A Smatterin' of Stuff

A few short tidbits today:

• My pre-interview phone interview on Friday went quite well. After a fairly long discussion, I was told that there are nine "very qualified applicants" and that the executive search company will send "only a few" on to the organization itself. My heart sunk, knowing almost beyond a doubt who at least two of those highly qualified applicants are (and they're good!). My hope was resurrected, though, when the interviewers agreed out-loud that I was "at the top of that list."
• I got an e-mail at 6 PM today from a former co-worker who now works at the Seattle office of an international ad agency, saying that the company wants to hire immediately for a variety of positions, among them Interactive Producer, Interactive Designer, and Project Manager. She asked that anyone interested call her, which I did immediately. It's not education-oriented, not with or for kids, and not nonprofit... but it could be focused on media production and it could represent a chance to be creative again. I have an interview tomorrow at 1:30.
• I decided to update my hairstyle (and color) and went for a gutsy new look, from a blunt bob to major layering. Elisabeth's high school friend, who is now a stylist, did it (and we took this picture to send to Elisabeth who's on another biz trip). What d'ya think?
  
• Since we've lived in this house, five couples/families have moved in next door. Within two years, every single one of the couples have divorced. About two years ago, a very nice (but extremely scarce) couple moved in. He works at Microsoft and she teaches first grade. I had high hopes that they'd be the first couple to defy the haunting legacy of the house. But sadly, on Saturday morning when I took Shasta out I noticed him and a friend loading a bar-b-que and a variety of boxes into a pick-up. I expect the "For Sale" sign to go up any day now. Is there a way to warn couples who might be looking at the house?!
• Tom spent the weekend building a bridge in the front yard and I spent the weekend shoveling more cedar chips and hauling them to the backyard -- and I'm not finished yet! Next, Tom will design and build the dry creek bed, put up the boulder that will hold the front lamp, and THEN I get my split rail fence!
• When Boo stayed out all night and worried us all, Bailey decided that fur is fur and cuddled up with Shasta to pass the time until Boo came home (with a mole!!).
  
• We're expecting temperatures of the mid-to-high 80's tomorrow in Seattle. On days like this, there's no more beautiful city in the world!