Day before yesterday my biggest concern was what to wear. Then THEY sent me my presentation question. I'm supposed to pretend I'm in front of a group of Native parents and students and in twenty minutes tell them what they need to know to enter college. Then they said I could use a whiteboard, smart board and/or computer for my presentation. I panicked. My first thought was that I needed to do a PowerPoint.
I'm one of those people who if there is something going to go wrong, it will with me, especially if it concerns some sort of electronics. Don't get my wrong, I love computers...as long as they work. The computer geeks at SOU knew my extension by heart since I called them on a weekly basis. Their first sentence to me was always, "Gina, move your hand away from the mouse." They would fix my computer remotely, which is kind of weird in a Twilight Zone kind of way. And then they would explain what happened. I did not care, I just wanted it to work. In some respects I'm like the Seniors in the Senior Computer class here at the library who get confused when the icons are not in the same spot on our computers as they are at their homes. I hate cell phones and am constantly flinging it at Jordan and Ian desperate to make it quit ringing.
So I called my friend Laura whose first sentence was, "Breathe."
She advised me to do screen shots about the website and use this as a medium to show my intelligence, passion and dedication and hopefully keep me focused to not show my sarcasm, wit and quick rebuttals. I said no problem, I can do screen shots...I really couldn't, then, but I was at the library and of course, someone always knows the answer at the library.
So my presentation is with hard copies of screen shots and their computer and their website and I'm sure it'll go very, very, very well. Mike is bringing his laptop along on our twenty-one hour journey to Redmond, so I'm fairly confident that in that amount of time I will get to know the website. If not, they probably shouldn't hire me.
My friend Sam finally called me back and gave me the low-down on what I should wear. At first she said I should wear whatever makes me comfortable. Sweats, pajamas and jeans and cowboy boots make me comfortable.
"Okay, then you should wear a gray pair of slacks, camel shirt and neutral pumps."
The gray pair of slacks I get. Camel? I saw camels in Texas and they were all different colors of brown. Does she mean beige or tan or even ecru? I hope the label says "camel." Neutral shoes? Is that like Switzerland?
I'm going to shop at Macy's because there I know the salesladies are older than 17 and aren't wearing things in their noses and having their bra straps showing. I refuse to take wardrobe advice from someone like that. I want someone who is older and can tell me what the colors camel and neutral are.
At this point all I have to do is finish my presentation and buy clothes. Piece of cake, right?
This will be my last blog from Grand County. Next time I'll be writing from Oregon living in a tent-trailer with my 14 year old son. This could be interesting.
You will need to post trailer photos. Famous last line, "I love computers, as long as they work"
ReplyDeleteI miss you already. If you don't get the job, I think you should move back to GC.
We could open a clothing store and everyone must be over 50 to work there.
I think of you everytime I look at my new TV, except it's not plugged in yet.
KL