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August 16, 2005
Feeling Better in More Ways Than One
Today was much better than yesterday in more ways than one.
My interview went pretty well. I felt much better about the position once I had the interview. The school is changing the departments around and the department that I was interviewing to be pretty much in charge of has been completely re-vamped. I met with the Chief Operating Officer and the Dean of Students. That part of the interview was more formal and I was more nervous about that part. I still don't know if I have all of the qualifications they were looking for, but at least they didn't bombard me with questions that I had no idea how to answer. Then I met with the people I would be overseeing. It was kind of strange since most of them are quite a bit older, but we seemed to get along pretty well. The school is in another state, but it is only about 15 miles away. The drive home was horrendous because there had been a bank robbery very close to my house and an ensuing chase with two accidents. Once I got over the bridge, traffic came to a halt and did not move. The traffic reports on the radio pretty much said to avoid that area at all possible costs and gave alternate routes to go south, which is fine and dandy, but I needed to go NORTH. I finally got to the lane that could go north and made it home without any more problems. I have to write my thank you notes to go out in the mail tonight, but I feel much better about the interview now that it is over.
I ran pretty much as soon as I got home from the interview. Today was the first time that I have run my road course from home in probably over a month. My body felt so much better than it did yesterday. I still took it very easy since yesterday my body had to have been telling me something. Dehydration was definitely a factor. I drank four Nalgene bottles after track and before I went to bed (about 120 ounces of water) and did not wake up to pee until 4:15 in the morning. It was raining lightly the whole time that I ran which felt pretty refreshing. I did the course a little bit slower than I normally do, but because I forced myself to not run hard it was OK.
After working for my parents today, I went to the gym. I rode the bike for an hour and thankfully, they had a few good magazines to read. I did bring the book that I have started, so even if the magazine selection was crappy I had something to pass the time. I wanted to lift, but there were a ton of meatheads in the weight area. For a while I was the only girl in the weight area. I couldn't do everything that I wanted to do because it was so crowded. The gym crowd was probably bigger because it was raining outside.
When I got to my interview this morning I had to use the bathroom. Blame the coffee and the 32 ounces of water I had at breakfast, or just nerves. So I checked in and asked where the restroom was. The receptionist pointed me in the direction and I relieved myself. It probably was not just nerves because I peed a lot. I went in one of the middle stalls and as soon as I finished peeing, I realized there was no toilet paper in the stall! I was very happy that there was not anyone else in the bathroom at the time as I waddled out of my stall to the one next to it to get some toilet paper. Imagine how embarassing it would have been to be out of the stall with my skirt up around my chest, my stockings down and my butt exposed and the woman I was interviewing with walked in!
Posted by Blondie at August 16, 2005 08:09 PM
Comments
LOL......
and i actually don't drink that much water EVER. i did for a few years when i started running, but i just had to go to the bathroom SO much (SO much) that now i actually barely drink any water. it works for me :) i just could not stand having to go to the bathroom all day long!
Posted by: Audrey at August 16, 2005 08:46 PM
LOL that toilet scenario is funny!
Posted by: a girl running at August 17, 2005 04:30 AM
I'm glad the interview went well!
Posted by: Nanda at August 17, 2005 11:04 AM
I am so glad your interview went well! Good luck.
What a funny story. It is such a predicament, the no TP thing. I too am amazed at how much water you drank. I should drink that much but I am so bad about it, especially at night! It's probably good to be super hydrated in those hot and humid temperatures.
Posted by: Barb at August 17, 2005 01:38 PM