Day three

This post is getting in a little under the wire, but I want to stick to my daily update rule.

One week ago, I had a job interview, a closed-door pharmacy in Van Nuys. Closed-door means they don't deal directly with patients. They fill institutional orders for nursing homes, etc. It was the first job interview I've had in a very long time. It's made me realize a few things:

1) I am very out-of-practice when it comes to pharmacy work. I have not practiced since I finished school, and that was four years ago next month.

2) If I were in the place of the man who interviewed me, I wouldn't hire me. I had to admit to him that I have always struggled with the drugs' names, something that is foundational to pharmacy work.

3) I need to be better prepared for my next interview. Because of a mixup, I showed up to the interview with an outdated version of my resume. It didn't help that it was Christmas week and I was not expecting to hear from them so quickly; I was invited for an interview just one day after responding via email to their Craigslist ad.

Regarding that last point, though: I do have to admit that having only three hours to get ready for an interview was a small blessing on God's part. If I had more time than that, even just a day, I would have come to the interview extremely nervous. I didn't really have time to be anxious. I did spend a good part of those 2-1/2 hours just praying that I wouldn't be too nervous and He answered my prayer. If nothing else comes from it, it helped me to become less anxious about future job interviews and to be prepared for them even on short notice.

Now, I pray that I trust The Lord to lead me to the job He means for me (to paraphrase the apostle Peter, that I would cast my cares upon The Lord), and that I would be faithful in seeking  it our.