First Interview/Audition down... Come on good Karma!

10/11/11

I went on my first Job interview today.  It was an Italian restaurant in Old Town Pasadena.  It was called Mi Pinochi or something close to that.  First, there was no parking, so I had to go into a paid parking garage.  The only spot I could find was one with an SUV over the line, so it was a really tight squeeze.  I got parked and couldn’t get out of the car.  SUV got door checked a few times though.  Maybe they’ll park in the lines next time.  I crawled over the passenger seat to get out. 

We went in and were taken to a room FULL of people applying for the same job.  Probably around 45 people in there… It was nuts!  It took us about 45 minutes just to be interviewed.  The interviewer was obviously a professional interviewer.  I have never had so many rapid fire server questions shot at me in such a short time.  He almost seemed to smirk when I got flustered at one point.  No matter, I don’t think that place was a good fit for me anyway.  Kristin’s interview went a lot better though.  She got a nice guy who worked there and he just chitchatted with her for about 15 minutes and she came out feeling good about her audition.  Go figure…

Got out to the parking lot, SUV is still there, so had to climb over the seat again to get out.  I had to pay $3.00 parking for the interview.   I don’t think I have ever had to pay to interview before.  I have had to feed a meter for auditions though, so maybe I should just look at it that way… 

I got home and I have an audition notice in my E-mail.  My first LA audition!  It’s a small commercial, but I’m still pretty happy about it. 

Tomorrow our new living room furniture is due to arrive.  I’m excited but also a little nervous.  We spent almost twice what I expected to for furniture, but we also got twice as much.  It was a great deal and Kristin had her heart set on this set, so I knew that there was no getting around it.  My only argument was “The floor isn’t that bad to sit on.”  I clearly wasn’t going to win this one. 

Hopefully good things are in the cards for us soon.  God knows I’ve seen my fair share of struggle.  I really hope this move is truly what my life needed right now.