March has always been kind of a crazy month for me. I don’t know why, but a lot of life-changing moments have happened to me in the month of March. For example, I lost my virginity in March and I got married in March. (And no, it was not the same March! 
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This year’s March Madness actually started at the end of February with communications from two places where I had applied for jobs inquiring whether or not I would still be interested in interviewing with them. As I was, I spent many hours in the first few days of March exchanging emails and telephone calls arranging interviews. Besides, what better way to pass the time during a blizzard than to spend it off the road and inside?
Anyway, in the midst of all the interview arrangements, I learned that my dad was going to have surgery on his shoulder to repair a torn rotator cuff. As I mentioned before, I have a weird and flexible schedule so I offered to accompany Dad to the doctor appointments in The City during the week leading up to his surgery. And because I am The Good Daughter, I also shuttled him between out-patient surgery and physical therapy since he was not allowed to drive for a week following his surgery.
My first job interview was on the 14th of March and was only about 30 miles away from Small Town Iowa. Unhappily it was not for a library job, but was something that I ran across in our local newspaper and was encouraged to apply for by my mom. I wasn’t that enthused about the position or the pay, but figured it would be something that I could do while I waited for my library job to come along.
The second interview was for a library job and took place this past week. I only returned from this three day interview marathon last evening, so I don’t know anything definitive yet and won’t until around April 15, (the wheels of academia turn slowly) but I think it went quite well.
Like the last time I had an on-campus interview, I was lucky enough to get in touch with some friends while I was on the road and they took me out for a night on the town after all the stress of the interview was finished.
Oh yes, I’d say that March came in like a lion for me… let’s just hope it goes out like a lamb! 