Today at 9AM is my appeal with administrative judge regarding the denial of my retraining on unemployment. I sent the judge a packet of additional documents, including the first letter I got from the state that says all I needed to do is submit my course schedule and I'd be approved. Interestingly, this letter was not included in the information the state sent to the judge (and copied me on).

1PM -- job interview for an administrative assistant position with a wireless tower leasing company. One of the jobs I applied for that I don't want to get. However, there's a certain pride I take in my abilities and I'd rather they not not want me because I messed up the interview (which is what Rob suggested I do) but because they can see that I wouldn't fit their culture. I plan to ask how the WorldCom bankruptcy will impact their business. I wouldn't hire anyone who'd ask me a thing like that...I hope they feel the same.

Next week I have an interview with a school district for an executive assistant job. I took their skills test last week and scored in the 98 percentile so I kind of figured they'd call me back. This is a job I'd actually be interested in, if it weren't for the paralegal thing. I hope that they might be sympathetic toward me trying to get a degree as they're a school... but I don't know that they'd want someone who's training to be something else. Still, we'll look nice and not ask any questions about things that will make them uncomfortable.