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Okay, no vampires were actually involved, as far as I know. But Friday I spiffed myself up and came in to work, and had that job interview. It went very well, I'd like to think--we were scheduled for an hour and went for 90 minutes, so I figure it's promising that they thought I was worth spending even more time than planned with. The interview was a tag-team effort with the lady I'd potentially be reporting to, and the guy who got promoted and whom I'd be replacing (and also sorta reporting to, in dotted-line fashion). And as I said, I've worked fairly closely with both of them for years, so it was pretty comfortable going in, and I think I was able to fill in some gaps they might have had in terms of knowledge of my skills and experience. And it was a good opportunity to learn more about the position, and the lay of the land for that. So yeah, I think it went well and I came out of it wanting the job even more than when I went in, so that's good. They said they'd be setting up short teleconference meetings with the top 3 candidates and my potential-new-boss' boss (who is also my present boss' boss--confused yet?) and make their decision by the end of this week(!). I sent a quick thank-you e-mail to both of them this morning, and the guy wrote back saying: "You really were a 'wildcard' as far as interviews go, going into it. You gave me a lot to think about that you bring to the role, great things. Good luck in the next phase (not saying for sure you are there, but in case you are ;)" So I'll take that as a good sign too.

Funny thing is, I have no idea if my current boss is even aware that I'm going for the job. I dropped him an e-mail about it before I submitted my official interest, but he was on vacation and is fairly notorious about being overwhelmed with e-mail so I doubt he even saw that. It's quite possible that potential-new-boss gave him a call about it, or that he heard otherwise. But I don't see or talk to him very often, so our weekly staff meeting tomorrow might be a chance to briefly mention it and make sure he's aware. I don't feel all that obligated to him, frankly, but I'm not the sort to want to leave him high and dry either.

The weekend was good, though we didn't actually do all that much. I tackled some projects around the house, and worked on the ambient lighting for my car (which I managed to get done, mostly--looks pretty good!). I'll have to do a photo post or two to catch up on that. I also got my scooter running and mostly reassembled, and bought a new battery for it--hopefully I can put that up for sale soon. This week I'm planning to take Friday off, maybe Thursday too, and get a nice long weekend (since I have next Monday off for Labor Day). I think we're planning to take a day trip over to my Dad's next weekend, and we'll definitely go to Disney World at some point, but aside from that we have no real plans. Just waiting for cooler weather to get here, but we'll probably be waiting a bit longer for that...

UPDATE: And now I have that second interview at 9:30am tomorrow, at the boss' boss' office over in St. Pete. That'll mean hitting the road bright and early, but that's okay. My potential new boss also gave me some feedback and tips on things to brush up on before that interview, so that's good. I definitely get the feeling that she wants me to get the job (even though ultimately it will be her own decision--probably she mostly wants me to impress her boss enough to agree!). She also did her homework on the salary concerns I had, since the new job would be one pay grade down from my current position. But the pay range of each grade is pretty wide, and she confirmed that my current salary is just about the midpoint of the new job's grade, so I definitely wouldn't lose any money (and I sort of expect I could wrangle a decent increase out of the offer too). So we'll see. I'm glad things are moving quickly!