That I have never had a formal interview before... EVER. Yes, I am 23 have worked in three or four jobs (without much of a break since I was 16.5) and have never interviewed. I haven't even had a "fake" training type interview. Absolutely NO interview experience (have you caught onto that yet?)... until yesterday.
I realized this startling (and detrimental) fact while driving to the Auburn School District to interview for a Special Education paraeducator position. Well, sitting in a room with a person asking questions wouldn't be too bad. Except it was four people. Four principals. Four principals that all have a paraeducator opening at their school. Four principals with two pages of questions on which they will rate my responses.
During one or two of the questions I actually started answering before having a complete thought of where my diatribe was going and was thinking "oh shoot, what was the question again?" All-in-all I think it went just fine (although they were curious as to why someone with a Math Education degree was looking for paraeducator work, they understood when I told them I had to take tests to get my Washington licence). If I haven't heard from HR by next Wednesday it "would be appropriate to call"...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
As Promised... SO DARN CUTE!
I am going to start with another Dallas picture, but first some background. Dallas has been into Toy Story and its sequel for a while now. One of his favorite parts of either is the opening of Toy Story 2 when Buzz is flying around and fighting Zerg (that you later find out is just Rex playing a video game). A few weeks ago he started putting his arms straight out in front of him, his hands in tight fists, and would "fly" with Buzz.
Shortly after this started my Mom gave my all of Jadon's old clothes to hold onto for Dallas in the future. Among the clothes I found a size 4-6 (which basically means Dallas could wear it as a dress right now) Buzz Lightyear T-shirt. Dallas proceeded to wear that shirt for the next 48 hours straight (he even made us put it on over his PJs). Also Dallas discovered Jadon's Buzz Lightyear action figure . Dallas has slept with that toy almost every night since. As most of you know, Dallas still isn't talking much. We try to coax words out of him but he knows the sign for a word all we ever get is the sign. Since Dallas doesn't know a sign for "Buzz" I decided to take advantage of that. When Dallas asked for the toy I insisted that he say "Buzz" before I gave it to him. Well after a few tries Dallas decided to make up his own sign for Buzz, he promptly straightened his little fisted hands out in front of him. Cam and I agree that it was a very clear "Buzz". I think it is so cute when he does it so I tried to get a picture of him doing it. And we succeeded.
This is the only picture we got of the two of them together. I wish we could have gotten them to smile. I think it is cute how Dallas is playing with Chelane's hand though, very priceless.
This is an after-the-shoot picture. We took Chelane's pictures first and by the time we were half-way through Dallas' shoot Chelane was out. She slept through all the noise of the following photo shoots and only woke up when Dallas stood on her. Andrea took the opportunity to get some over-the-shoulder shots. I wish I knew how much of my face would have been showing... I would have leaned out a little more.
The next two are just of Chelane (yay!). I would like you all to know you owe your thanks to me for the cute faces. I was standing right by the camera making baby talk and weird faces to coax these smiles out of her.
When we put her on the hardwood floor (it was a little cold) she went into a "survival mode" (pretty much the same thing she does when we put her in the bathtub) and threw her arms straight out and didn't move. I do love the wood floor as a background though, very pretty.
Well those are pretty much all the pictures (seriously I think I posted all of them in this post or the last one. I am glad I got some little baby pictures of Chelane because I really never got any of Dallas. Feel free to comment on your favorite photo!
Oh geez... Dallas just took Chelane's socks off, got to go!
Shortly after this started my Mom gave my all of Jadon's old clothes to hold onto for Dallas in the future. Among the clothes I found a size 4-6 (which basically means Dallas could wear it as a dress right now) Buzz Lightyear T-shirt. Dallas proceeded to wear that shirt for the next 48 hours straight (he even made us put it on over his PJs). Also Dallas discovered Jadon's Buzz Lightyear action figure . Dallas has slept with that toy almost every night since. As most of you know, Dallas still isn't talking much. We try to coax words out of him but he knows the sign for a word all we ever get is the sign. Since Dallas doesn't know a sign for "Buzz" I decided to take advantage of that. When Dallas asked for the toy I insisted that he say "Buzz" before I gave it to him. Well after a few tries Dallas decided to make up his own sign for Buzz, he promptly straightened his little fisted hands out in front of him. Cam and I agree that it was a very clear "Buzz". I think it is so cute when he does it so I tried to get a picture of him doing it. And we succeeded.
This is the only picture we got of the two of them together. I wish we could have gotten them to smile. I think it is cute how Dallas is playing with Chelane's hand though, very priceless.
This is an after-the-shoot picture. We took Chelane's pictures first and by the time we were half-way through Dallas' shoot Chelane was out. She slept through all the noise of the following photo shoots and only woke up when Dallas stood on her. Andrea took the opportunity to get some over-the-shoulder shots. I wish I knew how much of my face would have been showing... I would have leaned out a little more.
The next two are just of Chelane (yay!). I would like you all to know you owe your thanks to me for the cute faces. I was standing right by the camera making baby talk and weird faces to coax these smiles out of her.
When we put her on the hardwood floor (it was a little cold) she went into a "survival mode" (pretty much the same thing she does when we put her in the bathtub) and threw her arms straight out and didn't move. I do love the wood floor as a background though, very pretty.
Well those are pretty much all the pictures (seriously I think I posted all of them in this post or the last one. I am glad I got some little baby pictures of Chelane because I really never got any of Dallas. Feel free to comment on your favorite photo!Oh geez... Dallas just took Chelane's socks off, got to go!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
I'm a model, if you know what I mean...
Vivian was having her friend Andrea take some pictures of her kiddos, so I asked to tag along and get some of Chelane and maybe Dallas and perhaps some of them together. Well, really none of the pictures with the two of them together worked out. Dallas wasn't too thrilled with posing and Chelane really couldn't run around with him but once we stopped trying to pose Dallas we got a few cute pictures that are definitely his personality. This is making me look all the more forward to the summer when we can hopefully do a more outdoor shoot and get some candid pictures with my one hundred mile an hour, no attention little boy.
Some of Andrea's kids were running around with sunglasses so of course Dallas had to get in on that action. We got this priceless shot of him. I like to call it "Dallas goes to Hollywood," I LOVE his mouth.
This next one was one of the "posing" ones that actually turned out Ok. However she was trying for a whole different look (like him actually looking at the camera and having his arms crossed). We even tried bribing the kid with M&Ms (Vivian unselfishly donated to the cause) but that had no affect either; this kid is tough to crack. He simply waited for us to stop trying and noted where the M&Ms were put and got into them later...
This is another of the more candid ones with him playing with his hat. It is a REALLY cute picture in my opinion.
These next few are of Chelane. She was the perfect little model. I only had to act like a dork to entice smiles out of her when she was on the cold hardwood floors. Other than that she was smiley and cooing all the time. She even cooperated while laying on her belly. This is one of my favorites right here, and apparently the only belly picture that turned out :(
This next one was what Cam said was his favorite when we were looking through the pictures for the first time. Poor Andrea had some problems trying to get Chelane to hold her feet still enough to not knock the towel which is the white background you see.
I am going to have to post a few more of the Chelane picture because they turned out SO DARN CUTE!
Some of Andrea's kids were running around with sunglasses so of course Dallas had to get in on that action. We got this priceless shot of him. I like to call it "Dallas goes to Hollywood," I LOVE his mouth.
This next one was one of the "posing" ones that actually turned out Ok. However she was trying for a whole different look (like him actually looking at the camera and having his arms crossed). We even tried bribing the kid with M&Ms (Vivian unselfishly donated to the cause) but that had no affect either; this kid is tough to crack. He simply waited for us to stop trying and noted where the M&Ms were put and got into them later...
