The Amateur Financier

I have had one interesting (by which I mean exhausting) week so far, and I still have a few days to go.  On Sunday, my mother called to let me know that Sanofi Pasteur was going to be having a job fair on Tuesday.  (For those of you who have never heard of Sanofi Pasteur, it is a French company that is a HUGE player in the medical and biochemistry fields.)  I have been trying to get a job with them essentially since I graduated, and this seemed like a wonderful opportunity.  I agreed to come home on Monday, and to attend the job fair, hoping it could be the ‘in’ with Sanofi for which I’ve been hoping.

That’s not the only thing that happened Sunday, though; I also fell down some stairs at my fiancée’s house, which is now my home, since I moved in a few weeks ago.  (I blame the design of her attic: the storage room had a narrow ledge outside of it that was next to the staircase.  I took a step back after putting away some of of my things, missed the floor, and well, down I went.)  I ended up bruising my ribs, which are still bothering me now.  It’s only really bad if I try to move quickly, though it has made me rather unhappy for most of the week.  (At least the story is mildly funny; only twenty-six, I’m already falling and having trouble getting up.)

Then came Monday.  I drove back to my mom’s house, a six hour drive from one side of Pennsylvania to the other(this point will become more important soon).  The trip was pretty uneventful, although in Pennsylvania during the summer, you can barely drive fifty miles on a major highway without running into road repair work.  The night itself was pretty slow, mostly involving some blogging, some printing out of resume copies, and eventually, some sleep.

On Tuesday, I got up early, went to the job fair, and spent quite a bit of time waiting to talk with the interviewers.  It turned out the job fair was more like a mini job interview.  The interviewer I spoke with was nice, seemed interested in my comments, and had actually attended my alma mater.  It went pretty well (as we shall get to in a moment) and then I spent the rest of the evening with my family.

The next day (Wednesday, for those who weren’t paying attention to the last paragraph) I did more work on my blog, tried to hunt up a job, and spent another six hours traversing the state to return to my fiancée and my new home.  We spent a sweet night together, and all seemed well with the world.  That is, until the next day…

On Thursday, I got a call back from Sanofi, saying they wanted me to come in for a second interview!  Fantastic news, right?  Unfortunately, I was on the opposite side of the state again, and the only day that Sanofi could do the the interview would be…Friday!  (Now remember, this is less than twenty-four hours since I drove across the state, for the second time, to return to my fiancée.)  Earlier today, I had to make a third trek across the state, this time with little warning (and after I spent much of the morning helping  to move furniture) and running into rain repeatedly along the way.  I only got home rather late in the evening, and when I checked for the email I was told I would be sent, I discovered that I had paperwork to fill out!

It’s now about one a.m. in the morning, I’m just finishing the paperwork now, my ribs still hurt, and I need to wake up in about five hours to make to my interview on time.  I have made three (count them, three) 6 hour trips across the state, each more troublesome than the last.  Anyway, as a result of all of this, I haven’t yet gotten to gather up posts for Thoughtful Thursday yet, although I should have it time for a Thoughtful Friday…

In short, it’s been one busy week, and please wish me luck!  (Also, in case you were wondering, the post title today is a Futurama reference.)

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