If it be your will

Ok God. I give up. I had a fabulous round of interviews before Thanksgiving, but am still waiting to schedule a third that I thought would be scheduled yesterday. I am trying not to be impatient, but in the meantime I have been trying to make ends meet by working for former employer part-time. That was going well before the holiday, except that stupid manager had terminated me instead of put in leave of absence paperwork. So I had to fill out all paperwork again, and take another drug test. So I come home Sunday and call for my schedule, only to learn I am not scheduled because they think I am a cocaine user. @$#!@#$@!%&#!

According to state law, my option is to have the lab retest a portion of the sample that tested positive with GC/MS instead of ELISA. Ok, that would be fine if I had done anything that would have generated a false positive in the first place. Like drink tonic water, take amoxicillin, have diabetes, kidney or liver disease. But unless I am actually sick and don't know it, this is not the case.

The test was an Oral Fluid test, and the oral fluid pad collector stick is not actually labeled with any identifying information. So I am a little concerned that perhaps the lab has my sample mixed up with someone else's. The initial test and a retest goes on your medical record. This is a MAJOR problem. And so now I am asking former supervisors for details on the QC at the testing lab before I submit that sample to a retest... and pointing out that I have at least 5 former drug tests on file with them, all clean. Pointing out that if diabetes causes a false positive for cocaine, then every fat person who applys for a job with them could theoretically be screened out.

I would like to just pay for another test... and if I screen positive for that, then off to the doctor I would go.

Headhunters

I am very weary of the headhunters that keep contacting me without having completely reviewed my resume. They keep wanting me to interview for jobs that I have a) no background in, or b) no interest in. Those that have reviewed the resume in full want to 'process' it to include things you didn't put on it in the first place because they never happened. Is this the way you have to find a job these days? By letting unscrupulous idiots do your negotiating? There is something very wrong with corporations that have to hire this way.

On a positive note, on to interview stage 2 with potential local employer. Got that all on my own- the way it should be.

Home Sweet Home

So I have been home just shy of a week now. It is so good to be home. My own bed, complete with lovely wife, aaaahhhhh! And of course my pups- how I have missed them! So far I have unpacked, cleaned, done yard work, cleaned some more, transferred summer to winter closets, etc.

This weekend I got to get out to see the opera- by far GOC's best show yet. A wonderful cast and the orchestra was excellent too. The cast party was also fun... the principles were all great people, although I couldn't decide if the Duke was more entertaining in character or as his flaming queen self! On Saturday I got to see some old friends from graduate school. We met up at the Mushroom and then meandered to my house to empty a big bottle of wine. It was so good to see them. They all look so much better now that they are out (or nearly out) of school and have lives of their own again. Although I do worrying about Flying Mammal, as he is a slave to his job, and that seems to be his whole life. It is wearing on him....

I have some more housework to finish today, and lots of paperwork to do, and am expecting two calls to schedule interviews. That is good news. Let's keep the fingers crossed that they result in job offers (yes plural- b/c choice is a good thing). The evening will end on a high note- because I finally get to see my husband tonight after his pottery class. Yippy!