This is another of the more candid ones with him playing with his hat. It is a REALLY cute picture in my opinion.
These next few are of Chelane. She was the perfect little model. I only had to act like a dork to entice smiles out of her when she was on the cold hardwood floors. Other than that she was smiley and cooing all the time. She even cooperated while laying on her belly. This is one of my favorites right here, and apparently the only belly picture that turned out :(
This next one was what Cam said was his favorite when we were looking through the pictures for the first time. Poor Andrea had some problems trying to get Chelane to hold her feet still enough to not knock the towel which is the white background you see.
I am going to have to post a few more of the Chelane picture because they turned out SO DARN CUTE!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Carrie Stroud Photography
Now I REALLY don't want to post about this because I want to win this, but I get an extra entry if I do mention it... so I am torn.
Carrie Stroud did some family pics for my parents and siblings back in July and I LOVE them. Unfortunately only me and Dallas were in Washington for the shoot because I would have LOVED to have gotten family pics with Cam as well. Now she is giving away a FREE photo shoot and I am determined to win it (or at least be able to schedule a photo shoot the next time she is in Washington and we actually have jobs and money, etc.). You can see some very talented photos on her blog and I will also post some right now! (If you look close on her blog you can see a picture of my pregnant belly and of my niece, Nyah).
Also my little signature picture thing is a Carrie Stroud picture.
Carrie Stroud did some family pics for my parents and siblings back in July and I LOVE them. Unfortunately only me and Dallas were in Washington for the shoot because I would have LOVED to have gotten family pics with Cam as well. Now she is giving away a FREE photo shoot and I am determined to win it (or at least be able to schedule a photo shoot the next time she is in Washington and we actually have jobs and money, etc.). You can see some very talented photos on her blog and I will also post some right now! (If you look close on her blog you can see a picture of my pregnant belly and of my niece, Nyah).
Also my little signature picture thing is a Carrie Stroud picture.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sanctity of Human Life Day
I meant to do this post on Sunday or even before to give everyone a heads up, sorry I didn't get to it! I don't know how many people heard about President Bush proclaiming this past Sunday as "Sanctity of Human Life Day" but he did. He made, what I feel, was a very moving yet short talk with his announcment. It use to be on the Whitehouse press release page but since Obama moved in it has been moved or deleted. Luckily I found his full text on another page. As you could guess it has gotten pro-choice people up in a huff and proclaiming that Bush has "waged a war against women" during his presidency.
As a woman I don't feel threated by Bush, in fact women that don't exercise enough self control to not have unprotexcted sex and decide they can fix their "mistake" by killing a human, disgust me. Twisting it and saying a human fetus isn't a human and given that "inalienable right" to life until it is out of the womb or wanted is ridiculous. Of course there are exceptions: rape and the mother being endangered by the pregnancy, are the most prominent in my mind. There are so many adoption agencies and other provisions to allow mothers to give up their babies after birth, why is there a need to destroy them instead?
I know this is quibbling about opinions and I don't mean to offend anyone, this is something I feel strongly about. I think Sanctity of Life Day is a worthy cause and look forward to see if it is honored in the future (probably not though, huh?).
As a woman I don't feel threated by Bush, in fact women that don't exercise enough self control to not have unprotexcted sex and decide they can fix their "mistake" by killing a human, disgust me. Twisting it and saying a human fetus isn't a human and given that "inalienable right" to life until it is out of the womb or wanted is ridiculous. Of course there are exceptions: rape and the mother being endangered by the pregnancy, are the most prominent in my mind. There are so many adoption agencies and other provisions to allow mothers to give up their babies after birth, why is there a need to destroy them instead?
I know this is quibbling about opinions and I don't mean to offend anyone, this is something I feel strongly about. I think Sanctity of Life Day is a worthy cause and look forward to see if it is honored in the future (probably not though, huh?).
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