So near and yet so far

I am sitting here at the UNLV Student Union waiting to process some hiring papers with the Starbucks assistant branch manager and the Hiring manager. I wonder if this will really push through. I really hope it does. I'm so psyched to be a barista.

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Two phone interviews scheduled next week:

San Francisco job
Tuesday July 31
2 p.m. Pacific Time

Boulder, CO job
Thursday August 2
9 a.m. Pacific Time

The tricky thing here is if I get offered the California job on the same week and if they do offer a work visa. This is going to be a tough choice. It's going to be one of those times that one needs to do a Pros and Cons list.

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In the middle of this hopeful time comes a Murphy's Law instance. "Things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance." This time it's our phone line. for some reason, my mother just decided to switch carriers without telling my sister and I. And so I was sitting at my sister's PC composing an e-mail to Boulder Colorado HR person when my internet connection went zonk. About the same time, C. called my cellphone and said she hasn't been able to get through to my landline. I though of the Boulder interview, which at that time was scheduled on Monday, and thought oh no! Murphy's Law.

It seemed that I was going to have to take the calls on my cellphone. And we all know that even that is susceptible to Murphy's Law. But we'll see. According to Vonage, we are supposed to get some doohicky in the mail and that this is what we need to get our phone working again.

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I have always dreamed of living and working in San Francisco. It's my kind of city. Unfortunately, it is also an expensive city. One of the most expensive places to live, in fact. I'm kind of excited about the interview, but I wonder if it will be feasible for me.

I met a fellow-Filipino today. Her name is M. and she works at Starbucks. :)