So I have one of those calendars where you pull off a sheet each day. Anyway, for today this is what mine said:

Today's To Do: Give good interview.

Only good girls are silly enough to sweat and suffer through a job interview. A bad girl knows a job interview is just a TV talkshow appearance in front of a very small studio audience. Thing about it - they invited you! They want you to be there. You want to look good and sound articulate, you want to sell yourself without trying to hard, and you want the audience to love you. Powder your nose, pretend you're a celebrity, and enjoy the Q & A.

Today I had a job interview. I tried to keep pretty quiet about it because I didn't want to get my hopes up for no reason. I learned that the hard way last year when I was offered a position but ended up getting screwed because I was supposedly late to the second interview (which I still disagree with). I told a very few people only because I have a hard time keeping certain things to myself.

What happened exactly? Well, when I decided to make this life change I had a moment where I thought maybe I would just get a full time job and take time off school. So I went onto the Caribou Coffee website and filled out an incredibly generic application for store manager. It was so bad that they didn't even ask for phone numbers of employers or anything. Like I thought, I got a generic "thanks, but no thanks" e-mail from Caribou. I figured I would since I don't exactly have the experience to be a store manager.

However, a couple of days later I got a phone call from Betsy at Caribou Corporate asking me for an interview. So it was all set, I had a week to sit and wait and wonder about the interview. She didn't exactly say it was for store manager or anything. So I was a little nervous to find out what the interview would even be like. She just said to bring a resume and be at the Hudson Caribou at 10 on Tuesday.

Well, the interview was interesting. It was definitely the most in depth interview I've ever been on. The funny thing is, I LOVE job interviews. Like my calendar said, I treat them as if they're all about me. The way I see it, even a bad job interview is an experience and a way to learn to be better. And I have to say, some of the questions made me nervous. I'm definitely very green when it comes to management experience. However, I must have done something right. Because I was offered a job.

Basically I will be starting as a shift manager, second in command. That will be my training for a couple of months. Once I show them I'm up to it, I can move straight into store manager. Amazing? Yeah, I think so too. I'm so excited to start this, to get responsibility, to move up a little bit. Oh my, I can't wait to start!

As this will be full time I've decided that I'll do school part time. I know how important school is and believe me, I want a damn degree if it kills me to get it. So to those of you who are shaking your heads and wondering why I'm making this decision believe you me, I'm not letting this change my mind about how important my degree is.

Anyway, until I start at Caribou I still have Perkins. And today I start at 3 so before that I need to get some food in me or I'll be REALLY cranky at work. I promise more soon, things are looking so bright!