Welcome to my second last day of work at _. Yesterday was a very tiring day. I drove the 1.5 hours to Whitecourt on Tuesday night and was surprised and delighted how nice and quick a drive it is--divided highway the entire way. I arrived in Whitecourt and the first impression was--yuck! Quickly followed by, oh, ok, thats better.

The first thing you see when entering town is a strip of hotels, gas stations and restaurants on both sides of the highway. No homes in site. As you reach the top of the hill a skateboard park appears (which shows the town is in touch with their youth), a large fitness centre with waterslide, pool, etc and then lots of paved walking paths. Ah, very nice indeed. The town seems to have 3 main areas. Most of the homes seem to be in two and I guess you either live at the top of the hill or in the downtown (at the bottom of the hill).

I checked into my  hotel on the far end of town and spent my evening relaxing with some tv--no internet--and was in bed early. Wednesday I awoke EARLY and by 7am had checked out and was on my way to explore the town. I happened upon what I thought was a rather tacky lawn ornament and turned out to be a live deer....not so tacky after all. The deer are everywhere. The gardeners must hate them, but I was enjoying watching them wander the nieghbourhoods. I had a long leisurely breakfast at one of the local spots and enjoyed the atmosphere while reading over my notes and jotting down my questions. I quite enjoyed my time before the interview and even made a trip to the local museum/interpretive centre.

The interview started at 11am and I drove away at 2:30pm. Yep, it was a long day. I had debated the day before staying in town until 6:30 to attend the WW meeting, but when I got into my truck all I wanted to do was get back to Edmonton--I was tired.

I took three or four pictures of deer and that was it. For some reason I have been feeling a bit superstitious about this interview. You know how sometimes the more you want something the more you have to lose? That's kinda how I felt going into this. Sometimes when you really want something you don't get it--happens to me all the time. So I didn't take pictures to share so the possibility of doing it later when I do move is still there...odd I know.

As of this afternoon I have had three interviews for three different jobs. I have a couple more that I want to apply for--maybe tomorrow while I am pretending to work for the last hour or two of my day--cause it has all basically been sorted and put away now.   :)

I am hopeful and confident that I will have a new job by the end of the year. (I just re-read what I wrote...obviously I meant month...hopefully that wasn't some sort of forshadowing on my part). I am so looking forward to Saturday morning. I get to wake up in a new life--and do laundry. LOL. Monday morning will be a tad odd...but I am looking forward to it none the less. I hope to enjoy the time off and am looking forward to my trip to Vancouver the weekend of the 14-16th for my Global Village training. It should be a ton of fun.