway, I hope I get at least one interview out of all this.

I'm moved to a brand-new office area--I think I mentioned that. Finally bought a plant to make the place feel a shade more lived-in, an ivy in a small bowl painted to look like a very circular goldfish. Think I'll take a digipic of it and turn it into an avatar. It looks the way I sometimes feel.

Comments

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

I used to live in Illinois and one year the Des Plaines river flooded a mile from its normal banks, and my husband's family really did use the neighbor's dingy to go to the store for supplies...essentials, like chips and cola.

And two months really is an eyeblink with the bigbig corps. The boss goes on vacation (gets sick, business trip, blah) then has to catch up, now the budget is off so must delay some expense (read new hire) until he does some black magic with the forecast. I think you know this drill all too well. When it comes together, they'll want you yesterday.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The Des Plaines flooded again before Memorial Day. Getting a month's worth of rain in three days tends to lead to things like that. Supposedly they surpassed the amount past flood stage record that was set in 1986. However, the river crested ahead of time and I think water receded more quickly than expected, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

Yeah, I know how corporate timelines run. But the minutes hang like hours when you're hunting for a change.