I Faced the Firing Squad & Survived

I made it through!

I arrived at my interview 30 minutes early. That's right folks...always arrive early! NEVER ARRIVE LATE! As I sat in the lobby waiting to go in I began to just think about all the possible questions that could be asked of me. Finally, one of the interviewers came out to retrieve me. We go back into the conference room and there they were...

THE FIRING SQUAD

In the conference room there is a long conference table. Seated around the table were 9 interviewers! You heard me right...NINE! I walked around the table and shook each person's hand and introduced myself. The hilarious part of this is the fact that I personally knew about 6 of the people in the conference room. Instantly I was a bit more at ease. We sat down, with me at the end of the table, and the questions began.

Each member of the committee got to ask me a question. I anticipated many of the questions, but there were some that were very detailed and very involved. I asked for two of the questions to be repeated just to make sure I answered every part of their questions.

After the question session, I was escorted to an office for the writing prompt. I was given a half-sheet with a scenario on it. I was then given 30 minutes to type a response to the scenario. It is no secret that I can type and type and type. I ended up writing my response twice. I did not like the first draft. I went back and reread the question before going for my second response. The second one answered the questions more accurately.

All-in-all I feel extremely confident in the answers I gave. All I can do now is wait 3 weeks. This committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors, and they will vote for the candidate they prefer. The date to remember is JANUARY 9. That is the day of the vote.

By the way, my favorite question asked of me was "If you are offered this position will you accept it?" My response was "Whole-heartedly."

Once I hear anything, believe me when I say I will share it with you.

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I did not get to make it home tonight. A friend of mine called me from home to tell me that there is MORE snow. The committee offered to reimbursement me for another night in a hotel. So, I am hold up in another hotel. Now I am off to the movies to see AVATAR 3-D at the IMAX THEATER!

SNOW...SNOW...SNOW

This will be a quick update.

I am sitting here in my hotel room in Nashville. There is absolutely NO SNOW here. The pictures above are from my friends at home. We had quite a storm yesterday. We heard predictions ranging from 3 inches a few days ago up to 24 inches yesterday. Turns out that 6 - 7 inches fell at my house. Luckily, I left town just as the storm was rolling in. I honestly had never seen snowflakes that big before. They looked like snowball more than snowflakes. It fell fast and hard!

Like I said a moment ago, I made it out of town just in time. I made it to dinner with M & M! Dinner was delicious and the company was even better. I enjoyed finally getting to meet Madam Hawtness and brood. (Really, guys, your kids are fantastic and too cute. You all are doing everything right with them. They are fantastic.)

I would be remiss if I did not mention the dessert. Peppermint ice cream with homemade hot fudge. Holy bovine! I will have dreams about that for days!

I am convinced now that I have to get this job just so I can live near these awesome people. Also, so I can get my bootae kicked into shape at Spin class. (Was that really Fridays at 5:30 AM?????)

Anyway, my interview for this job starts in about an hour or so. I have to go get dressed and dapper. Got to leave a great impression. I have been told it is a 45 minute interview and a 30 minute writing prompt. I will let everyone know what happens when I get a chance this evening.

Thanks to all my wonderful friends for your words of encouragement and constant checking up on me. You have no idea how awesome you are to me.

Take care and love to you all!
- JC

More of Me

I know only a few of you know that I had a different blog (through Wordpress) before moving over to BlogSpot. I thought that if you wanted more insight you are welcome to check it out. Just click below. 

The Sing Off

December 16, 2009


If you haven't figured it out by now...I LOVE MUSIC.

During my graduate work, I spent some time working with my university's chorale, men's ensemble, and women's ensemble.  I come to really love vocal music, and most of all A Capella music. So is it any wonder I have become addicted to NBC's new show "The Sing Off."

Think American Idol...A Capella style.

Below are some of the groups in the competition.



BYU Noteworthy

That's right, my Mormon friends...the Mormons are represented with this awesome group of women. 






The SoCals

Just for you, Mikey! 




Nota




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My personal choice and prediction to win "The Sing Off" is  THE BEELZEBUBS!










The Beelzebubs really have the best chance. They are incredible vocally! Their choreography is pretty awesome! Hey, and they have mass crowd appeal! (Yes, it also helps that they are a good looking group of guys, too.) 

If you get a chance, check it out. Enjoy!

My Discovery Today

December 15, 2009


Today I was playing around with Google Earth and I discovered that I could get street level photos of places. So, I went back into my history. 

This is my childhood home. I spent the first 14 years of my life in this home. I was completely ticked off at my dad when he sold this house and moved us into town. I miss that house. I have mentioned growing up here before. It was a dream location for a child to grow up. There were about 20 houses in our subdivision and every one of them had kids my age. I had so many friends in the neighborhood. I miss it!

This is my mother's former home. She moved into this house with my stepfather in 1993. They paid around $130,000 for it. It had 10 acres of farmland attached. In 2008 they sold the house for $650,000. (Doesn't that make you sick? It did me. Sadly, I don't get ot see any of that! See below to find out why.) A developer bought it and built up a neighborhood of condos. I miss this house too. There were a lot of good memories with my mother here. 

My mother and step-father built this beautiful house after selling their former home. The ended up spending about half of what they got for their former home to build their new home. It is 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. That is 2 master bedrooms (they sleep separately...my step-father snores bad!) and 2 master baths in that count. It comes equipped with my dream kitchen, and open floor plan, cathedral ceilings in the living room, a media room downstairs, 2 garages, and some of the most amazing views of the Appalachian Mountains. Did I mention that each bedroom has a walk-in closet? Mom's bedroom has TWO walk-in closets that are bigger than my bedroom. One of my favorite features in the house is that the living room fireplace has a waterfall above it. (FIRE AND WATER) To top it all off, you should see the garage my step-father built next to the house. I kid you not...it is larger than the entire house. 

I love my mother and step-father, but why do they need 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms? It is just the two of them. It is the home in which they will retire. 

If it sound as though I am bragging, I apologize. It was not meant to be so. I actually have never lived with my mother since I was 5. I just wanted to share the excitement of finding these pictures on Google Earth.