10:00am: Interview 3 - Southern Chicago
My friend Paul form high school imed me a few weeks ago about a possible job at the company he works for. I finally got to go interview for them. It looks like it would be a great job, fixing up and centralizing all of their marketing materials and such. It seemed to go really well and they seemed interested in having me help them. Unfortunately they are only looking for someone part time or to come in full time for a couple of months and I really am looking for full time so I can move and not have to worry about being unemployed again soon. We'll see though.

2:30pm: Interview 4 - Glenview (aka, past Northern Chicago)
This interview was for a hospice care center in Glenview, doing some marketing and design work. On my way there is started SNOWING very hard and I had a hard time finding what street I was going to because all of the street signs were covered in SNOW. Anyways, the interview seemed to go well and while it is not in the city it wouldn't be too bad of a drive from the area I want to live in. Again, fingers crossed.

6:00pm: Michael Steinberg reading - Lincoln Park
Michael Steinberg is an author and the editor of the creative nonfiction journal Fourth Genre. He gave a reading of his essay "Chin Music" which was totally different than the version that I had read. He says that every work is a work in progress and, despite the fact that this was already published, he always keeps working on things and never sees them as truly done. Afterwards he talked a little about his essay and his memoir and some tips on sending out our manuscripts. Goodstuffs.

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I managed to have three and a half interviews (I also had a pre-screening phone interview with the lyric) this week without once being asked my strengths and weaknesses!

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Did I mention I drove to all of the interviews today all by myself??? Did I mention that I took HIGHWAYS to get there! Yeah, be proud. Your little Val is becoming a grownup :)