OCD+ADD=OMG

Holy quadrupeds...Ok, something I’m working on that I’ve discussed on ruby_unicorn is taking way longer than I thought it would. Otherwise, I would’ve posted and then been in bed by now. But I’m gonna go ahead and make time for this post before today becomes tomorrow.

Ok, so interview/skills assessment. I got there around 1:45 for my appointment that was at 2. They said it wasn’t a problem, and they started me on the computer right away. I was on there for 10 minutes or so when another girl walked in for the same thing. They’d double scheduled, and since they only have one computer, they can only assess one person at a time. So, since I had gotten there and started already, I was able to continue. OCD comes in handy for once.

The assessments...let’s see. One was on filing, the other was on customer service, another on Word 2003, another on Excel 2003, there was grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and math, typing and data entry too. So, I got there at 1:45 and I didn’t look up till around 3:22. It took that long. And I’m usually a speed demon, but I was going a bit slower just to try and do really well.

I bumed out on the math, but I expected that. I scored flawlessly on grammar, spelling and vocabulary (I was so nervous that I wouldn’t! I mean, it’s something I obsess over, and it would just figure that I’d take a test on it and suck). I got /thinks I think and 80% on Excel, which is really good since I haven’t really done a lot with Excel since I graduated. Word I scored 100% on the basic and intermediate levels and ...I think 85% on advanced. I typed 69 words per minute (which sucks since I used to be able to type about 75). And I know that I did really well in data entry. We never did discuss filing or customer service...but I can’t imagine that I did badly on that. Overall I made a...I think she said 84.75% and she said most people don’t score above 80% so that was good. She did seem happy that I did 69 words per minute...I should probably practice with Mavis Beacon some more...or maybe I can get the typing software that they had at the school! I hated using it at the time, but I could get up to 80 wpm with only 3 errors with that sucker.

Oh, also, I found out that my High School GPA was 3.0 and my college GPA was 3.3...I have no idea what those numbers mean. I assume they’re average. I mean, I know a 4.0 is the best you can get, so a 3.3 is really good for college (considering they said I was dyslexic and couldn’t learn). But I kept forgetting those numbers, so I wanted to make sure that I’d written them down somewhere!

So, the lady there said that there was someone looking for secretary work who could write up letters and such for him, and since I scored superbly in my grammar/spelling/vocabulary I’d probably be good for that type of job. The job pays $8.50 an hour, so I told her to go right ahead. Then again, if the job paid $5.15 an hour with chance of pay increases, I wouldn’t mind that either. Some money coming in at a small increment is better than no money at all. She said she’d check with the guy and call me in the morning (tomorrow) and see if she couldn’t get me an interview for that afternoon.

I honestly felt so relieved that someone verified that my skills were good. I was wondering if maybe I just wasn’t good enough...like I had the skills but I wasn’t aware of them. I was so glad the lady was all like “You gots mad skillz!” ...I’m paraphrasing of course...

So that was done, and I was grateful for it. I got home and watched some TV with Mom for a while. We were really just biding our time till American Idol premiered. You know, I realize that on that guilty pleasures list I made, I should’ve put Reality TV, because I am addicted to it even though I think it can be so stupid at some times. I mean like Idol for instance. It’s like a train wreck. You tune it to see the insanity, laugh at people, ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ for a few minutes, and thank God that isn’t you embarrassing yourself up there! Tonight was so funny though. Mom and Dad and I laughed so hard at the people, the judges, each other laughing at the people and judges. It was great.

We missed out on Gilmore Girls and I skipped my Supernatural but since I tape it regularely, it’s ok! I’m not worried at all! I’ll have to tape the next showing of Idol tomorrow though...note to self.

I am now really really tired. I’ve showered and everything, but I’ve been working on this thing (which will eventually be posted in ruby_unicorn) since I got out of the shower. So as soon as I’m done with this, I’ll be sending an old friend a happy birthday message and then I’ll be off to bed. I think I’ve earned it.

Goodnight everyone. All in all, not too bad a day.

This is the first time I've posted a ramble up here. Because of the terrible way FF.net made Chpater 10, I've decided to post it. Enjoy.

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