Wednesday, April 12, 2006 :: 12:41:00 AM

I started this post a couple weeks ago... but no matter.. point is we started work on the car...

So! We were off to a good start, Andrew and me. I ripped my intake apart to try to find the source of a vacuum leak... and he started to rip my rear wheel apart to replace a bunch of little bits in there. In there we got a surprise.

This is your wheel bearing.





And this is your wheel bearing on drugs.






Well, ok.. maybe not 'drugs', lets say that's what happens when you drive a car for 2 months with a sound coming from your wheel that (you think) is just a stuck brake caliper.... but oh no. it was your wheel bearing. it trashed everything in there...

anyway... andrew started it....

..and i lost the box with all the parts in it. D'oh!!! stupid me...
turns out the box was, all along, in Andrew's garage (we were working in *my* driveway) from the last time we attempted this job.. but we didn't find that out for a few days.

I got the box and finished the job myself (go me!). Now my wheel is all better...

but my damn car still wont keep an idle! it stalls out..
i'm hoping i can take it in tomorrow and have them look at it. *crosses fingers*

anyway.. that's my post for the day.. anything else new with me?

oh! I had a meeting on Monday at Cogeco. They had talked to me on the phone twice previously, and i passed both interviews with flying colours and they wanted to meet me. I got there, was greeted by a great guy who was part of the tech support division, which was a job i was applying for. He seemed like a really nice guy, and he took me up to Human Resources to meet with Janice, the HR rep who was going to hire me. potentially.
we talked for about an hour and 20 mins.. they got all my references and all my information. To work there they're going to need to run a credit check, criminal (background) check, etc etc.. pretty tight stuff... but I love the idea of working in a building where you walk by a reception desk to a bunch of elevators that you need to swipe your card to get into... it's totally like the movies - really awesome.

anywho, they said I'd know in at most 2 weeks. How did I do? I was kinda nervous. It's not every day you apply and get an interview for a job that could potentially lead into a career in your field (in my case, telecommunications). My nervousness showed in the interview, but i think my cool hair-do and freshly cleaned and pressed black suit made up for it. *grins*

As for the feedback of the interviewers... they were really stone-faced. They had close to no expression as I was talking, unless i engaged them with a question.. then they lightened up a bit, but other than that it was completely serious... like i was suddenly sitting at the table of the world poker champinship.

I suppose if they didn't like me at all, at the end of the interview they wouldn't have asked me to fill out the release forms giving them permission to do a background and credit check on me, which is a good sign....

I'm really keeping my fingers crossed on this one. It's a dream job (for now, at least. But it's not something i wanna be doing 10 years from now i dont think.) And pays very very well.

In any case, i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::