Day 84 Log

Had in interview in St. Cloud this morning, 85 miles one way, seemed like a huge drive, but considering that when I worked in the Cities and lived in St. Cloud (for school) I drove back and forth almost every day, it didn't seem to take as long as it might if I was used to a shorter drive. It took about an hour and a half to get there, (my drive to the old work was about 45 minutes to an hour, so it wasn't really that bad, and for most of it I was on cruse control). I felt the interview went very well, they asked a lot of questions and I was able to answer all of them but one, and even that one, I think I answered enough to let them know I was at least partially familiar with it. Their office was nice, the staff was nice. All in all not a bad setup. After around 90 days of employment they will allow telecommuting 2-3 days per week. I had initially thought it was 2-3 times per 2 weeks (they have staff meetings every 2 weeks to keep everything on track), but apparently it's ever week...that may be a bit much, I was originally interested in the position because of the option to work from home, but I thought about it and 2 times a week is around 340 miles, which is about what I was doing going to and from Eden Prairie every day.
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Got a call on my way home, looks like another company is interested in me, this one is in St. Paul Don't know a lot about them yet, going to spend some time today researching them. Things finally seem to be picking up, I'm very happy to hear this.
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Got a call from my recruiter who setup the St. Cloud interview. She said that the people I met with were very impressed with my interview and are meeting later today to make a decision and will let us know tomorrow (probably).
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Guess they didn't need a lot of time to make their decision, got a call tonight, and I'm told they will be extending me an offer. I need to call them tomorrow to go over all the details, then I can make a decision....been a long crazy ride, but it looks like this blog will be ceasing new posts, starting very soon.