A 12 Point Week

+1
Hiring personnel in Atlanta emailed me and wants to fly my out to ATL for a couple days to interview me at the end of the month. This is the company that makes plastic milk jugs and such. I might have a good chance since this most likely is not a spot that is being mass recruited AFAIK.

Which brings me too...

-1
The water treatment place called and said they had filled the position. I was rather bummed because it seemed like a cool job. They did post the job on the Career Center and the guys interviewing said they were looking at 10 people to fill 1 spot. The odds are pretty slim.

+/-0
When I went to the training session for the fire department I wasn't issued any gear. Rather sad, but they are probably looking for jumbo sized boots. I was able to get familiar with the SCBAs they use (Survive Air). I did get issued a number, 428, so it was a win/lose.

+2
The Assistant Chief said he would call me if they needed some manpower until I got my complete gear, and he did call me yesterday for a car fire (glad to know they didn't forget about me). However, I was unable to respond because I was on my way to Meridian for a DEP call.

This brings me to...

+10
The physical activity we did on this particular day was a mock PT test - sit ups, push ups, run. I was able to do about 35 sit ups and push ups each in a minute, and then we moved to the 1.25 mile run.

This particular course was rough, steep inclines/declines, balls hot, and I hadn't slept all night, literally just up drinking till 6am then watching tv/xbox until it was time to go.

When we started I wasn't feeling to strong because my legs were sore from P90X, but I didn't want to be dead last so I pushed. After a while of pushing, I noticed several people walking after the first hill about 500 feet in. As I slowed to a horribly slow jog, I was steadily passing people. Some would get a burst and pass me, but this big guy just chugged by them again.

It turns out we all stopped at the wrong area, so it was more like 1 mile. My time was 11 flat. I then noticed that I finished about 15th of 30. It's nice motivation to see that all this hard work I'm putting in is paying off so I can beat the skinnies at running. That's why this accomplishment deserves 10 points.