Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 4 - The Aftermath

crazy_cat_lady

It's a job that comes up literally about once every 20 years. I'm by no means the most experienced applicant, but I know I could do it, and do a good job of it, and it's something that I want to do. I just need to learn to sell myself better than I do. Since I last did any job applications I have now been on the recruitment side of things so I've seen it all from the other side now - that should help me in theory.
Just planning and preparing the long answer questions on the application, and will aim to write it up, check and double check and submit over the weekend.

f0xh0les

crazy_cat_lady said:

I know I could do it, and do a good job of it, and it's something that I want to do.

Sounds like a marvelous cunning plan you have there Baldrick.

MeandO

crazy_cat_lady said:

It's a job that comes up literally about once every 20 years. I'm by no means the most experienced applicant, but I know I could do it, and do a good job of it, and it's something that I want to do. I just need to learn to sell myself better than I do. Since I last did any job applications I have now been on the recruitment side of things so I've seen it all from the other side now - that should help me in theory.
Just planning and preparing the long answer questions on the application, and will aim to write it up, check and double check and submit over the weekend.

You can do absolutely anything CCL, you’ve proven that to all of us who are in awe reading about everything you’re achieving in your days lately! Make sure you sell yourself with just a tenth of the positivity, determination and (hard) work ethic you’ve been exuding this past month and that job will be yours. Good luck lovely xx

dawnybabes

Youve got this CCL !


did NT2 reappear ? 

beanielou

Wishing you well with the application. 

juliejim

Get that application done - you'd be great at it!

janb5

MeandO said:

crazy_cat_lady said:

It's a job that comes up literally about once every 20 years. I'm by no means the most experienced applicant, but I know I could do it, and do a good job of it, and it's something that I want to do. I just need to learn to sell myself better than I do. Since I last did any job applications I have now been on the recruitment side of things so I've seen it all from the other side now - that should help me in theory.
Just planning and preparing the long answer questions on the application, and will aim to write it up, check and double check and submit over the weekend.

You can do absolutely anything CCL, you’ve proven that to all of us who are in awe reading about everything you’re achieving in your days lately! Make sure you sell yourself with just a tenth of the positivity, determination and (hard) work ethic you’ve been exuding this past month and that job will be yours. Good luck lovely xx

Couldn`t have expressed it better!  Well said MeandO! xx

crazy_cat_lady

dawnybabes said:

Youve got this CCL !


did NT2 reappear ? 

She did. But she's still in a massive huff with me about everything. She comes in, eats and then goes back out again. Thankfully the weather is nice enough for her to be out and about but I miss my cuddles with my bestie (NT2). She sunbathed on the windowsill for a bit this afternoon because it's so hot that even the kitten has spent most of the day sleeping, but she's out and about again now. In fact, all of the cats are still very much huffed with me - the kitten just wants to play with them, but none of them are young enough or interested enough to want to play with him. Good job he has the humans at his beck and call.
It is SO uncomfortably warm today. I did sleep well considering how warm it is at the moment but it's not a pleasant warm. It's a grey and muggy, stuffy warm. Me, kids and cats have spent much of the day sitting about and not moving too much because it's just too uncomfortable. Was up and about to feed and entertain the kitten early this morning, then to take dd to her nails appointment. I was supposed to be having my eyes and lip done today but of course they've changed that too, and I wasn't allowed. It was hot in there too, thank god it's our usual place because dd took a bit of a funny turn and ended up lying down on the pavement outside while I ran to the shop to buy her emergency crisps, chocolate and sugar filled drink. That's the second time that she's fainted when it's been really hot. She was fine in about 5 minutes after half a bag of twirl bites, which I had to feed her as she had the nail things on, and a can of sprite which I had to hold at her. She refused to give up on her appointment though and went back in and had her nails finished. Took 3 hours in the end, me fanning her with an eyelash cooler thing. She was mortified. I'm more concerned that this isn't the first time that she's fainted in the heat - it happened at school in her food lesson once. I wonder if it's just the heat, or a combination of her not eating and then getting too hot.
Got home and stepdad and my mam were here (we're not on lockdown - yet!). Mam meeting the kitten and stepdad finishing off the cladding in the outhouse. It just needs sealing and edging now, and that's another job ticked off the list but I feel like a traitor because I wasn't allowed to do any of that in the end. Have added another 4 jobs to annoying jobs list and crossed a couple off by doing a couple of emails I'd been putting off, ordering a little bit of something I didn't want to have to (postage was more than the item) but I can't manage without. Haven't made any further progress with my wardrobe today but I have taken full advantage of the kitten being lethargic in the heat to get my application done. It is done, finished and submitted - I can't change it now. Just hope that I can manage to get an interview out of it. It took me ages - I mean literally hours, and on top of the time at the nail place that was most of my day gone. It's still grey, still too warm, kitten is still just lying about so I am absolutely not starting anything like painting or covering wardrobes now. Will change ds bed then consider sitting reading, followed by an early night.

f0xh0les

Do you make your furry-lodgers catsicles and let them chase ice cubes? Our boys loved chasing ice cubes. The only problem was when they tried to take them out of the glass you were drinking from   Nothing was safe from those two.  I miss my boys.

beanielou

So glad that you got the application it