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Tina · 05-29-2011 12:59 PM

Congratulations on the job offer! Definately learn what you can first, then make the best decision for you. Memorial Day kind of puts everything on hold, but hopefully Tuesday you'll have a better idea of what to do. I'd say go for it!

Moirawr · 05-29-2011 01:38 PM

As Tina has pointed out, Monday is Memorial Day here. I did not manage to get a hold of her today but look forward to getting a phone call on Tuesday or phoning her back again.

Ish · 05-30-2011 01:06 AM

Hey Moira. Congratulations on the job offer!
and you are very beautiful

your new profile picture is just great!!

Moirawr · 05-30-2011 05:12 AM

Thanks, Ish!

Kirsten · 05-30-2011 01:42 PM

Congrats on the job offer, Moria. Yes, your profile is lovely, such a beautiful lady you are.

Celes · 05-30-2011 03:03 PM

Hey Moira, congrats on your job offer!! :hug:

It sounds like a really fantastic offer, so I do hope you get to accept it. Let us know how your discussion with the lady goes! And your glamor shots look amazing! I love your eyes by the way - I think they're stunning!

Moirawr · 05-31-2011 09:59 AM

I am hoping that the offer they extend to me will be something worth me accepting. I will probably find out tomorrow! I am pretty excited about that.

Thank you guys for the compliments. You have definitely made my head swell more, which it didn't need. I am honestly a very vain person. Haha! But at the same time, you guys are all so lovely too! I am happy being me but so insanely jealous of you guys at the same time!

Moirawr · 06-01-2011 01:16 AM

Okay, I spoke with the HR representative this morning and it turns out because it's been over six months since my initial interview, I would have go through the process again. I was on their list to hire but my background check took too long to clear and they had no more spaces available when it finally came back. That is what I had figured happened since they did call me afterwards and tell me to keep an eye out for postings in the area still! I am glad they contacted me and I have an interview on Friday!

Also, I questioned the HR manager a bit and found out the classes would be starting in August and if I needed to be in slightly later classes so I can still cover my supervisor's maternity leave, they would be able to do that for me! So I am thinking that this could work out well for me. I won't have to leave my friend and boss in a lurch and then I can rise to the opportunities knocking on my door! I am pretty excited about this now! She took away any doubts I had about putting myself into this job application.

stacey_dream · 06-01-2011 02:32 AM

That's how it happens when we know exactly what we want. You're doing great and I know everything will be even better than you can imagine. We spend the most part of our lives at work, that's why I understand how important this choice is for you. Good luck on Friday! :-*

Moirawr · 06-01-2011 04:05 AM

Thanks, Stace! I am actually not too worried about the interview because I aced the interview when I went in last year! And I have to say that I am much more qualified for the job now than I was then. The job has to do with the medical insurance part of the corporation and I have since been trained with regards to patient privacy and the laws here in the states applicable to these jobs. When I went in for the original interview last year I had to look up what some of the terms meant! So things can only go my way, I think!

Moirawr · 06-03-2011 10:06 AM

Quick update: I totally went out running today!

Interview tomorrow. Running again, apparently.

Disneyland next week.

I'm pretty excited in general.

stacey_dream · 06-03-2011 11:49 AM

(06-03-2011 10:06 AM)Moirawr Wrote: Disneyland next week.
I'm pretty excited in general.

Take me with you!!!! :dance:

You're doing great, I'm so happy for you! glomp

Moirawr · 06-04-2011 07:44 AM

I do have an extra ticket. I am not sure how that happened, nor what I am going to do with it. Too bad you are so far away!

Quick update, I did well in my group interview and passed into the one on one manger interview but that will not be until much later this month because I was actually part of the pre-selection process; they have not begun the regular interviews. I interviewed with one other woman who was also part of the last group last year and another gentleman that they recruited from a job fair; so I think it is a pretty good bet that as long as I do not blow the manager interview that I should get hired! Nancy did, however, suggest I work on my interview questions and sounding more confident. (It is MUCH easier for me to sound confident here on the forums when I am taking my time to write a thoughtful reply and not staring into someone's eyes while they judge me! Interviews are always tough, even when you know you have confidence somewhere in you!)

So I think I will get my Aunt to work on those with me when I get back from Disneyland. I could spend a weekend over at her place, eat with her family, and have some one on one time with her. I think this could be nice all around. I will definitely have to set that up!

Also, I don't think I will go running today. After running yesterday I ended up having a really runny nose and I did not understand why until I was watching the news this morning. The wind has blown the smoke from a fire several hundred miles away all over our city. It looked like overcast today but there really wasn't a cloud in the sky. Needless to say, my respiratory system has not been up to par after huffing in quite a bit of that yesterday. Hopefully I will join my sister and her fiancée jogging later in the week!

Glenn · 06-07-2011 09:54 PM

Hi Moira, I only just got around to viewing your photos. Very impressive, you look great! Your photographer has done a great job with the lighting too. Did you do your own make up, or was there a make up artist involved?

Moirawr · 06-08-2011 07:51 AM

Thanks, Glenn! Cindy is quite the professional and she does do really good work. I thought the lighting came out wonderful as well.

