Drumroll, please.....

Him:   Okay that concludes our talk. I'm going to ask that you sit out in the waiting room and we're going to have a little discussion.
Me:    Sounds good, thank you

Time Lapse: 30 Minutes

Him: Ms. Webster, will you follow me.
Me:  Okay.  *I close my eyes and take a deep breath*
Him: I don't want you to sit.
Me:  Okay  * take another deep breath*
Him: I don't want you to sit yet because I want to offer my congratulations!

I passed the OA!

I still cannot believe it!  I was a crazy morning. I live in Baltimore so I thought that if I left by 7 I would get there by 9 without any problems.  Well, no one told me that DC traffic sucks!!!  I ended up getting lost with my GPS and found myself headed to Falls Church.  Then, I had to find parking and I said a quick prayer to Jesus that my car wouldn't get towed. To top it all off, I got a blowout specifically for the OA and by the time I walked into the OA, it was a sad sad situation. 

It was during the 1st part of the OA where I realized that I was 5ft in front of my dream.

*Holy #@!^balls!*

I passed! The assessor played a dirty trick. He was horrible but I guess he had to get his jollies out of it as well.   There were 2 other candidates from other specialties. We bonded! I was grateful they were there. With just a look, they understood what I was going through. I hope they passed. 

I've gone through a lot of panel interviews, but, I have to say, that was the worst thing I've ever experienced in my life. The waiting in between each section was killer.  I'm convinced they space it out like that on purpose. I think they're interested to see how well we handle the pressure. It's extremely intense! 

Now it's onto the clearances and I pray for a speedy investigation. I can't help but think that this time next year Secretary Clinton will be my boss, I'll get to experience the elusive Flag Day,  and my new address will be somewhere in this great big world.  My future is truly unknown and I'm so incredibly excited about the possibilities!  I. CANNOT. WAIT!!!

I PASSED! SOMEONE PINCH ME!!

I am a horrible person.....

And I'm so sorry!! I really am! Would it help if I say I'll make it up to you? 

It just dawned on me that I haven't blogged in months! Months, I say! Did you miss me?

I have been neglecting my blogging duties, because, of course, you all are so interested in the happs of my life (eye roll).   So I'm going to give you a brief roundup of it over the last couple of months.....

1. I got an invite! Yes! Yes, I did!  Woot! Woot! My friend, T, and I got our emails within seconds of each other. I opened her email saying she got it. My response "Got, what?"  Then, I had a light bulb moment. "Oh shit! She got her invite!" Then I looked for mine and it was there! KaPOW!  My OA is on Monday and I am beginning to crap my pants.  I'm trying desperately not to freak out but the anticipation is building and building.  Oh yeah and the little e-QIP....haven't started yet.   I need to get on it otherwise I'm going to be screwed come Monday.  We'll see. Hopefully, I'll pass.

2. In my quest of applying to all jobs in the federal government, I got a response from the FBI as an Intelligence Analyst. "Go take this test," they said.  Okay, I did. It was crazy hard. Like the SAT, LSAT, MCAT, and accountant's exam all at once.  I had a few "oh shit!" and "WTF is this?" and "Who the hell knows that answers to these questions" moments then, too.  To top of that crazy cake, it was all timed. Hello Pressure, nice to meet you.   After all of that, I passed. Yay to me!  Now I'm at the stage where my scores and my resume are with the managers and if they like me, they'll call me for an interview. They have until September first to decide if I'm worthy. Otherwise, I have to reapply all over again.  That's fine. My scores are good for life so I don't have a test again.

3. Did I mention I got an invite to the OA? Yep, I did!

4. Work sucks!

5. I discovered 50 Shades of Gray and OMG! I never knew! However, grammar almost ruined it.

6. I love the phrase "I googled it, Sir." - See #5.

7. My 5 week holiday with J to various countries in Africa is 6 short months away.  I'm so excited! My mom sent me this HIGH-larious voicemail one Saturday during tax season about how she doesn't think I'm going to get married but she wants grandchild so it's okay with her I get pregnant while in Africa with J.  In fact, she wants me to go see a medicine man who will sprinkle some "hooba dust" on me.  Umm yeah, my mom is nuts so special!

8. Went to the Gay Pride Festival in here Baltimore for the first time and I had the time of my life!

9. I still love Zumba!

10. I still really want to be part of the FS world. Please hire me!

Roundup over. Nothing really monumental to report.  Check back in on Monday.

Holy Batman!!!

"Congratulations!  Your application has successfully passed the Qualifications Evaluation Panel and has been forwarded to the Board of Examiners Assessment Center to be scheduled for an oral assessment.  They should be contacting you within the next several weeks with further instructions. "

Yes...that's me. I got an invite!!!  Woot! Woot! I went through this whole elaborate process in my head about how when I got an email from DOS I wasn't going to open it. J was supposed to go into my email and forward it to himself so I wouldn't see, and then he would tell me when I got home whether it's good or bad...and blah blah blah!  That went out of the window when my friend, T, let me know she got hers!

