Let's hope things don't come in threes......

Today I had my second phone interview of the week. The first one was yesterday and was for a position I was tailor-made for. The conversation was great and the guy and I saw eye-to-eye on everything. Final question he had was how open I was on relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina. None of this had come up before nor was it in the job description. Needless to say the brakes went on the conversation right there. However, we left it where he would come back to me if anything changed.

After the conversation yesterday I was very pissed off. Being out for so long is weighing on me more and more lately. We're going through our savings and although our tax refund is a big one, it will go to pay some bills so we won't really get much of a benefit out of it. After the interview I went trail walking and did five miles. Still was a bit pissed off after the walk. But the day was ok after a while. I got the email from the recruiter which led to the phone call today so I ended the day pretty positive.

I did another five miles this morning, though I really wanted to do a third lap. Got home, showered, changed and had a protein shake with a banana. Felt really good.

The position on today's call was remotely managing a number of distribution centers in the Eastern US and Canada. Right up my street. The position also needed to be based in the South-Central US. Again, right up my street - I'm in Nashville. So we went through the initial history of resume details and then she asked me how open I was to relocation. I said that the position was remotely managing operations and so I thought Nashville would be a great location. Not! She said the company is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and this position would be required to be based there.

First reaction was Fuck! Not again. But then I said that while I would prefer to not relocate, I would be willing to listen to what the relocation package would be. I would need more than just moving costs and temporary housing. I would need some serious help selling this house or them to buy it from me. The recruiter got a little pissed off that I seemed to be downplaying their relocation package. I explained that its the basic need I would have if I were to look at moving. She said she would look at it and get back to me. Let's just say I'm not over-confident in this lady, especially as she got an attitude when I questioned the relo!

Tomorrow I have an in-person interview with a gift card company, for a Senior Manager role. I think it will go well and I'm looking forward to this one. I'm meeting with about six people and I hope it will be bouncing from one office to another. Although after a recent experience with a large company who shall remain nameless, I was hit with meeting with seven people all at once for three hours. So if its that way I'm ready.

I'm well prepared for this one and just this morning, I received an email from a friend I used to work with in NJ years ago who is in the incentive business. He was CEO of a competitor of the company I'm meeting with tomorrow and promised me a recommendation if I needed it. That was some seriously good news this morning!

Now I'm getting ready to transplant my vegetables into larger pots. They are growing like crazy and are almost ready for planting outside. Its my first season growing my own vegetables, so hopefully it will be moderately successful.

I'm still keeping calories on Livestrong.com. Weight around 225 still but I have had some draft beer which kills it. Stress also does it I've noticed so I need to try to get some stress relief somewhere!! Another kettlebell workout today also which will be good.

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb