Today has been nerve-racking. I had a dream that I was 3 hours late to my interview, and I thought I was doing really well on time, feeling really good, until I looked at the clock and realized I'd already missed it by a long shot. My stomach has been tied up too, and I don't know if it's from the food we had last night or not.
We went to Downtown McKinney last night for their Ghost Tour, which was completely un-scary. It was more like a history lesson of the area. But the McKinney square is so cute and fun that we had fun walking around and ate dinner at a tapas place that had really good bacon-wrapped dates and steak over potatoes with a sauce that tasted like nacho cheese, and a few other dishes that weren't worth mentioning. We wanted to go walk around more, but we both had massive headaches and I had a stomachache so we came back home. Today we determined that our headaches were from our attempt to use our gas fireplace for the first time. We got it lit and everything, but it smelled like gas really bad. We turned it off, but the smell hung around for awhile.
Too bad neither of us have any idea how to fix the problem so we can use the fireplace!
I'm worried that I will bomb the interview tomorrow (just like I felt like I did on the first one), and I'll be stuck at Flower Mound for even longer. I think it's just an internal worry because I heard through the grapevine that I actually did really well on the first interview, there was just someone who was more ready than me. So of course my thought is: if I did so great, why didn't I get the store? I must not have done well enough.
As long as I do well enough to get the store tomorrow, I will be fine. I'll actually be really excited, not only for a pay raise, but for a change of scenery and a chance to do my own thing. And who knows- maybe I'll actually be able to spend more time with my family in Houston over the holidays (instead of working around someone else's schedule!).
This time around feels different already, I feel like I have my manager's support, and the support of the city manager who interviewed me for the other store, plus the support from HR. And one of the guys I've worked with for over 2 years told me that he had no doubt in his mind that I could do the job and be good at it. It's really nice to hear all of those things, but do they really boil down to me getting the job? I guess we'll find out tomorrow...
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