The procrastinator

Because the job application is due tomorrow I am now sitting down to complete my application. In my minimal defence I have lined up some referees but the actual task of explaining why I am without peer, etc, etc has now been delayed another ten minutes while I engage in vital blog updating. I drive myself insane sometimes. I got a call from a headhunter last night. I have to send her my resume too. This after me telling her why I wasn't suitable since I didn't have a lot of experience in that industry sector. She wasn't put off which makes me wonder who this company is. There's a huge amount of vanity secrecy in the headhunting thing. One of my referees that I talked to on the phone this afternoon said wonderful things about me then reminded me that it would cut no ice with my children. I was describing to her the primal scene enacted across the globe of trying to get your children out the door in the morning. Like this was the first time you had ever asked them to pack their school bags or put their shoes on. One day, I might just go and sit in the car and wait for them. At the same time, I am baking a simnel cake and writing a shopping list for supplies for the weekend. I'm leaving straight from work to go to the beach, with children, for the Easter weekend. The weather is iffy but the sea will still be warm and the waves will soothe me to sleep. The misses got interim school reports today. After I struggled through the idiomatic french in Miss S's I realised that it was no so hot. This year - last year of primary here - would be first year of secondary school in France so there are quite high expectations of the kids. I have to go and talk to her teacher but it's easy for stuff to fall through the cracks with homework when she is spending time in two homes - plus, she knows how to play that too.

Comments

[kitschenette]

i too have been driven to desperate measures and have threatened to go out the door without max if he didn't get his shoes/shirt/beanie/jacket on quick smart...actually went out the door once but he retaliated with such fearsome howling i felt terrible and backed down (a show of weakness he immediately took advantage of, of course).

good luck with the job application. i reckon that deep down inside you know when and how long you can push the limits of procrastination, and that you'll get it in on time. cos the alternative is....staying in yr unfulfilling job? hey, yr getting headhunted! there's better stuff out there for you.

oh and thanx so much for linking me!

[A.J.]

Good luck in your job search. And for your meeting with the teacher.