I had my make-up done for the photos but by "done" I mean that I had one of the other employees at the studio throw on some make-up in about 10-15 minutes after we had both gotten off quite long shifts. The young lady who did it was quite excited because we see each other often at work and I am more often bare faced than wearing any sort of make-up. I told her to go wild and she did so. I think she did a fabulous job as well, though that is definitely more make-up than I wear on a normal basis.

Like I mentioned above, I am the office associate for the store that their portrait studio is located in so I'm quite familiar with all their employees. That just made it all the more fun, honestly!

Also, I won't be around for a couple days because I'll be going off on a road trip and Disneyland the next couple of days. I'm not too big of a fan of smart phones and prefer to keep it simple and out of reach during vacations so I just won't be around much. I may check in once at the hotel. We'll see. Hopefully I will be having too great of a time to think about the internet at all!

Tina · 06-09-2011 05:22 AM

Have fun in Disneyland! I've never been there, but I've been to Walt Disney World a few times. Love it. Congrats on moving forward with the interview. I'm sure you'll do great with the manager interview. It's great that you got some feedback on how to improve your interview, though. And it shows they want you there because they're telling you what you should do to be accepted. You'll get it for sure!

Moirawr · 06-13-2011 08:38 AM

Disneyland pictures can be found here for anyone who is interested. We had a complete blast and even managed to spend our time wisely and get on almost all the rides. I'm a geek who is sad I did not get to go on Star Tours, the somewhat new Star Wars ride. But other than that, we made really good use of the fast passes and the fact that it was cool and overcast in California that day. Lucky for us, we didn't really have to wait in any lines for more than a half hour!

It was fun. I would totally go again, though I think next time we trek to California it might be more fun to do something a bit more grown up. Or Sea World. Haha! I think my poor boyfriend would protest too many more roller coasters though. He's going back home next month and I am pretty sad about that, but hopefully I will manage to save up the funds to go visit him in Guatemala this Christmas. We shall see how things go if I get this new job! That would certainly help.

I intend to do some interview prep with my aunt, probably next weekend.

hannah · 06-13-2011 09:42 AM

It looks like you guys had so much fun! Your smile is so adorable btw, I love how you have a hige smile on in every pic

I am glad you are back, the forums aren't the same without you!!
So your bf usually lives away form you and you guys keep a long-distance relationship? That must be hard

Moirawr · 06-13-2011 10:31 PM

Aww, thanks, Hannah! It was all sorts of exciting and fun. I had not been to Disneyland since I was five or six years old so it was pretty awesome. And why not have a good time? We surely did.

Yeah, my boyfriend is from Guatemala and doesn't have a student or work visa, which are fairly hard to get these days. So he spends the six months he can here on his travel visa and I am trying to get down there as well. A lot of people have suggested that we just get married so he can stay here, but we both want to make sure that it will be a one time thing before we take that step. So during the down time, we spend an awful lot of time on Skype chatting there and keeping up to date with each other's lives. It's not that fun, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Some days I am tempted to just give it all up and we can both move to Costa Rica, who is quite happy to take in all sorts of ex-patriots. This actually makes the problem more weird, because he does not want to stay in Guatemala and I am not particularly fond of the idea of staying in the states. I grew up living abroad and traveling and I want the same for my children if I ever settle down and have them. I think it gave me a wider view of the world and people and their cultures and that is definitely something I would want to spread to the next generation.

On a more update-worthy note, I have taken a pledge to put at least 10% of all my paychecks into savings since I spent quite a bit of money when I went waltzing to California and I am not comfortable having my savings be so minimal. I have a list of things to do today, as I am off work, and should probably get to those sooner rather than later.

Moirawr · 06-23-2011 02:16 AM

I haven't been doing too much that I have wanted to lately. I haven't been doing yoga or running and I actually missed a day of writing this week, breaking my 230+ day streak. I have decided that I am okay with the writing slip-up though, because I don't want to use that as an excuse to stop writing! I don't think that would be helpful to me at all. Maybe the day will come when I don't have to use writing to get to the bottom of my goals and motivate myself. I am not sure, but in the meantime, I am writing again.

I still have those Hot Yoga classes I could go to. I have until September 20th, and I am seriously considering not going until after my boyfriend leaves in about a month. Since we won't see each other for about half a year, I don't really want to spend 90 minutes plus commute at a yoga studio several times a week right now. He is leaving on the 24th of July; I am just happy he will be here on the 1st which is my birthday. I am not sure what we are going to do yet but hopefully it will be lovely.

I got a bit discouraged this past week because I've been trying so hard to get some very important things done. I am finally moving the car I drive into my name and trying to get it registered and a local license. (I'm still using one from my previous state of residence, which means I cannot use the library!) But there has been a hiccup with that due to my not being able to pass an emissions test, not because my car emits anything worse than normal - but because the computer chip in my car is faulty and tells the machine that tests it that there is something wrong with my transmission, which there is not. And since it's a computer issue, it would cost way more to replace than my car is actually worth. So I am unsure how to go about this right now, but I'd really appreciate my car being legal.

A really big part of me just wants to buy a bike now. This is way too much trouble. One of my dreams is that I will be able to live in an area where I don't have to own a car and I can walk to the market and anywhere of note. There is always ways to get around that for longer trips. Car rentals, etc.

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