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Not feeling productive today. Which is not good- I need to get going.
How is it that I've run 8 marathons (or plus), but every time a new one comes up, I still don't feel ready? I mean, I might not PR for the MCM, but I can definitely make it through the course. Am I ever going to stop feeling this way? at least for the first marathon of a duo? (I did feel pretty comfortable for Delaware after I ran Garden Spot, and assuming all goes well at MCM, I'll feel pretty ready for Philly.)
I should be running today- and I will in a minute- but I am just so BORED with a lot of the routes around me. I thought about going down to Valley Forge today, especially since I want to do 5 miles and it's a 5 mile loop around the park, but that involves
1.) Driving about as long as I'm running, and
2.) The temptation to stop at the Corner Bakery for lunch, which costs money and calories and I should really eat at home.
So I'll probably drive up to a section of trail that I don't get to run on as much. (We have a 20-mile long trail near our house that I run on all the time- it has mile markers and everything.) Then I will come home and eat here.
The job search is going really, really well. The interview I went for last Thursday must have gone well, because they want me to come back for a second interview. The first one was with the group that runs the reactors, this next one is with two scientists who would be asking me to run tests on the reactors. So that sounds super promising.
The one minor annoyance is that a position opened up back at the USDA. I'm qualified scientifically, but underqualified managerially. Regardless, because I have worked there before, I do think if I put in my application they would give it serious consideration, especially since it's a biofuels position. Which is great- except this is the government. They want an entire packet, including my grad school transcripts, which cost money. And the closing date is October 17. My second interview is October 20.
We don't have enough of an inside track enough to know if there's anyone else they're interviewing this far. It's too early to guarantee that I will get this job. I really should apply for the USDA position. (I was also worried because if I had a choice between the two, I would prefer the JM position, but there is a substantial- HUGE- salary difference between the two. But the JM position still pays well, and there would also be less responsibility and less commuting, and I have the suspicion that they'll find someone else for the USDA position anyway, because like I said, I'm underqualified in terms of management. What I assume will REALLY happen is they might promote someone internally, and then I'd have a shot at getting THAT person's job, where the salary difference wouldn't be so drastic. But I discussed the salary difference with Howard, and we both feel that the difference in salary is acceptable for the difference in hours and commute.) But applying for the USDA position is a pain, and I don't want to :) But I guess I'd better, because this is a classic case of Murphy's Law. If I apply for the USDA position, I will get the JM job. If I do not apply for the USDA position, I will not get the JM job. Oh well.
Fingers crossed on the JM job, though. And maybe if I don't get it, I will end up back at the USDA.
Discussed Halloween as well, and I will be taking the kids to the parade and around. Now I just need to figure out what to dress up as. Simple, cheap, and warm. Not sure what to do... suggestions?
And the one thing I AM sure I should do is get my butt out on that trail. Off to run. Have a good one!
How is it that I've run 8 marathons (or plus), but every time a new one comes up, I still don't feel ready? I mean, I might not PR for the MCM, but I can definitely make it through the course. Am I ever going to stop feeling this way? at least for the first marathon of a duo? (I did feel pretty comfortable for Delaware after I ran Garden Spot, and assuming all goes well at MCM, I'll feel pretty ready for Philly.)
I should be running today- and I will in a minute- but I am just so BORED with a lot of the routes around me. I thought about going down to Valley Forge today, especially since I want to do 5 miles and it's a 5 mile loop around the park, but that involves
1.) Driving about as long as I'm running, and
2.) The temptation to stop at the Corner Bakery for lunch, which costs money and calories and I should really eat at home.
So I'll probably drive up to a section of trail that I don't get to run on as much. (We have a 20-mile long trail near our house that I run on all the time- it has mile markers and everything.) Then I will come home and eat here.
The job search is going really, really well. The interview I went for last Thursday must have gone well, because they want me to come back for a second interview. The first one was with the group that runs the reactors, this next one is with two scientists who would be asking me to run tests on the reactors. So that sounds super promising.
The one minor annoyance is that a position opened up back at the USDA. I'm qualified scientifically, but underqualified managerially. Regardless, because I have worked there before, I do think if I put in my application they would give it serious consideration, especially since it's a biofuels position. Which is great- except this is the government. They want an entire packet, including my grad school transcripts, which cost money. And the closing date is October 17. My second interview is October 20.
We don't have enough of an inside track enough to know if there's anyone else they're interviewing this far. It's too early to guarantee that I will get this job. I really should apply for the USDA position. (I was also worried because if I had a choice between the two, I would prefer the JM position, but there is a substantial- HUGE- salary difference between the two. But the JM position still pays well, and there would also be less responsibility and less commuting, and I have the suspicion that they'll find someone else for the USDA position anyway, because like I said, I'm underqualified in terms of management. What I assume will REALLY happen is they might promote someone internally, and then I'd have a shot at getting THAT person's job, where the salary difference wouldn't be so drastic. But I discussed the salary difference with Howard, and we both feel that the difference in salary is acceptable for the difference in hours and commute.) But applying for the USDA position is a pain, and I don't want to :) But I guess I'd better, because this is a classic case of Murphy's Law. If I apply for the USDA position, I will get the JM job. If I do not apply for the USDA position, I will not get the JM job. Oh well.
Fingers crossed on the JM job, though. And maybe if I don't get it, I will end up back at the USDA.
Discussed Halloween as well, and I will be taking the kids to the parade and around. Now I just need to figure out what to dress up as. Simple, cheap, and warm. Not sure what to do... suggestions?
And the one thing I AM sure I should do is get my butt out on that trail. Off to run. Have a good one!