Sleep Deprivation, Breaks and Yoga...

So it is 6:21 a.m. right now and I have nothing better to do than blog. Yes you read that right, it is approximately 6:30 in the morning and I am awake. My family is probably staring at the computer screen right now gasping and wondering who has abducted their sister. In fact, anyone knows I am soooo NOT a morning person. But here I am, blogging at 6:30 in the morning. Reason being is I CAN'T SLEEP!!! It is seriously driving me insane! I will lay in bed for foreeever and not fall asleep. I've even counted sheep, and frankly once I actually started looking at the sheep I was counting I realized my mind invisions weird looking sheep. I've taken Melatonin (it's a natural sleep helper that does not cause addiction or weird side effects) and it works alright. It just works too well. I'll fall asleep bout 15-30 min after taking it and wont wake up til 10-12 hours later. Then I get too much sleep which means I'm definitely not falling asleep tonight.

Now granted I probably know why this is happening. Ever since we moved to Washington I have been "taking a break" from work. Which means I haven't been given anything to do online. Did I mention I'm supposed to be working online for the place I worked for in Logan? I've been livin it up! Watching HGTV all day with sprinkles of Food Network and Discovery Channel! Checkin Facebook whenever I want! Being a lazy bum and not doing my hair or make up! So basically I'm bored out of my mind. However, I have been letting the craftier side of me bloom. I've made a headboard, painted the office and kitchen and I have many more plans! But until I can get supplies and the power tools to do such things, I'm stuck watching TV, surfing the web and discovering that my cat snores when he sleeps.

I've seriously thought of taking up Yoga. Has anyone ever done or is doing that? What's your take on it? I was going to be all nerdy and cheesy and buy Jillian what's-her-bucket-from-Biggest-Loser's Yoga workout DVD at Wal Mart. I'm this >....< close to doing it.

So, if any of you have a cure to my sleep problem, know of a good, cheap, but awesome sewing machine for me and/or know anything about Yoga, please leave a comment. Thank you! =]

*post script*

Other than discovering that Snickers snores is I'm teaching him tricks! =] So far he do "Up" and will sit on his behind. We're working on shake. So far as long as he lets me hold his paw and he doesn't pull back, he'll get a treat. More cool tricks to come. Maybe I can get them on video and post it. Yeah, that would be cool. And NO I'm NOT a crazy cat lady!!!

Jesse's Do's and Don'ts About Interviewing

So as some of you may know, Jesse has been majoring in Human Resources. We have been greatly blessed in Jesse finding a job with Kinross Gold Corporation where he is doing an internship and working as a Human Resource Generalist. Basically that means that he does a ton of recruiting and interviewing A LOT of people. It's interesting to hear the interviewer's side of the story. So I decided to get Jesse to take notes of the Do's and Don'ts about interviewing. Basically what he notices what people do that are either annoying, impressive, good or bad. So here it is. Hopefully for those who are looking for jobs, you can put this to good use and that it helps.

• Tell me about yourself really means why should we hire you in relation to the position you applied for, not a biography. Focus on your specific competencies that you
have used or gained in past work experiences for this position.

• Give specific answers with details to back up what you say.
Never stray and beat around for an answer. Ask them to
repeat the question to fully answer what they have asked you.

• Employees are looking for a fit, both technically and
personality. Use emotional intelligence to gain an advantage
to match the company culture.

• Every question should be answered in the STAR format:
Situation
Task
Action
Result

• Show up 15 min and walk in 3 min till: Going in too early
puts stress on your potential employer of where to put you
until they are ready.

• Have a positive attitude. Carry humble confidence.

• Don't babble. Recruiters have ADD. They look at resumes
and interview all day long. Try to wow them with a good
relevant work experience that gets their attention.

• Always, always, always have good questions to ask at the end
of the interview. I always ask candidates to tell me
something about the company not found on the Internet;
Wikipedia and Google.

• By all means have fun and WOW them. Remember when
you walk out the door they will judge you for 5 min, and
you want that judgement to be a positive one

If you have any questions about any of these points or would like further explanation you can email me at akn263@gmail.com. I will then forward your questions to Jesse. You can also email me if you want more pointers!

Someone really did say Washington...

Guess what, guess what, guess what! Jesse got a job!!! WOOOHHOOOOOO!!!! And believe it or not but it's in Washington! lol, it's not the same job that he interviewed for earlier in the year. The company is Kinross, and is one of the top gold mining companies in the world. Jesse will be working in the HR Department (Human Resources, like Toby on "The Office"). We're super, super excited about it. One downside is we have to be there in two weeks. lol. We still haven't found housing yet. Part of that issue is, it's a very small community (950 people) so it's hard to find a place that is for rent instead of sale. But I'm sure we'll find something. Jesse is super excited for it. Mainly because we're finally beginning to transition out of the student life and finally starting a career. Now, technically the job is only an internship but we are really hoping that it'll translate into a Full time job.

In other news, some of you may know that I have some serious issues with a certain type of infection that I'll keep unknown. They just never seem to leave me alone and go away! But I'm finally going to a specialist! We've been greatly blessed by finding out that I'm still on my dad's insurance. Apparently it's something to do with the changes Obama made with his Obama Care. I'll just say, Obama you finally did something right. But, in the words of my brother, it's more like he's finally done something that's to my benefit. lol. The appointment is today and quite frankly, I'm a bit terrified. I've never been to the doctor for something serious. It's just been for the general check up and all of that. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with me. Jesse tries to make me feel better as well as tease me by saying I have a rare African fungus that just needs a special medication. I hope it's just that I need a certain medication, I don't think I want the rare African fungus. But keep us in your thoughts while we move and pray I don't have a rare African fungus!

Did anyone say Washington?

Hello one and all. Or more likely one as I haven't written on this thing in forever so who knows if anyone pays attention to it anymore. So news, news, news. First of all, the semester ends this week and oh is Jesse ever so excited. I know I am too. I'm tired of him always being so busy with school. It'll be nice to see him around the house more. However, there is a condition that comes with the end of this semester. Jesse is supposed to be doing a summer internship that is required in order for him to graduate with his MSHR. Jesse has been doing so well in applying to so many places. When I say he's applied everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE!!! Right now we have a couple of possibilities going for us. #1 is Insitu, located in Washington (we would be about an hour outside of Portland). If you've ever seen Iron Man then you know what Stark Industries is. That's pretty much what Insitu is. #2 is Walgreens, in California. #3 is Lyondellbassel in Texas. And I have now idea what that one is. Heck, good luck on pronouncing that. We should be hearing back from all three sometime this week. Of course sooner would be WAY better than later at this point in the game. We're so ready to find out what we're going to be doing for the summer. Personally, yes I would LOVE to move to California, but I've been dying to move to Washington for a really long time now. So I'd have to say overall I'm rooting for Insitu to call us with an offer. So everybody (or the one and lonely person who actually read this. Thanks mom!=]), cross your fingers and say your prayers! Cuz I want to move to Washington! =)