I heard from the moderator of the church where I interviewed. They filled the position. Am I hurt? Yes. Am I pissed off? Yes. Do I understand why I didn’t get the job? Uh huh. I was honest and tried to paint the fact that I am outta here in 5 months as best I could; but the reality is that I’m only here for a short while more. They said I was the most qualified one to apply but they kept grilling me on how long I’d be there.

I’m printing and sending 5 more resumés today. Maybe I’ll get an interview granted for one and maybe that’s the job God wants me to have. I am not feeling called at this point to crawl back on my hands and knees to Drug Emporium, nor am I feeling called to apply to Wendy’s for 5 months.

Oh yes… the next person who says “Well… maybe God has something better for you” will be shot. Thank you.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

This weekend has been mostly good. I did a dialogue sermon with Jon on St. Patrick and it was a hit at all three services. The performance of “Some Enchanted Evening” by the Licking County Players raised almost $1700 for the Heating Fund. (The church really needs a new heating system.) The Irish Potato Bake was a success and raised quite a bit for the Licking County Food Pantry. It’s about 50 degrees warmer than it was earlier this week and absolutely beautiful outside.

The Setback: Someone came in and stole the offerings from the first two church services this weekend and the money raised last night for the heating fund. It happened some time between 10:00 and 11:30 and it really spoiled the rest of the Irish Potato Bake. I’m furious about this not because of the offerings stolen (even though those go to pay Jon’s stipend), but because they got the heating fund money. Jon’s supervisor Bill and his wife Judy subsidized the performance and Judy was actually the musician. These are two very giving people and it pains me that their gift to the church was stolen. Bill was in shock and I’m not even sure he ate lunch today. I seriously hate this — Bill has really tried to make sure that Jon and I have been comfortable this year and he’s been almost a father to us in a lot of ways; and I hate that something like this has happened that seems to have wounded him.

I would be more than willing to put another $30 (the price for our two tickets) toward the heating fund because last night’s performance was worth far more than that. If everyone there did that, we could probably raise the money again and there would be something to go to the fund. I know that the church has been really trying to figure out how to pay for the new heating system, including not having an intern for a few years, which would put a great deal of stress on Bill as the parish really does need an intern.

I know I shouldn’t let this ruin my weekend, but I am so angry that this theft happened.

Jan, a woman i my church choir and I were talking at Christmas and she and I decided that we really needed to do lunch after the New Year. Well… today was the day we finally got around to doing it and it was wonderful. I made Mediterranean Orzo (email me for the recipe) and Spinach Salad for lunch and she brought some Italian bread. We had a lovely talk and I showed her the wedding pictures. I actually love to cook and it was great finally having someone to entertain. As much as I like my alone time during the day, contact with people is really nice.

I had to wait 3 hours to see my OB/GYN this morning because she had to deliver a few babies. My cyst is gone thankfully and all is good with Jen’s health again.

I came home and found that my evil health insurance company will not cover Jon’s scalp cyst from 2 months ago because it’s a pre-existing condition. Yeah… one that he developed WHILE we were covered by them. I also finished the CARE application to send to the hospital.

Jon went to pick the car up from the mechanic and brought it home only to find out that it wouldn’t start. (There’s an electrical problem with a turn signal or something.) So… it’s being towed half a block to the mechanic and we keep our rental car (which was out-of-pocket) until tomorrow. This weekend, we depend on the kindness of strangers and on Monday (when the car had to be back in anyway), we get the turn signal replaced and hopefully the electrical system fixed. As soon as Jon is back from the mechanic, we’ll go to the post office to run errands.

I’m lucid and calm (right now) but I’m just wanting to have a few months of nothing happening.

We left for Highwater at 8. We had to stop in Granville and ask directions to 661-N but we managed to get there in time. My interview was 20 minutes long and I think it went pretty well. They were impressed by my computer experience and the only downside was being asked point-blank how long I was going to be in Newark (i.e. are you going to be on the job for a month and quit). My answer was that I knew I’d be around until September and after that, it was up to the One True Church [sic]. (I’ll explain this tomorrow or maybe in the next entry, depending on how much I feel like writing.)

If I get the job, I would be the administrative assistant and I’d basically be creating the position from the ground up. (I commented that “I’d always wanted to be part of a start-up”.) They showed me the office I’d be in (which is still being built) and there’s a new computer and printer. The position is really everything I like to do and I’m hoping I didn’t come off as too flippant in my interview. I’ll probably hear in a week or so and if I don’t get it, I’ll have to trust that God wants something else for me. I really prayed hard going into this and I feel fairly at peace with it (well… at least when my brain isn’t picking over every little detail).

So… it’s in your hands Lord. I just do hope (and pray) I get the job.

I haven’t blogged in a few days because I haven’t had any good news or anything really of merit to say. The people who had our car for a week (!!!!) called this morning and told us that they couldn’t fix it, but recommended people who could. We are now renting a car to get errands done and to get me to my job interview tonight. I got the W2’s photocopied for the care application and now all I need to do is get all the forms together to mail. I paid most of the bills and will take care of the rest when Jon gets paid.

My job interview tonight is for a church secretary position at a local UCC congregation. I’ve been to the church once for a Gospel concert in November and they asked me to come meet with their pastoral committee tonight. I’m nervous because it would be a great job. It’s only 15 hours per week (3 per day) but that still isn’t too bad and it gives me something to do. I’ve decided not to tell them that I’ll probably be gone in September because I don’t know that for a fact and I also don’t want to jinx the job.

I’ve uploaded entries up until Valentine’s Day 2001. I’ll upload another 10 pages of MT entries tonight.