I'm shaking! I'm crying! I don't know what to do with myself!  I'm beyond happy and excited! I just want to scream and jump up and down!!

I think I'll read it again.....

No News Is Good News....

Uhh, what happened to Blogger? I don't blog for a month or so and they go and switch it up on me! It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to write a new post.  What's up with that?

Anyway.....

So I'm nearly 2 months out from the March 2012 close date for the OMS.  I'm so proud of myself! Why, you ask? Because I'm not crazy and obsessed.  At this moment, I am not that girl.  Trust me, I have had my moments. But I am world's away from my attitude and behavior of last year. Frankly, I was  obsessed. I call it my crazy.  I haven't succumbed to the crazy...yet.  I hope to hear something soon. 

In other news of my oh so boring life, I had an interview to become a Field Auditor. They actually go out to the businesses around the state, make drop ins, and audit them.  I mean how cool would it be to go into say, a liquor store, make a purchase, and immediately ask to speak to a manager, whip out my business card, and say "Hi, I'm from the Comptroller's Office, I just made a purchase, and now I'm going to audit you." Cool, huh?  I bombed the interview. It was horrible, awful, and down right disgraceful!

I should've known they were going to ask me accounting questions.  I didn't prep, I should have. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...but didn't.  I took accounting at the beginning of my educational career and my accounting class in graduate school doesn't count because it was managerial accounting which is nothing based on principles. It was sad. I'm a perfectionist. I cried.  But one thing I didn't do was eat cake even though I really wanted to. Disasters and chocolate cake are siblings. Didn't you know?  Yay for small miracles!


 

I can't take it!

This waiting is killing me! Frankly it's highly annoying!

I don't understand why the OMS selection process has to be so darn difficult! Furthermore, why does it take so long!

No news is good news!

Whenever my phone goes off, for a moment I get that feeling. That what if feeling. And then I open my email and it's just spam. And then I get annoyed at myself for feeling that way even though I know it won't be that email. Yet, I still hope. Again, I am disappointed. 

I'm trying not to obsess about it especially when I have so much other stuff going on; like tax season.

No news is good news! 

I will not be that person this time around. I won't. I won't! Okay maybe just a little bit.

*Sigh* I hope I hear something soon.

Jealous Much?

I'm not really a jealous person, and I don't really get envious of people, their happy, or the fantastic awesome things that happen in their life.  Because frankly, I'm blessed to have super fantastic awesome things happen to me.  I mean I went to Thailand for a month and in January I'm going to London, Capetown, a safari in Tanzania, some beach in  Zanzibar, London, Paris, and a road trip up to Edinburgh all in 5 weeks. I'm blessed to be able to experience the world as I do and still have a job to come back to who will allow me to take off for 5 weeks.

That positive attitude always  nearly sometimes goes out the window when it goes comes to the FS. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for everyone, I enjoy reading blogs about FS life, and I'm extremely happy for the current OMS class that recently had their Flag Day. A woman is going to Bangkok. She's so lucky. I had to share my experience with the Patara Elephant Farm.  So last week, I received a call from a lawyer who has taken over one of my accounts from another lawyer I had been previously dealing with, Chandani. As I'm speaking to this new lawyer who is one of the partners, I found out that Chandani was offered a FSO position.  Umm.....WHAT?  My name is Victoria, and I'm green with jealousy and envy. On the inside, I positively passed out. I threw myself out of my chair, and I sobbed hysterically.  I kept my composure, though,  and we spoke about how awesome it is and blah blah blah. WHATEVER!!  She sucks!  I'm just saying....you know I'm right.

In other news....

The OMS position is up again.  I didn't do anything I said I was going to do with regards to revamping my resume and getting certified for Word.  I have until Tuesday.  It will be awesome, as always.  I'm praying that the powers that be like my awesomeness and send me an invite to the OA.  If I said pretty please, do you think that would help?  Probably not. 

PS...what is up with this background? It's really ugly.  I'm terribly sorry. I will change it.

I Can't Make This Stuff Up....

Yesterday at the gas station......

Drunk Girl: Hey! Do you have an awesome Valentine like I do?
Me: Yes! Mine is pretty awesome!
Her: Did he get you something?
Me: No.
Her: What! He doesn't sound awesome at all!!
Me: Trust me, he is.
Her: Well he better make up for his empty hands!
Me: He has.
Her: Oh really?!? How?
Me: He's taking me on a trip.
Her: Where to? The ocean (Ocean City)?
Me: No. South Africa.
Her: OMG! How did you manage that?
Me: I'm fabulous!
Her: He (points to the guy walking towards us) never takes me anywhere.
Me: Well maybe you aren't fabulous.
Her: Oh I'm fabulous alright!
Me: Oookkaaayyy
Her: (screaming) Honey! Am I fabulous?
Him: Not really, but you are a really good lay.
Her: Stunned.
Me: Hysterically laughing
Her: Extremely pissed
Him: Completely oblivious