A Collapsed Bridge, Coffee and Waiting

YESTERDAY, a bridge section of I35W collapsed, plunging cars and other vehicles into the Mississippi River. I worry about friends who travel to Minneapolis. Yesterday, I checked on the Ex and he's okay.

It's a peculiar feeling of worry. Kind of like when I receive news of some disaster in my home province in the Philippines and my hometowns. I feel like rushing there to help. I think about friends who live and work there. I feel the same way about Minnesota. I guess part of me considers the state one of my homes.

As I type this I am also think about a phone interview I finished this morning. I think I did well. There were some sections where I rambled. But all in all, I was more relaxed and it was more of a conversation rather than an all out sales pitch. I was also able to ask some good questions.

So now I wait.

I wait for final results on the SoCal job.

I wait for possibly an on-site interview for the San Francisco job.

And I wait for an on-site interview invitation from the Boulder, Colorado job.

I need to shape up and attend to my thank you cards. And I just discovered that I made date error on my SoCal job application. I'll be attending to these tonight, tomorrow and over the weekend.

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In other news, I'm getting better at making coffee. Getting the hang of blended frappuchinos and I've been starting to learn espresso drinks. Today I made my first cappuchino and I'm pretty sure it was a correctly made one and adhered to the 10-second rule. I like the people I work with and I look forward to coffee and the company.

Good News for Ms. N and Ms. C

TODAY has been a day for good news for both me and C. we both got replies or signs of life from several companies we have applied to. This morning C. shared news about a development with a Texas company application which she interviewed with two months ago. Nothing definite yet but definitely something positive. She was asked to do an online evaluation test. C. has also gotten a few more calls from the recruiting company, albeit nothing definite as well.

On the other hand, I got a call today from a company I have always wanted to work for: Starbucks! In the quest for a full-time job, I of course need a part-time job. And one of my dream part-time jobs is to become a barista for Starbucks. Could it be this dream will soon come true? I've set an interview with the university branch manager for tomorrow afternoon. Tonight I will dream of free coffee!